What can I do about this audio mixing problem with sound effects?

[Ryan Elder]

Yeah, the school said that the audio engineer really dropped the ball. I wish the school taught us to do our own sound mixing rather than sending it off to someone else for our projects to hand in.

Plus, our professors grade us on the sound, and the sound is part of the grade, but I feel that I am not responsible for the sound, if it gets sent off to someone else, before being handed in, to be graded on.

[Simon Billington]

Group projects or relying on others is always scary business at uni. Even if you do get to choose who you work with, it can’t be guaranteed they’re going to deliver what you need, when you need it and at an acceptable level of quality.

Good lecturers/professors will keep in mind your part in the process and evaluate you by only what you have done. If you have to hand in a journal along with your work, make sure you document all these difficulties. It will help them to understand better.