XIAOMO XU
LOCATION
CCT Parking Garage. UTM Campus, Mississauga ON
Description of Project
In my project, I have chosen the UTM underground garage as my site to develop my soundtrack. The reason why I chose this specific site is that personally I’m interested in cars and underground garage is a place designed for cars to stay. Most of the people would not pay much attention to the garage because they are always in a rush and only see it as a functional space to park their cars. However, I have paid close attention to its detail such as ambient noise, lighting, cars passing, people walking by, and all kinds of sounds that cars make. In my project, I have mixed in a number of car sounds as well as human sounds to amplify and demonstrate the sounds that people normally ignored. I have put a rather ambient sound throughout the whole track to show the peaceful side of the garage. Moreover, I decided to record different car sounds and use them to simulate the emotion of the car. For instance when people have made lots of loud noises in the garage, the car would growl to show its anger because it has been bothered from its sleep. Nevertheless, I have simulated the sound of car breathing to show that it is taking a nap in the peaceful garage. I have played around with the human voice where a man said something about “visitor” after he parked his car. I think for the other cars parked in there, he and his car is a visitor to this quite garage. Overall, I enjoyed this project a lot because I have spent lots of time in the garage and recorded many attractive sounds that I wouldn’t have thought before.