Week 1 Summary
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(NOTE that the information on this page is not always kept up to date. Check assignments pages for official due dates.)
Monday 1/9
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks; option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at "region" editing...
(28 students present at first class meeting.)
Tuesday 1/10
Introduction to Reason. Setting up the empty rack with mixer and redrum. Creating redrum patterns.
Wednesday 1/11
Did everything else in Garage Band (except audio recording and editing.) Assignment 1 announced.
(28 students were present.)
WILL NEED TIME TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENT 1 NEXT WEEK.
Thursday 1/14
More on the redrum. Multiple redrums, adding external samples, copy, randomize, shift, etc. Introduce ways to alter sound resources in Redrum: multiple Redrum modules, reprogramming individual sounds. Some look at the sequencer. Did not make the assignment - need to do that next time, along with providing some time to work on it.
Friday 1/13
Same a MW class. Announced first assignment and deadline. Provided some work time on project 1 in class today.
(Looks like about 28 students actively enrolled.)
WILL NEED TIME TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENT 1 NEXT WEEK.
PREVIOUS TERMS
2011 Fall
Monday 9/26
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks; option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at "region" editing...
(Class full. Turned away perhaps 10 students. Perhaps a half dozen remained on wait list.)
Tuesday 9/27
No Music 8 this quarter.
Wednesday 9/28
Did everything else in Garage Band (except audio recording and editing.) Assignment 1 announced.
(Class
full, plus took two additional students who could work on their own
laptops. Turned away 3-4 additional students - and/or suggested they try
Friday class.)
WILL NEED TIME TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENT 1 NEXT WEEK.
Thursday 9/29
No Music 8 this quarter.
Friday 9/30
Same a MW class. Announced first assignment and deadline. Provided some work time on project 1 in class today.
(By the end of the period the class was exactly full with no one on the wait list.)
WILL NEED TIME TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENT 1 NEXT WEEK.
2011 Spring
Monday 4/4
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks; option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at "region" editing...
Tuesday 4/5
Did:
Basic Reason intro: the rack; the empty rack; adding the mixer and
Redrum via the Create menu; creating basic patterns on Redrum;
(Did not: copy/paste patterns; pattern length; resolution; tempo; flam; swing.)
Wednesday 4/6
Did everything else in Garage Band (except audio recording and editing.) Assignment 1 announced.
Thursday 4/7
Finished
Redrum intro: popup menu features (randomize, shift, initialize, etc.),
entering pattern numbers into the pattern lane, pattern length, (flam,
shuffle,) etc. Discussed assignment 1 (for those who have not taken my music 51) and due date for assignment 2 (redrum)
(Friday
Same a MW class. Announced first assignment and deadline. Provided some work time on project 1 in class today.
2011 WinterMonday 1/3
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks; (solo/mute (but not volume automation),) option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at "region" editing...
Tuesday 1/4
Did:
Basic Reason intro: the rack; the empty rack; adding the mixer and
Redrum via the Create menu; creating basic patterns on Redrum;
(Did not: copy/paste patterns; pattern length; resolution; tempo; flam; swing.)
Wednesday 1/5
Did everything else in Garage Band except recording and editing audio. Assignment 1 announced. (May decide not to do audio editing in GB at this time. Did not do it in Friday class either.)
Thursday 1/6
Finished Redrum intro: popup menu features (randomize, shift, initialize, etc.), entering pattern numbers into the pattern lane, pattern length, flam, shuffle, etc. Discussed assignment 1 (for those who have not taken my music 51) and due date for assignment 2 (redrum)
Friday 17
Same a MW class. Announced first assignment and deadline. Provided some work time on project 1 in class today.
1020 Fall
Monday 9/20
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks; (solo/mute (but not volume automation),) option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at "region" editing...
Tuesday 9/21
NO Music 8 this term: Did:
Basic Reason intro: the rack; the empty rack; adding the mixer and
Redrum via the Create menu; creating basic patterns on Redrum;
copy/paste patterns; pattern length; resolution; tempo; flam; swing.
Wednesday 9/22
Did
everything else in Garage Band except recording and editing audio.
Assignment 1 announced. (May decide not to do audio editing in GB at
this time. Did not do it in Friday class either.)
Thursday 9/23
NO Music 8 this term: Finished Redrum intro. Announced assignment 1 and 2. (Will allow some work time on #2 at next session, but not a lot.)
Friday 9/24
Same
a MW class. Announced first assignment and deadline. Moving slightly
faster than MW so as to compensate for later holidays - provided some
work time on project 1 in class today
2010 Spring
Monday 4/5
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks;
solo/mute (but not volume automation), option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track, effects, align to beat, very basic look at
"region" editing...
Tuesday 4/6
Did:
Basic
Reason intro: the rack; the empty rack; adding the mixer and
Redrum via the Create menu; creating basic patterns on Redrum;
copy/paste patterns; pattern length; resolution; tempo; flam; swing.
Wednesday
4/7
Did everything else in Garage Band except
recording and editing audio. Assignment 1 announced. (May decide not to
do audio editing in GB at this time. Did not do it in Friday class
either.)
Thursday 4/8
Finished
Redrum intro. Announced assignment 1 and 2. (Will allow some work time
on #2 at next session, but not a lot.)
Friday
4/9
Same a MW class.
Announced first assignment and deadline.
2010 Winter
Monday 1/4
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Began with Garage Band: selecting and dragging loops into tracks;
solo/mute (but not volume automation), option-drag, drag to make loops,
delete region and track
Tuesday 1/5
Did:
Basic
Reason intro: the rack; the empty rack; adding the mixer and
Redrum via the Create menu; creating basic patterns on Redrum;
copy/paste patterns; pattern length; resolution; tempo; flam; swing.
