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Current TermMonday 5/20
- Reminders about the quiz due on Wednesday.
- Reminder about the assignment due Wednesday, but also mentioned that not everyone will necessarily finish by then.
- Went over the basics of assignment #5: how to save individual settings files, how to create five tracks, basic setup (init) for the ES1.
- Went over how to control peaks in Logic tracks: change track level manually, automate volume, bypass and effect, manually change effect gain on the effect module, automate control of the effect's parameters.
- Heard remaining #4
- Work on #5
- If time: autodrop/punch, cycle, replace modes: got only as far as explaining low latency mode button and cycle button. Need to still cover autodrop/punch and replace.
Tuesday 5/21
- Only two had finished #5 so most of the period was devoted to work time on this assignment, and its deadline was moved back to this coming Thursday.
- Introduced Rewire, going as far as bringing Reasons mixer output into the Logic mixer and bringing individual Reason channels to Reason's interface and then into separate Logic channel strips.
- One student still had to do the test.
Next time - Return tests
- Reminder about the presentation proposal due date.
- Hear #5
- Do the rest of the rewire presentation?
Wednesday 5/22
- Turned in and reviewed quiz #2
- Reminder: No class next Monday due to Memorial Day Holiday. Test at the next class a week from today.
- Finished the coverage of the lower right buttons in the transport window: low latency, cycle, autopunch, replace, etc.
- Work time on #5, with a hopeful plan to finish today, but...
Notes:- Perhaps 1/3 did finish #5 and I checked those assignments. Those who did not were told to come to TTh class and use open lab to ensure that they are "virtually finished" before next Wednesday's class.
- Mentioned that I will return graded quizzes at the start of next class so there will be time to review them before that day's test.
- Did not start the sampling unit, so that assignment's due date may need to be delayed a bit, depending upon when I get to the topic and how much time is available to work on it.
Thursday 2/21
Plan
- Test 1
- Assess #5
- Techniques for #6?
- Announce deadline for #6
- Announce deadline for Presentation Proposals
- Started rewire - how to connect audio output from Reason to Logic
Friday, 2/22
TBA - but includes
- Return quiz #1
- Introduce techniques for assignment 5
- collect, review, grade, return quiz 2 before break
- hear #4 if time - UPDATE: No time. will check #4 at start of next class.
- take test 1
- Work time on #4 and #5
Previous Terms
2013 Winter
Monday 2/18
Presidents Holiday - no classes
Tuesday 2/19
Plan:
- Hear remaining #4
- Work time on #5
- Basic
introduction of class presentation assignment - did not set deadlines
or look at the assignment description on the web site. (Next time?)
- Went over the basics of the remaining schedule of the term.
- Reminder of test on Thursday and assignment #5 deadline on Thursday (though will likely have to hear some later.)
Wednesday 2/20
Only one meeting this week due to Monday holiday. Plan for today includes:
- Go over schedule for upcoming assignments: #4 (today), #5, quiz 2, test 1
- Introduce more thoroughly the ES1 information needed for assignment #5
- Work time on #4/#5
- Hear #4
Thursday 2/21
Plan
- Test 1
- Assess #5
- Techniques for #6?
- Announce deadline for #6
- Announce deadline for Presentation Proposals
- Started rewire - how to connect audio output from Reason to Logic
Friday, 2/22 TBA - but includes
- Return quiz #1
- Introduce techniques for assignment 5
- collect, review, grade, return quiz 2 before break
- hear #4 if time - UPDATE: No time. will check #4 at start of next class.
- take test 1
- Work time on #4 and #5
2012 Spring
Monday 5/21
Heard
all remaining #4. Collected and reviewed quiz 2. Returned quiz 1.
Announced test for this next Wednesday. Announced delay of deadline for
#5 until next week Wednesday. (Would have been Monday, except Monday
there is no school due to Memorial Day holiday.)
