Enhancing Sound in Soundbooth CS4
Friday, March 27th, 2009Recently, while working on a project, I had need of a creepy bit of music. I didn't have an orchestra at my disposal, and I'm not a composer, so I used what I had: a couple of acoustic and electric guitars, a little bit of creativity and Soundbooth. With that, I came up with my final sound:
creepy effected.mp3 - The final sound
Soundbooth is an audio editing and creation program that is available through the Adobe/IU licensing agreement. It is part of the Production Premium suite. It can record, edit, and add effects to sound files.
Starting out, I decided since I was very out of practice with guitar, I'd just record a simple three note phrase. I practiced with some different arrangements and ended up with what I thought was a suitably creepy beginning. To make sure I had a good amount to work with, I played it three times into the microphone. Here is the sound that resulted:
creepy.mp3 - Feel free to download and follow along in your own copy of Soundbooth CS4.
