SOUND DESIGN
How Sounds Works
Vibrations caused by an object, like a clap or talking, causes the air surrounding it to vibrate. The vibrating air causes the human eardrum to vibrate, which the brain interprets as sound. Hard surfaces help sound to reverberate and softer surfaces absorb sound, the sounds in rooms like this are considered as "dry" or "dead".
A room like a church would would be very reverberant because there is a lot of hard surfaces.
A room like a living room would have a small amount of reverb and its acoustics would be considered as dry.
We used the Zoom H4n Sound Recorder and tested in different locations around the college. Here is what we got:
This recording has a lot of reverb as the staircase was very tall and had no soft surfaces.
I like this recording as there was no reverb and the audio sounded crisp.
This audio was better than the staircase but still a slight reverb as the sports hall was large and empty when we recorded.
I like this recording because the sound levels were consistent and there wasn't any reverb as we were in an small enclosed space.
Our Equipment
Zoom H1n
Pros:
- Can use internal microphones
- Useful with lavalier/tie microphones
Cons:
- Has a 32GB SD card limit
Zoom H4
Pros:
- Can use internal microphones
- Useful with an external microphone
- There is a remote that can be bought separately which can be useful for handsfree audio recording.
Cons:
- Not as user friendly as the H4N
Zoom H4n
Pros:
- Can use internal microphones
- Useful with an external microphones for example Boom or shotgun
- Very good for portability
Cons:
- More expensive compared to the H4