Next: Need to
begin work on finding and incorporating audio samples in Logic. Consider
doing a bit of this on Wednesday - but it will more likely need to wait
until next week given that Wednesday is the only remaining time for
students to complete assignment #5, which is due at the following
session next week.
Tuesday 5/22
Due
to a pressing IPBT deadline and other factors, I originally considered
cancelling today's class. Instead, we did meet. Most of the class time
was used for lab work on assignment 6 (rewire) which is due next week. I
explained the second part of the rewire equation, namely how to connect
Logic control to Reason instruments using the external midi device
channels in Logic. I also announced that the test will be next Tuesday.
STILL NEED TO INTRODUCE THE CLASS PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK!
Wednesday 5/23
Test
#1 was today. Discussed the upcoming schedule challenges - next week
Monday is a holiday and on Wednesday I am to be at the all-day IPBT
meeting. We discussed the probability that next Wednesday will be a full
lab day only, that #5 will be due the following Monday and #6 at the
very next class on the next Wednesday. I also mentioned that much of
this is still somewhat tentative and that I would post updates to the
class web site.
We did a quick intro to using sampleswap and
bringing samples into Logic. Class signed up for sampleswap and saw me
download sounds to folders in my folder. I brought a sound into Logic
via the drag and drop method. We quickly looked at two methods to
aligning the the sample with the pre-existing tracks in Logic. Mentioned
that these techniques would be used in assignment #6, but did not
actually look at the assignment guidelines with the class.
Thursday 5/24
Introduced
the class presentation assignment. Went over the details of the project
and the proposal and assigned a due date of Tuesday, June 5 for
proposals. Heard a small number of assignment 5 examples, but there are
more to hear next time. Announced an official due date next week for
assignment #6, but recognized that it will likely be delayed because a)
many were still working on 5 today and b) TEST 1 is scheduled for next
week also.
Friday, 5/25
No Friday class this quarter.
2012 Winter
Monday 2/20
Presidents Day - no class
Tuesday 2/21
Introduced
class presentation assignment and announced that proposals are due on
Thursday, March 1. Work time on #5 for those who were not yet done with
it - heard projects of those who have finished it. Began Rewire
introduction. Got as far as connecting hardware device stereo to Logic
mixer and then connecting two reason instruments directly to the
hardware device and then the hardware device to separate input channels
on the Logic mixer.
Wednesday 2/22
Collected
and reviewed quiz 2. Announced that test 1 will be next
Monday. Work time on assignment 5 (ES 1 sounds) which is due at the next
class - same day as test 1. Very basic introduction to sampleswap:
getting an account, finding sounds, moving them to computer, organizing
them in your folder, inserting in Logic. Still need to do the main work
of editing sounds in Logic and beat matching them and so forth. Revised
due dates and deadlines as per today's announcement on the class web
site home page.
Thursday 2/23
Introduced
the remaining Rewire info related to recording note data in Logic to be
played back by Reason instruments. Heard Sampler/Matrix assignments.
Friday, 2/24
A
busy day! Reviewed quiz 2. Returned graded quiz #1 and #2. Did test 1
after the break. Introduced editing the ES1 synth sounds for the next
assignment. Announced its due date for next week. Work time on #5. Heard
remaining #4 - except for a handful who were not ready on the "first
pass," and I ran out of time before completing the second pass.
2011 Fall
Monday 11/7
Reviewed
Quiz 2. Reminder about test on Wednesday. Work time to finish #4. Did
NOT hear #4 - start of next class. Work time on #5 for those who finish.
May need to delay deadline for #5 by one day - will see how the class
is doing on Wednesday. (Note that test 1 is that day, too.)
Did
not do: Reviewed "cycle" and looked at "tools" for things including
quantizing, velocity, etc. Also next: Introduce use of audio samples in
Logic including downloads from sampleswap.org. Tuesday 11/8
No Music 8 this term.
Wednesday 11/9
Work time on #4. Heard #4. Test #1.
