Sound design

Freddrick Fish Fingers It was 2:36 in the morning and Freddrick smelled burning fishsticks.He had never smelled this awful smelly smell before, for he had never burnt fishsticks in his 35 years making them at the fish fry shop.Freddrick sprang up out of bed grabbed his utility belt armed with ketchup, tarder sauce, forks and knifes. He then grabbed his cape and fish mask he made with real fish scales. He sprinted up the stares he kicked open the door stood at the top of the stares and…

The long, peculiar note of a bugle sounded, borne to us on the raw morning air to interrupt our conversation. It rose with a low, clear, warble, and seemed to float in the gray sky like the note of a lark. As it died away, I perceived that the atmosphere had changed; despite the equilibrium established by the storm, it was dynamic. The men thrust forward their heads, expanded their eyes and clenched their teeth. They breathed arduously, as though strangled by yanking at the leash. “Hoof it.” The…

Diablo As Victoria and I sat on the plush sofa in our atrium, studying for a particularly difficult math test that was to take place the next day, I glanced out of the glass doors in front of us, at the fog covered lake and clustered vegetation that circled our cement patio. By chance I happened to spot a milky colored patch of fur moving along the jungle within our back porch. I leaned forward to get a better look at this mysterious animal. “Lilli!” Victoria barked, as she tried to get me to…

Hearing the muffled sound of guns firing and seeing everything in a shade of yellow has been a normal Saturday morning for me since I was about ten. The day starts off with a drive to the Los Altos Rod & Gun Club or the Sunnyvale Rod & Gun Club with my dad. Knowing that I am about to shoot a variety of guns consisting of: shotguns, pistols, and rifles; causes my heart rate to go up. I am usually the only girl at the shooting range, and I am not the only one to notice. Whenever I step up to take…

It was a dark, gloomy, summer evening, rain was in the forecast. I was on my usual bike strolls through the woods as I heard screams of women echoing through the mysterious forest. I went off my usually route to go check out what happened. The forest had trees the size of the Eiffel Tower and I started hearing creepy owl noises. As I got deeper and deeper to the center of the woods the noise intensified. I felt like I was being watched. I investigated the areas and looked for signs of abductions…

Songwriter is a job where you sit down in your office or anywhere and create songs for singers to sing. It all started centuries ago when music was discovered. People realized they need people to create lyrics for singers to sing, without songwriters they’ll won’t be any music because believe it or not but songwriters are important as much as singers or probably even more important, because without them then the singer won’t be able to sing anything. Not everyone has the talent to write songs…

It was a normal day in the woods, me and my family survived the first wave of aliens that invaded the world. I remember the day like it was yesterday, the huge monster came and attacked anything that made a sound. There was no way that anyone could have prepared or predicted the aliens. Any loud noise was unacceptable and irresponsible in my family. As time went out we have found out what noises are safe and which ones are not. We have figured out how to understand each other by using sign…

The proposed presentation explores the intersection between technology and performance, focusing on the use of sonification technology within a musical space. The technology in question realizes a unique objective: essentially turning neutral bio-signals into musical material that can be incorporated into a composition or performance. This process, the sonification of bio-signals, has a history in music that began in the 1970’s with the premiere of Alvin Lucier’s Music for Solo Performer. By…

1709 in Italy by Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori. This instrument produced sound by strings being attached and stretched over bows, gourds and boxes to amplify the sound; they were fastened by ties, pegs and pins; and they were plucked, bowed or struck to produce a sound or multiple sounds. This instrument later transformed into an electrical keyboard. This keyboard is a step up and using a keyboard in making sound by electrical methods instead of the one listed of the regular piano. They…

Introduction The acoustic reflex (AR) describes the involuntary contraction of the stapedius tendon in response to high-intensity sound (Emanuel, 2009). An intricate neural network, receiving afferent input from the vestibulocochlear nerve and sending efferent output to the facial nerve, controls contraction (Emanuel, 2009). The reflex is intensity-dependent, as particular intensities cause the contraction. Once contracted, it lessens the vibrations traveling through the stapes footplate as it…