Day
1: The sounds of the grand organ fill the vast cathedral, giving no one in
the room any doubt the concert has begun. First day as a summer intern at
Tapeworks Inc and I am assisting in the recording of renowned organist Jason
Roberts at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford, CT. Upon arriving at the church,
after battling the early morning Hartford traffic, I assisted Bill, the Chief
Engineer at Tapeworks Inc., in setting up for the recording, helping run
cables, check levels and the like. Once the concert began we were able to more
or less sit back and enjoy, while keeping one eye on the meter levels to ensure
nothing was overdriving or clipping. Mr. Roberts performed a beautiful concert
for us all, and as confirmed by one very enthusiastic janitor, "The European
organists have nothing on this guy!"
After
the performance, I helped pack up our equipment and wrap cables, before leaving
the cathedral to travel back to Tapeworks across town. Once we got back to the
studio, the all-important topic, as I was soon to find out, was the decision on
where to get lunch. I brought my own lunch that day, but for Bill and Chris,
the endless possibilities of where to acquire food that day was a difficult
choice. However, in the end, Subway won out.
Following
lunch, I sat in with Chris and shadowed him on the latest project for Lego he
was working on. This latest endeavor was for the newest Lego Academy training
video. The project mainly involved adding sound effects to tutorial videos,
which show viewers the possibilities of how to construct objects using the Lego
kit. The way this is accomplished, is by searching through a folder stored on
the computer for various sound effects that would fit the scene or image. I did
not know much at all about sound design before this, and honestly never put
much thought into how the sounds, besides the music and voices, got into
videos. Watching this process made me more aware in the time and effort that
goes into choosing, placing, and manipulating each sound effect in a
video.
All
in all it was a very fun and insightful first day! I cannot wait to see what
awaits me tomorrow at Tapeworks Inc!
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