(previous
quarter: Introduced sampleswap, import of sample, very basic editing of
samples in Logic - only as far as changing logic tempo or matching
length to nearest bars. using the tools in the arrange window audio
menu. (Next time need to try this with two different samples, etc. )
Work time on #5.) Next: cycle mode, next history
topic (likely save this for after test 1), assign date for #6,
introduce final project assignment.) Thursday 11/10
No Music 8 this term. Friday, 11/11
Veterans Day Holiday - next class on Friday, 11/18
2011 Spring
Monday 5/16
Heard #4. Work time on
#5. May need to delay deadline for #5 by one day - will see how the
class is doing on Wednesday. (Note that quiz is due that day, too.) Did
not do: Reviewed "cycle" and looked at "tools" for things including
quantizing, velocity, etc. Also next: Introduce use of audio samples in
Logic including downloads from sampleswap.org. Tuesday 5/17
Returned quizzes. Reminder about test on Thursday. Heard #5. Work time on rewire project. Wednesday 5/18
Introduced
sampleswap, import of sample, very basic editing of samples in Logic -
only as far as changing logic tempo or matching length to nearest bars.
using the tools in the arrange window audio menu. (Next time need to try
this with two different samples, etc. ) Reset deadline for #5 until
middle of next class. Quiz #2 collected and reviewed. Reminder about
test next Wednesday. Work time on #5. Next:
cycle mode, next history topic (likely save this for after test 1),
assign date for #6, introduce final project assignment. Thursday 5/19
Largely
work time on #6, due next week. Took test #1. Did a group review of
class presentations. (Need to do the following NEXT TIME: Introduce the
workflow for capturing, editing, and adding samples to NN-XT and NN-19.
Imported "Astor" track into Logic. Extracted a phrase and edited it.
Saved, then imported into a NN18 instrument. A few students needed to
make up Tuesday's test #1.) Went over some deadlines, etc. Ask what
people have in mind for their class presentations. Friday, 5/20
Not this term.
2011 Winter
Monday 2/14
Heard #4. Reviewed quiz #2 in preparation for Wednesday's test 1. Work time on #5 - a few pointers in class such as "glide" and number of voices.
Did not do: Reviewed "cycle" and looked at "tools" for things including quantizing, velocity, etc. Also next: Introduce use of audio samples in Logic including downloads from sampleswap.org.
Tuesday 2/15
Did the test - the only test this quarter. Work time on rewire project. Announced deadline for presentation proposals.
Wednesday 2/16
Introduced sampleswap, import of sample, very basic editing of samples in Logic - only as far as changing logic tempo or matching length to nearest bars. Test #1. Work time on #5
Next: cycle mode, next history topic, assign date for #6, introduce final project assignment.
Thursday 2/17
Largely work time on #6, due next week. Introduced the workflow for capturing, editing, and adding samples to NN-XT and NN-19. Imported "Astor" track into Logic. Extracted a phrase and edited it. Saved, then imported into a NN18 instrument. A few students needed to make up Tuesday's test #1. Went over some deadlines, etc. Ask what people have in mind for their class presentations.
Friday, 2/18
NO CLASS - HOLIDAY.
(Older notes from spring 2010 follow - fall 2010 had a very compressed schedule that cannot be used in normal terms.) This was "catch up" day for the Friday class. Collected and reviewed quiz 2. Graded project 4. Did test 1. Did quick reviews of topic previously covered: making server backups and editing sounds for assignment 5. Work time on #5. Thought it might be finished today, but not the case - due at start of next class.)
Fall 2010
Monday 11/1
Heard #4 - but many were
still not finished at start of period. Reviewed "cycle" and looked at
"tools" for things including quantizing, velocity, etc. Work time on
assignment 5. (Today's plan would have been to include the 2nd EM
history topic, but putting that off until Wednesday with changes to test
and quiz date as well.)
Did NOT present material for quiz 2 - present this next time with quiz due next WEDNESDAY and test the following MONDAY.
