Week Two

During the second week I asked Andy what sound programs would be best to use if we did not have a MAC at home and he suggested two main ones to the class they were 'Audacity' which he noted was a very good sound program on the PC even though it may not be as good as logic pro.

 After talking about these different programs Andy asked us how we all felt about the prior week, specifically about being "thrown in the deep end" with logic pro, I found that it was very confusing at first but with time it became understandable and i think it is a very good way to learn as u build up your own personal ways of using the program.

 After Andy put up multiple videos of classic video games such as 'Streets of Rage', 'Zelda' and 'Gods', concentrating on the different soundtracks each had and how they affected the player, and added to the game. Then Andy mentioned the various old consoles such as the commodor 64 and the Zx Spectrum, this was to look at the power that the old consoles had when it came to sound and how sound was created, stored and projected from these systems compared to the consoles of today.

 This weeks most important point to me is that of the fact that old consoles specifically the commodore 64, and the gameboy to produce chip tunes this was incredibly interesting to me and i would really enjoy trying it some time.


Signed: Arron Pomeroy