Lab: Adobe Audition
- Corrina Crazie Espinosa
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Feb 16
ADR: Subversion Through Sound
Conceptual Learning Goals:
Subversion.
Recontextualization.
Narrative Hijacking.
You will take an existing video clip and completely replace the audio using Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR). Your job is not to “improve” the original, but to transform it. Whether it turns out hilarious, dramatic, absurd, horrifying, tender, or unhinged is up to you!
The final project must have:
New dialogue recorded by you, that attempts to sync with moving lips
Foley sounds, taken from any of the sources we've discussed (our shared sound bank, freesound.org, other videos, recorded yourself, etc.)
May include music in moderation-- No more than 10 second clips to set mood or tone, no music videos!
Overall length should be approx. 4:33... why?
The Core Criteria is to be subversive.
Think Duchamp and the urinal. Same object. New meaning.
You are taking something old and using sound to transform it into something entirely new. Audio is your medium, use it to rewrite the story.
🚨 You may not reuse the original audio.
Technical Learning Goal:
Learn how to edit and manipulate sound in Adobe Audition.
Lab: Adobe Audition Basics (25 Points)
Today we’ll walk through this together. To earn full credit, demonstrate the following:
Start Practicing EXCELLENT File Management Skills
Time base media software uses live files, understand what that means
All clips and live files should be kept in the same folder as the working file
Zip (compress) working files at the end of each session and save them to your drive. Make sure to name them something you will remember.
DO NOT Trust the computers in the Lab or Adobe Cloud with your files, always store them on your drive (google or one drive).
Multitrack Setup
File → New → Multitrack Session
File → Import at least 5 audio clips from the shared folder and 1 video
Place each clip on its own track, cut them up, move them around.
Copy/paste each clip at least three times, overlapping them.
What is the difference between a clip and a track?
Volume Control
Make one clip noticeably quieter
Make one duplicate noticeably louder **hint -I’m looking for clear contrast
Add fade-in and fade-out to the original (experiment with shapes)
Try controlling the volume on a track vs. a clip
Try muting tracks, try a track in "solo" mode
Voice Recording
designate a track for record mode, and set it
On that track, record your own voice
duplicate at least 3 times in preparation for effects!
Effects + Manipulation
Apply different effects to multiple duplicate clips and play with the settings
Leave originals untouched (so I can hear the difference)
There should be a minimum of six different effects total — explore presets & settings
Reverse
Make a duplicate of one audio file in your folder in your Finder window
Waveform Edit → Effects → Reverse the duplicate
Video
grab a video from your phone, cloud drive, https://archive.org/, or use a YouTube grabber (Y2mate - Youtube Downloader | Download Youtube Video Free) to grab a video (for academic research purposes only)
add the video to your multi mix session, remove the audio, do a test lip sync... It doesn't have to be perfect!
Finish
Keep building and playing until the track is at least 1 minute long
Screenshot your multitrack session, post the image on your blog
Save as a .sesx working file (what's a working file for?)
Export as an MP4
Upload to YouTube.com
Post the youtube link on your blog
Zip your project file, upload it to your drive (google, or One Drive)
(Excellent File Management!!)
Remember, Labs are for learning the tool.
The final project is about activating it and wielding it with intention to control meaning.
Questions?
Below are previous recordings of tutorials, they may vary from what we did in class, but you can still use them for reference.
Ian's tutorial! :D