(Hold
off on starting to introduce use of audio samples in Logic including
downloads from sampleswap.org. Decided to not do this intro, and to
instead save it for start of period on Wednesday, along with playback of
assignment 5 - could delay one more class session if 5 still not done.)
Tuesday 11/2
Reviewed
the use of external MIDI instruments with Reason instrument. Overview
of the setup of both the audio and the control connections between Logic
and Reason via Rewire. Need to go over setting up audio tracks ("Create
Arrange Tracks...") for each device and reasons for doing so - though
maybe not as we have touched on this
Explained the class presentation proposals and announced due date as listed.
It appears that I have not heard/graded assignment 5 - must do that on Thursday.
Wednesday 11/3
Heard
remaining #4 assignments that were finished. Will not ask for them
again. Work time on #5 with new due date for next week. Did the second
electronic music history topic - assigned quz 2 due date and set test 1
date.
Did not get to the following: "We signed up for Sampleswap
and went over how to find and download files. Also gave a very basic
demonstration of how to import the audio files into Logic tracks and
very quickly showed how to match their length to bar lines or adjust
sequence tempo to match sample tempo/length." (Do this next time.)
Thursday 11/4
Heard
#5 - finally - from many of the students, but a few still need to show
it. (Some did not understand all parts of the assignment.) The period
was almost entirely for work time on #6 which is due at the next
session.
Need
to introduce the basic workflow of bringing audio into Logic for
editing, saving edited samples, and then importing into Reason
instruments - as used in assignment 7. Also update on the due date for
the presentation proposals - perhaps hear from students on their "ideas
in progress" at the next session.
Friday, 11/5
NO
CLASS NEXT WEEK. Time to get ahead of the other class. Started with
review of quiz 2. Work time on #5 which is due today. Set up for access
to sampleswap.org. Gave a quick demo of how to bring audio into Logic
and beat match it. Test #1. Work time on #6 (due next session on 11/19).
(Older notes from spring 2010 follow - fall 2010 had a very
compressed schedule that cannot be used in normal terms.) This was
"catch up" day for the Friday class. Collected and reviewed quiz 2.
Graded project 4. Did test 1. Did quick reviews of topic previously
covered: making server backups and editing sounds for assignment 5. Work
time on #5. Thought it might be finished today, but not the case - due
at start of next class.)
2010 Spring
Monday 5/17
Turned in and reviewed quiz
2. Announced and discussed the first test - scheduled for one week from
today. Work time on assignment 5.
(Had considered starting to
introduce use of audio samples in Logic including downloads from
sampleswap.org, but only one or two were finished with assignment 5.
Decided to not do this intro, and to instead save it for start of period
on Wednesday, followed that day by a bit more work time on 5 and then
playback of 5.)
Tuesday 5/18
Reviewed
the use of external MIDI instruments with Reason instrument. Overview
of the setup of both the audio and the control connections between Logic
and Reason via Rewire. Need to go over setting up audio tracks ("Create
Arrange Tracks...") for each device and reasons for doing so - though
maybe not as we have touched on this
Explained the class presentation proposals and announced due date as listed.
It appears that I have not heard/graded assignment 5 - must do that on Thursday.
Wednesday 5/19
We
signed up for Sampleswap and went over how to find and download files.
Also gave a very basic demonstration of how to import the audio files
into Logic tracks and very quickly showed how to match their length to
bar lines or adjust sequence tempo to match sample tempo/length. Then
there was work time on #5, due today. Reminded the class that test 1 is
next Monday.
I heard perhaps 2/3 or 3/4 of the assignment 5
examples. A few were not ready and others I didn't get to. Need to hear
them next Monday - which is also the test day.
Next time need to incorporate samples in to Logic and look at editing them.
Thursday 5/20
Heard
#5 - finally - from many of the students, but a few still need to show
it. (Some did not understand all parts of the assignment.) The period
was almost entirely for work time on #6 which is due at the next
session.
