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Started July 3rd, 2010 · 4 replies · Latest reply by nemoDaedalus 13 years, 9 months ago
I'm recording an audio book as a podcast series, and I need a simple, appropriate sound to insert between scene breaks.
I know there are a slew of possibilities, but nothing sounds right to me so far. I would really appreciate anyone's thoughts or suggestions.
It needs to be relatively short ... no more than 4 or 5 seconds ... possibly less.
Thanks!
I've recorded one audio book and I simply had a few seconds of silence inbetween. I often hear audio books on the radio and they too usually just have silence as pause. It works and is simple, you should consider it. If you use the same sound all the time, it's going to get annoying after chapter 3, I think.
I have the 1927 film Metropolis on DVD and in the making-of they use the same sound for every chapter, and that's very annoying.
That's probably a good idea!
In fact, in my first cut for episode 1, I did just that, but received some negative feedback. The listeners initially thought the episode was over, only to hear (finally) that it was just a scene break. Of course, the break was probably too long.
How long was your break?
Thanks for taking the time to reply ... I really appreciate it!
3-4 seconds, I edited by feel, when I felt the next chapter was to begin, I started it. Should indeed not be too long, sometimes when I hear it on the radio, I just about start thinking there's some technical problem when the next chapter begins, that's not a good thing.
Alternatively, I've also heard music pieces being used, but it has to be longer then. Too short jingles get annoying, as I described, so it needs to be longer and have the right mood; you don't want Moonlight Sonata in a comedy