Wednesday
1/6
Did everything else in Garage Band except
recording and editing audio. Assignment 1 announced. (May decide not to
do audio editing in GB at this time. Did not do it in Friday class
either.)
Thursday 1/7
Finished
Redrum intro. Announced assignment 1 and 2. Friday
1/8
Same a MW class.
Announced first assignment and deadline.
Monday 9/21
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Then... studio configuration problems ensued - so we did not get
started on Garage Band... Tuesday 9/22
Technical
problems with studio! Did not do: Basic Reason intro: the rack, the
empty rack, adding the mixer and Subtractor via the Create menu or
selecting from preset Subtractor sounds and the concept of editing the
Subractor (but only in the most cursory way). Did not play the
Subtractor from the keyboard. Wednesday 19/23
introduced
Garage Band: adding regions, looping - showed pan/volume and master
volume, edit/solo, etc. Did a quick intro to using keyboard to control
sounds. Did not do: track edit screens, quantize, pitch
correction, etc. Still need to look at adding effects to software synth
tracks. Make the Garage Band project assignment and announce due date
one week from today. (Some class time will be available next week to
work on this.) Thursday 4/9
Introduced some Subtractor basics - up through oscillator. Probably need to back up and do redrum...
OLD:
Introduced Redrum basics. Work time on the Redrum module. Need to go
over adding a second redrum, working with the pattern lane, recording
Redrum directly into a track. Introduced the Redrum assignment. Friday 4/10
Same a MW class but finished the GB intro. Announced first assignment and deadline. Monday 4/6
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Then introduced Garage Band: adding regions, looping - showed
pan/volume. Did not do: recording from keyboard and copying, edit screens, solo/mute, etc. Tuesday 4/7
Basic
Reason intro: the rack, the empty rack, adding the mixer and Subtractor
via the Create menu. Went over selecting from preset Subtractor sounds
and the concept of editing the Subractor (but only in the most cursory
way). Played the Subtractor from the keyboard. Wednesday 14/8
Completed
Garage Band intro including editing, effects, panning/volume, etc. More
Garage Band including how to record music played from the keyboard, a
quick look at the editing window, and a quick look at adding effects to
software synth tracks. Explained the mute/solo/etc controls or the
drop-down volume and pan controls. Make the Garage Band project
assignment and announce due date one week from today. (Some class time
will be available next week to work on this.) Thursday 4/9
Introduced
Redrum basics. Work time on the Redrum module. Need to go over adding a
second redrum, working with the pattern lane, recording Redrum directly
into a track. Introduced the Redrum assignment. Friday 4/10
Same a MW class but did explain the mute/solo/etc controls or the drop-down volume and pan controls. Announced first assignment and deadline. Monday 1/5
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Then introduced Garage Band: adding regions, looping. Briefly
showed where to find track effects and where to find the Track Info
panel. Briefly explained mute, solo, lock, etc. buttons - showed
pan/volume but did not demo. Did not do: recording from keyboard and copying, etc. Tuesday 1/6
Basic
Reason intro: the rack, the empty rack, adding the mixer and Subtractor
via the Create menu. Went over selecting from present Subtractor
sounds. Played the Subtractor from the keyboard. Wednesday 1/7
Completed
Garage Band intro including editing, effects, panning/volume, etc. More
Garage Band including how to record music played from the keyboard, a
quick look at the editing window, and a quick look at adding effects to
software synth tracks. Explained the mute/solo/etc controls or the
drop-down volume and pan controls. Make the Garage Band project
assignment and announce due date one week from today. (Some class time
will be available next week to work on this.) Thursday 1/8
Introduced
Redrum basics. Work time on the Redrum module. Went over adding a
second redrum, working with the pattern lane, recording Redrum directly
into a track. Introduced the Redrum assignment. Friday 1/9
Same a MW class but did explain the mute/solo/etc controls or the drop-down volume and pan controls. Announced first assignment and deadline.
Monday 9/22
Did the usual
getting-started stuff: quick review of greensheet, web site sign ups,
etc. Then introduced Garage Band: adding regions, looping. Did not do: recording from keyboard and copying, etc. Tuesday 9/23
Basic
Reason intro: the rack, the empty rack, adding the mixer and Subtractor
via the Create menu. Went over selecting from present Subtractor
sounds. Played the Subtractor from the keyboard. (Did not do: Went over essentially all
of the front panel controls of ReDrum for creating and modifying
patterns. Also mentioned the overall control from the transport window,
and the options available from the popup menu. Did not yet go over how
to add patterns to the sequencer, or how to record drum sounds directly
into the sequencer with keyboard input.) Wednesday 9/24
Completed
Garage Band intro including editing, effects, panning/volume, etc. More
Garage Band including how to record music played from the keyboard, a
quick look at the editing window, and a quick look at adding effects to
software synth tracks. Explained the mute/solo/etc controls or the
drop-down volume and pan controls. Make the Garage Band project
assignment and announce due date one week from today. (Some class time
will be available next week to work on this.) Thursday 9/25
Work
time on the Redrum module. Went over adding a second redrum, working
with the pattern lane, recording Redrum directly into a track. Then we
started with the Subtractor: oscillators (waveform and frequency
controls), noise generator (color) and the amplitude envelope.
Introduced the Redrum assignment. Did initial introduction to the
Subtractor module, but did not explain much more than the oscillators
and the most basic features of generic ADSR envelopes. (Notes: Contrary
to this description we just barely did the pattern lane - need
to do this next time. The Subtractor intro was on Tuesday did not yet
include anything on actually modifying sounds.) Friday 9/26
Same a MW class but did explain the mute/solo/etc controls or the drop-down volume and pan controls. Announced first assignment and deadline.
Week: 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
ALL
(NOTE that the information on this page is not always kept up to date. Check assignments pages for official due dates.)
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