Need to introduce the basic workflow of bringing audio
into Logic for editing, saving edited samples, and then importing into
Reason instruments - as used in assignment 7. Also update on the due
date for the presentation proposals - perhaps hear from students on
their "ideas in progress" at the next session.
Friday, 5/21
This
was "catch up" day for the Friday class. Collected and reviewed quiz 2.
Graded project 4. Did test 1. Did quick reviews of topic previously
covered: making server backups and editing sounds for assignment 5. Work
time on #5. Thought it might be finished today, but not the case - due
at start of next class.
2010 Winter
Monday 2/15
Holiday - no class
Tuesday
2/16
Reviewed the use of external MIDI
instruments with Reason instrument. Overview of the setup of both the
audio and the control connections between Logic and Reason via Rewire.
Need to go over setting up audio tracks ("Create Arrange Tracks...") for
each device and reasons for doing so.
Explained the class
presentation proposals and announced due date of Feb. 25.
Wednesday
2/17
Reviewed Quiz 2 and reminded the class
that test 1 is next Monday. Heard remaining projects 4 - only a few
individuals may not have played/shown it, and they need to let me know
when it is finished. Signed everyone up for sampleswap; downloaded a
drum loop; imported it into an audio track in Logic. Went over how to
synchronize the tempo of a single loop and the Logic sequence by
CHANGING THE LOGIC TEMPO. Did not yet do the audio editor or pitch/time
machine or other factory options.
Next time: Start period with
more on audio editing as pertaining to the use of samples in Logic.
Then, at about 1:10, hand out the test. As people finish the test, hear
assignment 5. (This was all announced at today's class.)
Introduced
the use of imported audio,
which we obtained from sampleswap. Looked at bringing in multiple audio
clips and two ways of synchronizing their tempos. Heard #5 and a couple
remaining #4. Reviewed quiz at start of period. STILL NEED TO DO HISTORY
TOPIC 2, assign quiz 2 and test 1 date.
Thursday
2/18
Assignment 6 was to be due at start of
period today, but only a handful were finished. Introduced the basic
workflow of bringing audio into Logic for editing, saving edited
samples, and then importing into Reason instruments - as used in
assignment 7.
Friday,
2/19
This was "catch up" day for the Friday
class. Collected and reviewed quiz 2. Graded project 4. Did test 1. Did
quick reviews of topic previously covered: making server backups and
editing sounds for assignment 5. Work time on #5. Thought it might be
finished today, but not the case - due at start of next class.
2009 Fall
Monday 11/2
Did first EM history preso
(way behind schedule!) and assigned quiz for next class session. Work
time on #5. Will hear #5 at START of period next time. Also next time:
intro use of audio samples, history topic #2 (?), set test 1 date.
Tuesday
11/3
Introduced Rewire today - and did the
whole thing including routing mixed and individual audio from Reason to
Logic and routing Arrange track control info to Reason instruments.
Consolidated old assignments 6 and 6A into current 6, but need to
formally announce it to class next time.
There are still projects
that I have not heard: some #5 and all #1 from first-time 8 students.
NEED
TO DO THIS NEXT: Introduced the class presentation project assignment.
Wednesday
11/4
Introduced the use of imported audio,
which we obtained from sampleswap. Looked at bringing in multiple audio
clips and two ways of synchronizing their tempos. Heard #5 and a couple
remaining #4. Reviewed quiz at start of period. STILL NEED TO DO HISTORY
TOPIC 2, assign quiz 2 and test 1 date.
Thursday
11/5
Introduced the class presentation
assignment and set deadline for submission of proposals for next
Thursday, November 12 at start of period - with schedule announced by
the following Tuesday and earliest projects scheduled for one week after
that. Went over the requirements for project 6 and set the deadline as
end of period next Tuesday.
