One Shots Using Sound Cues
Ambient and Procedural Sound Design
Starting in the lakeside area, I searched for frog sounds for this setting to create a sound cue. There were already TWELVE frog sounds that I can use for this project! Lots of frogs! I grabbed all 12 samples and dragged them into the new sound cue I’ve created. I ran all twelve samples into a random selector, which then feeds into a delay node. The delay node helps randomize the timing of any given frog noise. This then feeds into a looping node, and finally into the output. I saved these settings and dragged two instances of the sound cue I’ve created onto either side of that lake. Finally I overrode the attenuation settings and adjusted accordingly to the shape of the lake!!
Still at the same lake area, I then added splashing sounds to simulate fish splashing around in the lake. There were 20 samples of splashes in this instance. I created a new sound cue and then added all 20 samples to a random selector node. This time around, I also added a modulator node. The modulator node randomizes the volume of the sample chosen, within a given range that I set. After this setting I attach to a delay node, then looping mode, and finally into the output. I save this sound cue as well, drag into the lake, override attenuation, and then adjust accordingly. It’s fascinating to think about how much time we would naturally hear between splash sounds at a lake. We don’t think of details like that in everyday life, until necessary, like putting in splash sounds here.
It’s also possible to combine both one shots and ambient sound loops! I used the well in the town for practice. There was one well loop and about eight drip sounds. I first created a new sound cue and then added a mixer node to the output. Following that I dragged the ambient loop into the sound cue editor. I attached that to the mixer and made sure looping was turned on for this sound. Following that, I used the same procedure in the splash sounds for the drip sounds. I attached that sequence to the mixer as well, adjusted volumes accordingly, saved that and dragged into the well!!
