Unit 24 Task 2 Name: Lara Young
DAW DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is a software used for editing, recording and mixing music and producing audio files. DAW software includes apple logic, cube base and cakewalk these are some examples of DAW software. The reason we have this software is because it allows us to edit, improve and change the audio which allows the final product to be a professional standard. Without this type of software the audio would be unorganised and the quality would be poor because you wouldn’t be able to edit out any unwanted noise like white noise and vibrations. Moving on DAW software is more practical than a mixing desk is because you are unable to save your work which makes it unreliable and you could argue that the mixing desk is more complicated than the DAW software because of the wide range of buttons. Also DAW software takes up less room up because it is downloaded onto the computer and it is a lot cheaper than a mixing board because the mixing board cost around £2000 were the DAW software cost £200.
Mixing desk A Mixing desk is part of the sound equipment. It is a console where sound signals are mixed during recording or broadcasting it includes a microphone. It is used to changing the quality and the level of audio signal. It also include microphones being used by singers and for picking up acoustic instruments, signals from electric or electronic instruments, or recorded music. The most popular mixing desk is sound craft EPM8 8-channel Mixer which cost around £160 which is the cheaper mixing desk. The feature includes fading, headphones slot, speaks with good audio quality. The advantage of the mixing desk is that it is simple to use also it can be quite affordable. However it can be difficult to set up if you don’t know what you’re doing. The mixing desk is very pacific which means it has highly effective out comes. This is perfect for song editing and has far better control over frequencies, bussing pitch and reverb. However this is very expensive. Also this is not made for lip syncing because it doesn’t have visual guidance. Which means you need an ear for it
Cut Cut is an editing tool on the software like logic. It normally looks like scissors and it you to cut up the text so instead of being one big chunk it can be many small chunks. It also you do cut and delete any long pause, awkward silences or any white noise. It stops sound being wasted and makes the audio flow a lot better. However if you want to get it spot on so you don’t have a long pause or any extra sound you have to zoom in on a 100th of a second which can become quite hard to do.