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The sounds heard in this video include ambient sounds of footsteps, my custom instrument, rubbing my shoe against a metal sign, tapping a metal sign, among others.

The task set for us in this session was to edit and manipulate existing to create something unique. I managed to turn soft, comforting classical music in to a loud, rigorous, electronic rhythm .

One of the first sounds that can be heard is that of a pizza box filled with junk which I rattled around using a cleaning brush.

For my Soundscape sessions, I created an instrument out of a used coca-cola box, filled with various materials and objects such as rocks, twigs and baking paper. I decided to use the instrument for the second image given in my soundscapes blue box.  Due to the organic nature and its appearance which was reminiscent of a cocoon to me. I often rattled and shook the box to simulate what a an egg or cocoon would sound like moving and rattling, perhaps even pulsing. I would shake the box at different speeds and tap different sides to generate varied sounds.  This is the instrument I constructed.  The cardboard handle attached on top of the box was used to scratch the sellotape surface on that side to make sounds mimicking crackling and rattling. 

In this session we were instructed to make sounds for mythical creatures. I decided to create a sound a legendary giant stomping through the woodland. If you listen closely you can hear leaves rustling.

For my soundscape project I am tasked with producing and synthesizing sound through the application of software such as Adobe Audition. The three images are abstract images that I am required to interpret and develop the possible sounds that could be produced from such forms. I have created mind maps in response to this images as what I have interpreted what they are akin to visually and what they sounds could be made from them.