Week 2 Summary

9/28-10/2
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Monday, 9/28

Finished GB intro. Make assignment 1. Work time on the Garage Band assignment which is due on Monday at start of period . (Very basic introduction to Logic - the Arrange and Transport windows. How to assign a plugin to an INST track. Very basic look at selecting a sound from one plugin.)

COURSE CORRECTION! I started with Subtractor last time (just looked at oscillators and noise generator) when I should have started with Redrum. So... Today I suspended coverage of the Subtractor and instead introduced the Redrum. Pretty much finished it and made the first Redrum assignment due one week from today on Tuesday, October 6.

(OLD: Work time on the ReDrum assignment that is due on Thursday. Some students appear to have finished, but more seem like they'll need at least a half hour to complete projects on Thursday. (Also a very basic intro to Subtractor module: reviewed Oscillator and Noise generator and controls of waveform and frequency. Next time continue on to filters, ADSRs, etc.))

Moved on into Logic, looking at basic plugin synths and then loops - essentially a quick tour of how to access all of them, but without details of each synthesis method. Learned how to change the inst assigned to the inst tracks. (DID NOT: Went over a model set of steps for recording: first drums, check for timing, ) add another track, add loops, etc. Hear Garage Band assignments next week since we were delayed on the first day of class by technical issues. (For next time - how to spread an instrument across multiple tracks, etc. and much more Logic stuff.

More basic editing on the Subtractor: finished the filter, went over ADSR concepts, and applied the ADSR to both volume and filter frequency. (Due to confusion about the need to enter Redrum patterns in the a pattern lane in the sequencer - half the class didn't do this - the deadline for this assignment was delayed until NEXT TUESDAY AT START OF PERIOD.)

Announced the assignment #1 business - previous music 51 students say "I was in music 51" and new students show me a project in week 6.

Tuesday: need perhaps 30 minutes work time on #2?

(Almost the s)ame as MW class. Actually both classes are a bit behind the planned schedule, though  this is a more significant issue with the Friday class. Friday class was introduced to Logic as the MW class - the arrange window, selecting instruments, recording, some basic editing in the arrange window and the piano roll, adding tracks, importance of click track. Mentioned that assignment 2 will be due at end of the period next week, though this may be a bit aggressive. (But may have to do it due to later friday holidays.) Elements of the project that I did  NOT cover include a) spreading a percussion part across multiple tracks and b) adding audio loops. Must do these at start of period.

Work time on the Garage Band assignment which is due on Wednesday at end of period. Very basic introduction to Logic - the Arrange and Transport windows. How to assign a plugin to an INST track. Very basic look at selecting a sound from one plugin.

Work time on the ReDrum assignment that is due on Thursday. Some students appear to have finished, but more seem like they'll need at least a half hour to complete projects on Thursday. (Also a very basic intro to Subtractor module: reviewed Oscillator and Noise generator and controls of waveform and frequency. Next time continue on to filters, ADSRs, etc.)

Moved on into Logic, looking at basic plugin synths and then loops - essentially a quick tour of how to access all of them, but without details of each synthesis method. Learned how to change the inst assigned to the inst tracks. Went over a model set of steps for recording: first drums, check for timing, add another track, add loops, etc. Heard Garage Band assignments - STILL NEED TO HEAR A FEW THAT I DID NOT GET TO AT THE NEXT SESSION. (For next time - how to spread an instrument across multiple tracks, etc. and much more Logic stuff.

More basic editing on the Subtractor: finished the filter, went over ADSR concepts, and applied the ADSR to both volume and filter frequency. Due to confusion about the need to enter Redrum patterns in the a pattern lane in the sequencer - half the class didn't do this - the deadline for this assignment was delayed until NEXT TUESDAY AT START OF PERIOD.

Same as MW class.

Work time on the Garage Band assignment which is due on Wednesday at end of period. Very basic introduction to Logic - the Arrange and Transport windows. How to assign a plugin to an INST track. Very basic look at selecting a sound from one plugin.

Work time on the ReDrum assignment that is due on Thursday. Some students appear to have finished, but more seem like they'll need at least a half hour to complete projects on Thursday. Also a very basic intro to Subtractor module: reviewed Oscillator and Noise generator; started with filter including HP, BP, LP (but not notch), the effect of the frequency slider, the meaning of "subtractive." Need to go on and deal with resonance and ADSR control next time.

Moved on into Logic, looking at basic plugin synths and then loops - essentially a quick tour of how to access all of them, but without details of each synthesis method. Learned how to change the inst assigned to the inst tracks. Went over a model set of steps for recording: first drums, check for timing, add another track, add loops, etc. Heard Garage Band assignments - STILL NEED TO HEAR A FEW THAT I DID NOT GET TO AT THE NEXT SESSION. (For next time - how to spread an instrument across multiple tracks, etc. and much more Logic stuff.

More basic editing on the Subtractor: finished the filter, went over ADSR concepts, and applied the ADSR to both volume and filter frequency. Heard assignment 2- but not from everyone, so need to hear the rest next Tuesday.

Same as MW class.