FALLOT_Roxane_2018_2019_looked_through_and_ripped_book.wav

I recorded two sounds in order to make Looked Through and Ripped Book. First of all I recorded myself looking through an old book with thick pages. Then I ripped the same kind of paper and mixed the record with the previous one. I kept the best parts and combined them as if someone looked in the book, ripped a piece of paper and then went back to his reading. I used a very few effects in Audacity because I wanted a natural and simple result. Therefore I only used the noise reduction in order to get rid of an annoying buzzing noise in the background (12dB), then I used the compressor effect to reduce the gap between peaks in the two part of the sound (threshold : -20dB, noise level : -40dB, Ratio : 3.1, release : 1.8). Afterward I used the normalize effect up to 7.5dB to rise up the volume a bit without quality lost. And finally I played a bit with deeps and highs (+3 and - 3) because it gave me a sound a bit deeper and warmer that suited better what I wanted to suggest with this sound.

Descriptif selon la typologie/morphologie de P.Schaeffer :

Cet objet sonore est à la fois une itération complexe X’’ et une impulsion complexe X. Le son proposé est un groupe nodal (plusieurs sons complexes). Il s’agit d’un son rugueux, un peu terne car dépourvu de hauteur. Il est également assez mat et terne. Ce son ne contient pas de vibrato et son attaque est graduelle, presque délicate. Le profil mélodique de ce son est quant à lui scalaire, chaque variation est audible sous la forme d’un escalier et les séparations sont nettes. Il y a également la présente d’une équalisation.