The Dead End - Interactive Sound Environment created in FMOD Sandbox

This is my Sonic Structures course project in MSc Sound Design programme at the University of Edinburgh. The Dead End is an extended end (written by me) of a short story "The Sound Sweep" by J.G.Ballard. I used FMOD Designer and FMOD Sandbox to create the sonic environment of the story.

The Dead End (Extended end of The Sound Sweep) - Hrishikesh Dani

The doom like howling of the wind was sweeping over the dunes. Mangon drove his sound truck deliriously towards the stockade. Infuriated with a mixture of guilt and anger he bangs into the rusty gateway. The stockade was bustling with the pandemonium of the dead remains of the sounds which were dumped into it. The uproar of trains, the clamor of cats and dogs, the cacophony of sonic music which Mangon grew up on, the tumult of city traffic, the crying of choking baby, the harsh words of Madame Gioconda and LeGrande which were left on the walls of the studio, the agitation of electric static of transformers, all these sounds sprung out of their graves to haunt Mangon, as if they plotted a conspiracy among themselves.
Mangon drove his sound truck past the disturbing commotion of sound ghouls and found himself near the shore. A dispassionate female voice announced you have reached the dead end at the point where the stockade ended. Mangon leapt out of his sound truck. He felt a strange sense of fear. He started running around the stockade. He ran past through the chaos of sounds that reflected his past and the present. He tried to run away from each of those ominous sounds but kept returning back to the dead end. Panic attack struck into his juvenile mind and he started to run like a crazy child. His panting grew louder as the cacophony started to fade out behind him. He looked back at the stockade and felt despair and lonely, he felt that life has been harsh on him and there was no point pushing the rock uphill like Sysphus. He turned around with his back to the stockade. A gunshot sound joined the haunting sounds of the stockade as Mangons body hit the ground. The doom like howling of the wind carried on sweeping over the dunes.

Sound Designer : Hrishikesh Dani
Voices by Jacob Danson Faraday and Helen Miles. One text to speech voice sample from www.voiceforge.com

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[Daleonfire]

nice work, like all the sounds.

been thinking about doing the sound design masters at edinburgh, did u get much out of it?

[hrishikeshdani]

@Daleonfire Thanks! ... About sound design masters at edinburgh uni...I would say it is a well-organized course covering a variety of sound design topics within a year's time (full-time)... though it becomes quite hectic and demands lots of effort. Other than that, it is upto the individual how much he/she can get out of the prorgramme ... it is more of a self-driven approach just like it is for any other masters programme.

I hope that helps.

cheers,

Rishi

[xyz51792]

this scared me.ahhaa

cool.:D

[Daleonfire]

@hrishikeshdani cheers man for the insight. been working on my portfolio since my undergrad and was wondering if the postgrad degree would teach me anything i cant teach myself or get me any worth while connections.

but love the work anyway man, sounds are crystal clear!

[systemathic]

cool :)