2. Process
For my “Saturday Morning Routine” experiment, I solely used an audio recorder and adobe premier to
create my final piece, whilst using other sources such as word to create my script and natural reader to
actually read out said script.
I started by writing a short script on a word document, which explained the process of an average working,
Saturday morning for me. Explaining the ins and outs of what I do, during the horrifically miserable process
between trying to get out of bed and walking out the door in time for work.
Once I had completed my script and gone over it looking for any minor errors and or mistakes, I took the
script over to a site called natural reader where you can convert any amount of text into a voice recording,
with a plethora of voices and accents to choose from. After exploring the site for a short while and
“experimenting” with a few voices and phrases, I decided on a posh British voice called Charles, to read out
my script for my “Saturday Morning Routine”. I chose this voice in particular because I thought it was
reminiscent to that of a news readers voice, which I believed would make the experiment more formal
overall; and arguably make it a more fun listening experience.
Next I had to record that audio, using an audio recorder, as I was unable to convert the audio into an mp3
without paying for a premium membership. So I tried my best to completely encapsulate the audio recorder
using headphones, from which the audio was being played from. I tried this twice and chose the better of
the two, to include in my experiment; the first attempt let a few surrounding sounds in, whereas the latter
attempt let far fewer sounds in, therefore it was an easy pick.
Finally I had to put the speech into adobe premier, to edit and manipulate what I had recorded. For example
I trimmed the speech to be slightly shorter, to rid of any unnecessary audio at the start and at the end. I also
added background music behind the speech, to make it more quirky and modern overall, as well as to
interest the listener more so than it did originally. I then converted my finished experiment into an Mp3, to
create myself a separate file of which I could send, as well as use in this PowerPoint presentation.
3. Reflection
• What elements of your experiments will you
include in your final product?
• I think for my final experiment I will use
natural reader once again, at least if I can’t
find other people to voice different characters
for my final audio project.
Editor's Notes
Discuss the tools and processes used in your experiments
