# GarageBand/Creating the sound of fear

These instructions are designed for GarageBand 3 plus the sounds of a symphony orchestra. GarageBand is easy and fast yet powerful enough to do film scoring. Please, tell me if you find anything as good!
This course in music and filmmaking is:
Film scoring introduction for filmmakers
This lesson is:
Lesson #01: Creating the sound of "Fear" with GarageBand and the sounds of a symphony orchestra
The pages in this lesson are:
Lesson Summary: Creating moods using the instruments of the symphony orchestra
Page 1: Getting started with GarageBand and symphony orchestra
Pop Quiz - GarageBand with symphony orchestra - Fear - 4 points
Page 2: Creating the sound of fear with GarageBand - 6 points
Page 3: Creating additional moods with individual notes - 6 points
Optional: Create a musical cue for the motion picture "Graduation Day" - 20 points :
| Step 1 1. Create the note Start a new project file in GarageBand and add just one note that sounds scary. In the pop quiz, you determined which instrument and pitch is the most frightening. Now you use that instrument and pitch to create just one note in a new project in GarageBand. Note: Once you have created the project with a single note, you can easily adjust the velocity of the note. That is the next step. | Step 2 2. Shape the volume Open up the volume for the track and create a fade in and a fade out for the sound of the violin trill (or whatever instrument you selected.) 3. Send me your results Once you are happy with your sound of fear, send me the project file. Done! |

## After

| More advanced Techniques In the exercise above, you used on only one track in GarageBand. If you wish, you can try to create additional tracks to enhance your sound of fear. | Option 1 · Rich and thick sound One way to enhance music is to add a second voice which enhances your first voice. One way to to play a complete cord which thickens the sound. Try a cord of violin trills or the same note with a different trill sound. Option 2 · Add a new sound Another way to enhance music is add a totally different sound which conflicts and interacts with your original sound. Listen to the sound effects of the Orchestra Kit and add one of the musical sound effects softly in the background. Option 3 · Add a sound effect Programs like GarageBand allow you to mix music with ordinary audio files (sound effects from a sound effect library.) Pick a fearful sound effect and combine it with your musical sound. Perhaps the sound of fingernails on a chalk board will make your violin more disgusting. Or the cry of a wolf in the distance. |
* Completed Homework Assignments - The sound of fear for filmmakers and musicians
* Simple musical sounds which create the mood of fear
* Rainer Pusch has created the sound of fear. June 3, 2007 - 2 points
* Stanislav Tanov has has created the sound of fear. June 5, 2007 - 2 points
* Horncomposer has has created the sound of fear. June 24, 2007 - 2 points
* Orsanct has has created the sound of fear using just a single note. July 20, 2007 - 10 points
* Eze has created the sound of fear - 30 April 2007 - 6 points
* DanielPhillips8 has creates the sound of fear using other instruments. Here is his Fear, Fear #3, Suspense, and Suspense #2 - 19 May 2007 - 6 points.
* Requiescat has creates the sound of fear using other instruments. Here is her Sound of Fear - 18 June 2007 - 6 points.
* Bob DeYager has created the sound of fear - 2 August 2007 - 10 points -- Instructor Note: The best so far. Can you do better?
* Blueygh2 has created the sound of fear using Sibelius 4 using Garritan Personal Orchestra sound library. - 23 August 2007 - 10 points
* TBOL3 has created the sound of fear - 24 August 2007 - 10 points
* Joe Mac has created the sound of fear with GarageBand and Boldt Package and he has also created the sound of fear 2 using real instruments in his recording studio - 13 September 2007 - 20 points
* Wayoutjake has created the sound of fear - 25 September 2007 - 10 points
* Keith Eppers has created the sound of fear. - 20 October 2007 - 10 points
* FIREborn has created the sound of fear using Propellerheads Reason 3.0. - Best one yet. - 05 November 2007 - 10 points
* Sowens has created the sound of fear using Finale with the Garritan personal orchestra. - 07 November 2007 - 10 points
* Tiego Louis Zontag (Zon) has created the sound of fear using Protools and Miroslav plugin. Zon says, "In Miroslav, the trills violins not exceed 3 or 4 seconds. So, I use trem violins." - 13 December 2007 - 10 points - - - Most interesting sound of fear yet!!!!
* Christian Hamm has created the sound of fear. - 01 February 2008 - 10 points
* Robert Hall has created the sound of fear using Sibelius 4. - 14 February 2008 - 10 points
* Ben Henderson (Cubinoid) has created the sound of fear
* I used Logic Pro, and Miroslav strings. The strings did not last six seconds, so I layered them. I allowed a bit of space at the end for the reverb to die away.
* I used track automation to provide a gentle volume slide into the sound, and panned the violins into their correct orchestral position. I used a long tunnel reverb to make the violins sound so scary. - 23 February 2008 - 10 points
* Maestro has created the sound of fear using GarageBand with Jam Pack Symphony Orchestra. - 10 May 2008 - 10 points
* Completed Film Scoring Assignment - The sound of fear using a single note
* May 15, 2008
* Tonto Silver has completed this assignment.
* Tonto Silver has created the sound of fear.
* Tonto Silver says, "I have created fear with Protools using structure sampler. One note sudden then fade then swell then fade out. The strings tremelo 1 from garageband orchestra loaded into structure. I added medium hall reverb with TL space plug in. using GarageBand with Jam Pack Symphony Orchestra."
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* Let me know when you are done or if you have problems Robert Elliott. To email me, you simply Click Here.
* Once you have sent me your project file for creating the "Sound of Fear" using a violin trill, etc., you should try to create other moods using only a single note with GarageBand .
* Creating additional moods for motion pictures with individual notes
* Contact your instructor
* Your instructor for this film scoring class is Robert Elliott.
* You can email me by clicking here.