Listen and decide if the statements are true or false.

Bret: So here we are with Holden Corbett and we’re talking about trips.

Holden: I do enjoy traveling. More than anything in the world.

Bret: Have you done a lot of traveling?

Holden: Yes, I have. I’ve worked so hard, so I have been able to afford my trips. That’s how I ended up here in Greece.

Bret: Thanks for coming over to my program…So, how long have you been in Greece?

Holden: Nine days approximately, I’m not sure, I’ve been visiting a lot of places since I arrived here.

Bret: Well. I was wondering how you decided to travel around the world.

Holden: I don’t know, once I was at home, it was a boring cold Sunday and, I remember I was zapping and suddenly I stopped in a documentary about Iceland, I immediately fell in love with all those landscapes and… two weeks later I was there…

Bret: Wow! That’s so great!

Holden: I couldn’t agree more… It has definitely been the best decision I’ve ever made…

Bret: …. so okay… you are from the USA, aren’t you?

Holden: You are right! I’m originally from Atlanta, Georgia.

Bret: I think I should have mentioned that before… Where have you been in your country?

Holden: You should’ve… I’ve been to many states, but I definitely prefer traveling abroad. I prefer to experience big culture shocks…

Bret: Well, talking about it…what has been the biggest one you have experienced?

Holden: So, I did Korea. I was there for a month, but It was difficult for me to get used to the food. I got sick multiple times….

Sarah: Hi my name is Sarah and I’ve made lots of different things in my life. I’ve taken dancing lessons and I have won a dancing competition, where I met really famous singers and professional dancers.

John: Hi my name is John; I am going to talk about my experiences in Asia. I have been to many countries, but Asian countries have been the ones I have enjoyed the most. When I was there, I sang karaoke in front of people, I studied Korean and Japanese languages and I gave a speech in front of a lot of people.

Katherine: Hello everyone, I am Katherine. I love the beach and I enjoy practicing sports, and I took surfing lessons when I was a teenager. Every time I go to the beach, I go surfing with my friends. I have had many accidents, once I went to the hospital because I broke one of my bones, I had to get surgery!

Gary Oldman was born in 1958 and grew up in England. He went to a public school but at the age of fifteen, he had to give up because he needed to work. He decided to start acting in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He participated in several performances in England as in the US. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Then, he moved to New York where he lived for seven years.

Since then, Oldman has performed with different directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Tony Scott, and Bernard Rose. In 1991, he participated in the film Heading Home which was directed by David Hare. Oldman has gotten different awards (International Festival of Edinburgh, BAFTA , Empire Award among others).

Oldman has spent most of his life living between London and New York but he hasn’t only spent his time working. Since 2005, he has participated in Batman’s series. He has become an icon in the films industry.

My name is Dave and last month I joined Young Vision, a youth organization that works in poor and neglected areas to try to reduce the number of children and teenagers dropping out of school. I have been a volunteer for twelve months now. We have found at-risk students, those who have skipped school, are undisciplined or have failed the course, and we give them academic support. We have provided them with help in the classroom or at home. All the volunteers are young people who have helped us to build their confidence and security. I have mentored several boys and girls in different subjects such as Science, Math, English and Spanish. I get to know my students, who they are and what they have experienced. Our goal is to be good role models. Visión Joven volunteers have made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of students and have transformed hundreds of schools and neighborhoods.

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Once upon a time, there was a family that wanted to have a party for Halloween. In order to make it well, they asked the neighbors what kind of party they like. The answers were very diverse. The Williams family said that at a Halloween party they always arrange to do a performance. The Smith family said that they would like to help to decorate the house with a lot of different things. Finally, the Clark family said that they like to see many different costumes so they decided to launch a costume competition with a very interesting prize. All the neighborhood helped to make that Halloween night an unforgettable one.

AUTOMATIZACIONES DE PANEO, VOLUMEN Y OTROS PARÁMETROS

Como hemos visto en la unidad 6, la automatización funciona para programar cambios de un parámetro en la línea de tiempo, de tal manera que siempre que se reproduzca el cambio ocurra en el punto en que fue programado.

En el caso del volumen y del paneo, será especialmente útil cuando en un clip de audio haya puntos extremadamente fuertes y en los que un compresor no resulta suficiente (en cuanto volumen) y cuando una fuente de sonido se mueva por el cuadro de un lado a otro y se quiera reforzar con la automatización del paneo.

Los plug-ins de procesos dinámicos y de tiempo también pueden agregarse a la pestaña de automatización dirigiéndose a los rectángulos debajo de la pestaña “Auto” donde aparecerá una lista con todos los parámetros del plug-in.

Después, seleccionamos el parámetro que se desea modificar y presionamos el botón “add”. Enseguida podremos ver el parámetro seleccionado en la pestaña de automatización del track (flecha en la esquina inferior izquierda) y la línea en la cual podremos realizar los cambios.

Importante tener en cuenta la frecuencia, pues se trata de la cantidad de ciclos de una onda sonora en una unidad de tiempo dado en Hertz (Hz). En otras palabras, la velocidad con la que la onda completa un ciclo pasando por su punto más alto y más bajo. Cuanto mayor sea la frecuencia, más agudo será el sonido. Los sonidos que podemos escuchar están compuestos de todo un espectro de frecuencias que, en el caso del oído humano, va desde los 20Hz hasta los 20.000 Hz.

En cuanto al ataque es un parámetro de algunos plugins que configura la velocidad en milisegundos con la que el plug-in empieza a hacer efecto después de que el audio ingrese a este. Este parámetro es más habitual en los compresores. Asimismo, el release es un parámetro de algunos plug-ins que determina la velocidad con la que la herramienta deja de hacer efecto después de alcanzar cierto límite. Es más habitual en compresores y procesos de tiempo.

La panoramización, paneo o imagen estereofónica se refiere, básicamente, a si un sonido está programado para ser reproducido a la izquierda o derecha de un sistema de reproducción estéreo. Para ponerte en contexto, un sistema de reproducción estéreo pueden ser tus audífonos (uno para el oído izquierdo y otro para el derecho), desde un DAW puedes editar un sonido para que suene por ambos audífonos, por el izquierdo o por el derecho.

Listen to the following conversation about planning a party and say if the statements are true or false.

Escuche la siguiente conversación sobre la planificación de una fiesta y diga si las afirmaciones son “true” o “false”.

A continuación, tendremos una pequeña charla acerca del aprendizaje organizacional y la administración del conocimiento. Espero podamos aprender cosas nuevas en relación con las organizaciones.