Now that all of the editing has been done on Audition it is time to take the .WAV over to Pro-tools to add effects and create the final piece. We started off by splitting all parts of the soundscape up in to separate tracks, we did this because we need to add different effects to each of the sections and it was more simple than creating an auxiliary track. We kept the first part of the soundscape the same and unedited due to it being real life and not yet in the nightmare. Once we got to the lecturer speaking we attempted to muffle the sound but whatever effect we used it just sounded wrong so we decided to just fade her voice slowly leading to falling asleep. Once the nightmare begins there is a continuing ambience that we created by hitting a metal pole and recording the vibrations. Each section contains a different recorded sound and has been edited to make it sound ominous and as if it is in a larger space than it actually was. The nightmare ends on a large explosion like sound to signify waking up and then it goes to the person breathing heavily with a raised heartbeat.

We had to make some edits to the storyline due to time constraints, for example we originally wanted the nightmare to start in the lecture and then the person walks home but we couldn’t fit it in to the time frame we had so we had the person start in an unknown location.

All in all the final piece sounds good and gives the listener a sense of fear during the nightmare scene due to the rapid change from reality. It has been fun working on the project and we have all gained valuable knowledge of how the recording process works for experimental sound and also we have a better understanding of the software used for audio editing.