Unit 3 create a media product

From the screenshots above, you can see that in post production I focused on making my voice sound cleaner via compression, reverb and delay. This was so that the lyrics could be layered over the beat and be incorporated into the mix so that they won't clash together. This also makes the vocals more loud and clearer for the audio listener, making the song more enjoyable.  Recording the lyrics using my Microphone and headset wasn't challenging as I have done it before, and after recording the main vocals of the track I began to record some adlibs. These are used to give an artists a personality and make the song catchy and potentially memorable (memeable). Examples of this would be the "Shatta" and "BULLET" adlibs that Russ uses. I believe the hardest part of this personally was uses the plugins and sfx to make my voice sound well mixed with the beat and other sounds that are in the mix. Both of these plugins are used to compact the vocals and to delete unwan...

Above me is a video that I made talking about all the equipment I use to make music. It also goes into detail about how I use this equipment and the specifics of the song Dojo. Figuring out how to use these was challenging but familiar as they are similar to the ones that are on FL.  While I was writing the song (DOJO) I was constantly thinking about the codes and conventions of Hip-Hop music. While also thinking of ways to subvert these conventions and add themes and lyrics that are not normally featured in these songs. For example: My product can be analysed against the voyeurism and male gaze theory of representation by Laura Mulvey (1975). This is because lyrics that link to the male gaze theory are constantly repeated as to offer a familiarity for the audience (Steve Neale's, repetition and difference theory wrote in 1995) is also used to make the song similar to other products by using subject matter and language that the target audience already know. By using (Jason Mit...

Have fully recorded all my vocals for the song and am just waiting for 1Mawb to record his vocals whether it be in or out of school.  Step one- finish proposal and all production documents used  Step two- get 1Mawb vocals and add then to the mix using either FL Studio or Logic Step three- finish the song and add all sound effects etc.....