The Making Of

To make my radio programme, i am going to be using the software Garageband. Garageband is most appropriate for this project, as it will help me easily create a radio jingle, which is a nessecity for the project.

I first began by opening a new project, and began immidately adding elements. I explored all the different loops which could be applied, attempting to find the right one which went with the theme of my radio, new music.

I started with a basic beat, which would help back the intrumentals of the various elements to my jingle.

I then added a guitar loop by inserting another track, which layers itself ontop of the drum beat. This acts as a bass type element to the jingle. It is a funky electric guitar, which adds a retro feel to the jingle, which goes well with developing music, as retro style music is very in at the moment.
I then added the rest of the track to the jingle, a blues guitar and a edgy rock guitar. Although all the tracks from my jingle sound completely contrasting from their name, they actually go very well together, creating a very modern music rock type sound. The next step was to get the timing of each intrument right, and position the introduction of each track right. I wanted a build up of the instruments, so i made the piece start with only the funky guitar, and 2 seconds into the piece the drum beat begins, then 2 seconds after that the other 2 tracks burst in, creating a very powerful jump into the jingle. I then continued all the loops playing for about 10 seconds, then at an appropriate time stopped all the tracks except the blues guitar, which ends the jingle well.

I then added a backing track which would play behind the voice of the presenter, a convention of many radio shows. To make it obveously part of the radio show, i decided that it should be one of the tracks from the jingle, and i chose the drum kit, as it is the simplest, and will not over power the dialogue.
I then began to fiddle with the volumes of each of the tracks, to equilize them, but also so that the key parts stood out from the rest, for example the 2 guitar tracks introduced 4 seconds in should be louder then the bass and drum beat, as they are the big climaxtic tracks of the jingle, therefore they must be the most dominant. Also the backing track must be quieter then the dialogue.

The next step of making the radio show was to record the dialogue. To do this i wrote a script (which i will post on the blog) then ran though the script with the person i was interviewing. I then recorded this on a hand held recorder, and imported this on to garageband.

Then i added some effects to the dialogue track, one in particular called "radio effect" which gave the sound more of an impression that it was recorded in a proffesional studio, adding to the realism of the programme.I then added other loop track elements to the piece, such as "studio cheering" and "studio laughing", to give the impression that it is recorded in a live studio, which as found out through my research is a convention of some radio shows. I positioned these in the appropriate places, for example at the start of the dialogue, suggesting it was the beginning of the show.
The next step was to edit the individual volumes of each of the tracks. this would allow me to have fade in and fade outs of some of the tracks, such as the clapping, and also can equalise certain parts of the dialogue where the speaking was louder than the other.

After finishing my radio programme, i then exported it onto my pendrive in a MP3 file. This will allow me to publish it on blogger.