This document provides details about a final year project proposal on noise pollution in urban cities. The project aims to create a soundscape installation that allows users to experience and mix different ambient sounds of noise pollution collected from various areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The installation seeks to increase awareness about noise pollution levels in urban environments. Software such as Adobe Soundbooth and Premiere Pro will be used to edit sounds. A budget and basic site plan are also included.

1. FINAL YEAR PROJECT
PRESENTATION
SYED MOHD AMZARUL AFIQ SYED AZHAR
1101107473
DIGITAL MEDIA /MEDIA ART

2. PROPOSAL
TOPIC
NOISE POLLUTION IN URBAN CITY
PROJECT TITLE
NOISE POLLUTION IN URBAN CITY INSTALLATION (SOUNDSCAPE)
BACKGROUND
Noise pollution is unwanted or harmful sound that intrudes upon human or other
faunal activity. Noise pollution is almost entirely human generated, whether
By machine sources or amplified sound of human creation.
AIM
To provide audience to experience the ambient of sound so they will know how
noisy we surrounding urban areas.

3. PROPOSAL
RESEARCH
Will collect the sound in urban city. the sound collect from the main
source of noise pollution such as vehicle, road and building
contraction, festival and others related to noise pollution. The
Location is around the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
PROPOSAL
To get as many information about the noise pollution such as the source
where it come from, on when does it produce high level of noise which is
the main cause of noise pollution in urban city.
MOTIVATION
Nowadays there a lot of noise produce by the human itself so by developing
This installation project I could show and give some awareness to the user
living in the urban city to control the level of the noise pollution .
DESIGN APPROACH
This is a soundscape installation which user control or mix the soundscape using
the Mixer. Eight sound will mix by the user which come from the main source of
noise pollution such as car, construction and others.

4. RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS
RESEARCH ON SOUNDSCAPE CONCEPT
The term soundscape originates from the early
1970s and the work of R.Murray Schafer and his
colleagues at the Simon Fraser University in
Canada. The definition of the word soundscape is
an environment of sound with emphasis on the way
it is perceived and understood by its community
and the individuals present.

5. RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS
RESEARCH ON THE RECORDER ZOOM H4
The H4 Handy Recorder is a handheld digital audio
recorder from Zoom, featuring built-in condenser
microphones in an X-Y stereo
pattern, Recordings are stored on an
SD card (128 MB supplied), or via a USB cable to
a computer running digital audio
workstation software

6. RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS
RESEARCH ON HOW TO CONNECT
1 Connect one end of the 1/8-inch audio
THE MIXER AND LAPTOP line to your computer "Line In" or "Audio
In" jack. On many laptops, this is located
directly next to the headphone or "Line
Out" jack.
2 Connect the other end of the audio line
(the red and white ends) to the matching
jacks on the main "Audio Out" or "Line
Out" channel on the mixer. If needed, use
a 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch adapter on each of
the RCA cable ends before connecting them
to the mixer.
3 Click on the desktop icon for the audio
recording software program you are using.
Verify that the mixer's power is turned on
and at least one channel is connected to
an input device, such as an instrument or
microphone. Some audio programs will
automatically detect the mixer. If not,
click on "Recording" or "Settings" or
"Preferences" and select an option for
"Record" from audio in, external device or
line in.

7. IDEA AND
DEVELOPMENT
Idea 1 Project title : Installation Noise Pollution in Urban City
 for installation I'm thinking to collect a few soundscape of noise around the urban
city such as the vehicle (car,motorbike,Lory,aircraft,etc) ,construction ,load music form
the entertainment place, factory noise and so on.
 After sound collect, Separating the sounds into separate components using the mixer
 There will be 8 different ambient sounds that will allow ,Users can `mix' these
ambient sounds with others.
Idea 2 (The backup plan)Project title : A soundscape video about noise pollution around
urban city
 Noise from the selected location will be record.
 Video will be record as well
 Combination of two method and produce a soundscape with audio video ,about
noise pollution in urban city

8. IDEA AND
DEVELOPMENT
Idea Development - Raw data
The idea is to collect as many raw data such as the video and
the sound that record from the zoom H4.The data will upload on
This blog using the soundcloud.
Strategic location
I will record the noise source from selected location which as
Know as the high level of noise pollution such as
 Bukit Bintang
 Federal highway
 Port Klang
 KLIA

9. IDEA AND
DEVELOPMENT
Software
this is the software that I will use to create my project.
 Adobe Soundbooth - editing/cut/merge sound
 Adobe Premiere Pro- editing video
 Adobe After Effect- editing video
 Adobe Photoshop- editing still photo
Hardware
The mixer will used for this project.
Finding some tutorial on how to connect the mixer with laptop/pc

10. IDEA AND
DEVELOPMENT
Software testing
Adobe SoundBooth
 Testing to combination a multiple sound and cutting the unwanted sound
 Testing on reducing the noise background so that what I record will be more clear.
 Testing the Premiere Pro to speed up the duration and combine the audio as well.
 Cut and increase the level of sound

11. CONTEXTUAL STUDIES
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
The project soundscape.the sound itself will be record in many
Space of location with different level of sound will produce.
SOCIAL CONTEXT
The noise pollution is produce by the human activity itself. So
Can concern that social context also can be a part of my
Project.

12. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIMEDIA STORYBOARD
1. the set up for my project sound
scape two set of speaker, one
laptop, one mixer with cable wire ,
white fabric as a screen with one
projector project from the back
side of white fabric screen
2. user will come in to the space .no
sound and visual will appear at the
begining.
3. user have to control the mixer to
play with the sound scape (noise
pollution) .user can mix up the
noise more than one sound.

13. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
FLOWCHART
user have to stand in front the mixer
user can choose from 8 different
soundscape of noise pollution
user can mix it
visual will appear in front of the
screen projection

14. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
BUDGET AND PREPARATION FOR
THE PROJECT
This is the current prediction of the
budget to preparation the project. This
budget might change regarding and
changes of quantity or
any unpredictable matter happening
during the project.

15. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION WORKSHEET
Description: Projection (Sound – Visual) Media Elements/content:
1. Text/description: can view the instruction on the poster available to tell the user how
it work and how user can mix the soundscape
2. Images/graphics: no still image will appear
3. Video: visual will appear on the screen of the projection together with the sound
4. Animation: None
5. Sound: Playing the ambient sound of noise pollution which user pick/choose/mix
6. Navigation controls and icons: None

16. FINAL SYNOPSIS
Noise pollution is unwanted or harmful sound that intrudes upon human or other
faunal activity. Noise pollution is almost entirely human generated, whether by
machine sources or amplified sound of human creation.
Noise pollution in urban city is an installation project to make the user realize how
noisy we are living surrounding the urban areas. This project is about soundscape,
which user can control and mix the noise pollution sound using the mixer and while
user changing the noise sounds the visual will appear from the projection screen.
There will be eight different of soundscape that come from the main source of noise
pollution such as the vehicle building construction, road construction, noise from the
factory, entertainment place and noise from the neighbor.

17. FINAL SYNOPSIS

18. TEASER VIDEO
SCREEN SHOT OF THE VIDEO

19. TEASER VIDEO
VIEW THE VIDEO UPLOAD ON YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
uObm9uBukg&feature=plcp