A Typewriter & Steam
This project was sparked by the sound of my roommate brushing her teeth with an electric toothbrush. In a way, the sound was relaxing which both surprised me and got me thinking of how I view mechanic sounds and what sounds some people find annoying and what sounds some find soothing. I will not go as far to say that my soundscape is soothing, because it definitely is not to me personally. But it is surprisingly not extremely abrasive, and considering the sounds I used that is a bit surprising. With this project, I hope to explore the feeling of being surrounded by metals and machines. I tried to create the sense of almost being swaddled in a space surrounded by a typewriter or machinery in use. My process mainly consisted of me walking around my room and trying out different sounds that I generally do not think of as appealing to the ear. Once I had a sufficient amount of audio, I threw them onto Garage Band and just sort of played around with the sound. I was really inte