As a recording artist, I have always had a steady interest in gaining a firm grasp on post-prodution mixing. This interest was my main reason for joining the Music, Science, and Technology program. The Hip-Hop genre is just now beginning to experiment with vocal effects in ways that mimic the Electronica genre. On each our homework assignments, we had the opportunity to finalize our work with a little post-production on Audacity. Throughout my experience at CCMRA, I have heard numerous complaints about the primive nature of the program. Although it is not my favorite software for audio rendering, I believed in Audacity's capacity. Therefore, for my final project, I intended to create a rhythmic vocal piece and exhibit the mixing capacity of audacity in the post-production process.
I wrote a 3:00 minute, one verse rap song. I recorded it to Audacity, and attempted to utilize the array of effects plug-ins. Unfortunately, I became disenchanted with the general framework of Audacity. I saw the truth behind my classmates statements. I bounced my recording, and finished the post-production on Adobe Audition. In the following recording, you will hear different effects that highlight the rhymes in the rap. Each rhyming pattern has a distinct effect(s) associated with it. In keeping with the rhyme scheme, the effects typically change in 4-8 bar phases. The goal was to make my vocals sound like a percussive instrument as we have done with voices in several of the homework assignments. I tried to employ everything from panning to reverb effects, the various topics we touched upon in the course.
Enjoy.: Jidenna's Hip-Tronica