THE 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Audio Engineer
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Establish the time of day: music and underscoring. Found course or customer composed: sound effects. Found or custom built: live ampli cation (mics on actors, instruments, etc. , pre-recorded words, lines, etc, purposeful silence . Low pitch and volume combine to give each sound its own distinctive effect. The location o the sound in space and how sound travels from one location to another. The sound system layout: shows what equipment will be used and how that equipment should be connected together. The speaker plot: similar to the lighting plot, shows where speakers (and other sound equipment) will be placed in the theater space, uses a legend to identify types of instruments. Live mixing: the process of electrically or digitally blending together multiples sounds sound sources at a live event. Creating sound effects: internet sources for pre-made effects, record/build custom sound effect.
