An Evening Recording

Student flats are great for horror sounds.

The other night, Rob and I spent the evening recording various sounds around my flat. These sounds were recorded using a Rode NT-USB condenser microphone. This microphone was suited to the job of recording indoors as it recorded with little interference from the background. A small selection of some of the sounds we recorded include the scraping of two knives together, the low hum of a fridge, and the creaking of a door. I even went to the extent of smacking my hand as hard as possible with a sauce pan, resulting in myself having to get an ice pack but it was definitely worth it for the sound it produced.

We intend to add multiple effects to these sounds in the editing stage of our soundscape project. The effects include panning, pitch shifting, and other forms of automation and modulation. Doing so will add the harrowing ‘horror’ experience we are aiming to create with our finished soundscape.

Overall, we are pleased with sounds we recorded during the evening. We collected quite a large range and surprised ourselves with the amount of ‘horror’ sounds we could find and create in the space of a small student flat. The Rode NT-USB was a great choice of microphone to use as the clarity from each clip we recorded was superb. The large sensitivity range was beneficial for the sharp, loud ‘bangs’ we created as well as the more sustained, lower sounds.