(Neglected to let students know
that next Thursday I'll ask everyone to briefly share their project plan
in class. Also next time, must start with the info for project 7.)
Friday,
11/6
Work time on #6, due at start of next
session. Last time I had Introduced downloads from Sampleswap.org,
saving files on local drive, importing audio into Logic - Continued
today with methods of synchronizing tempo of sample to Logic (change
Logic tempo or use Pitch/Time Machine) and basic audio editing
functions. Work time on #6. In that we have two holidays coming up... #6
is due next time. We reviewed quiz 2 and did test 1 at end of period.
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Monday 5/18
Test 1 and other stuff...
Tuesday 5/19
Introduced
the class presentation project assignment. Went over -- again - the
setup for rewiring Logic and Reason. Class worked on this and I did
some individual trouble-shooting. Did explain briefly how to connect
Reason instruments to the Logic mixer individually via external midi
instruments. Heard #5 - the sampler/matrix assignment. Reviewed process
of making server backups.
Wednesday 5/20
Need
to hear at least some project 5 today by end of period. Should also
introduce method for making server backup. Joined sampleswap.org and
downloaded samples. Then brought them into Logic. NOTE: Did not do the
server backup demo - next time!
Thursday 5/21
Heard
many #6 assignments, but a few still need to play this for me on
Tuesday. We now know the techniques necessary to do #6a, so go over
that assignment on Tuesday. Look ahead to #7 and see what else needs to
be introduced. (Neglected to let students know that next Thursday
I'll ask everyone to briefly share their project plan in class. Also
next time, must start with the info for project 7.)
Friday, 5/22 Work
time on #5, due at end of period. Introduced downloads from
Sampleswap.org, saving files on local drive, importing audio into
Logic, methods of synchronizing tempo of sample to Logic (change Logic
tempo or use Pitch/Time Machine). Work time on #6 for those who
finished #5. Introduced process for backing up to file server. (We are
probably a bit ahead of schedule at this point - but that is not a bad
thing.)
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Monday 2/16
Presidents Day Holiday - no class
Tuesday 2/17
Introduced
the class presentation project assignment. Went over -- again - the
setup for rewiring Logic and Reason. Class worked on this and I did
some individual trouble-shooting. Did not yet explain how to connect
Reason instruments to the Logic mixer individually - do this on Thursday Wednesday 2/18
Heard
assignment #4 from a few remaining students. Test #1 at start of
period. Almost the entire remaining session was used for work time on
assignment #5. Did introduce two brief concepts: bouncing to mp3 and
automating the Output 1-2 fader via automation in the Arrange window -
e.g. to do a fade-out at the end of a piece. Thursday 2/19
#6
is due. (Some still did not play it!) Review how to backup to server.
Review how to connect Reason instruments to Logic individually.
Assigned project 6a. (Neglected to let students know that next
Thursday I'll ask everyone to briefly share their project plan in
class. Also next time, must start with the info for project 7.)
Friday, 2/20
Test
1 at beginning of period. Work time on assignment 4 to be heard this
period. Did/re-did the basic introduction to simple editing of the ES1
and assignment #5 for next week. Work time on #5 for those who finished
#4.
(Save for
next week: Introduced the import of audio samples
into Logic audio tracks, and techniques for matching to tempo of
sequence, including use of time and pitch machine - normally this might
have been done this week except we missed the previous Friday for a
holiday.)
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Monday 11/3
(Test 1 scheduled
for
next class. Still need to do: introduction to importing audio files:
went to sampleswap.org and signed up, downloaded an audio sample,
imported the sample into a Logic audio track.) Today: heard #4. Work
time on #5. Will hear #5 after test this Wednesday. Tuesday 11/4
Introduced
the class presentation project assignment. Went over -- again - the
setup for rewiring Logic and Reason. Class worked on this and I did
some individual trouble-shooting. Did not yet explain how to connect
Reason instruments to the Logic mixer individually - do this on
Thursday. Wednesday
11/5
Heard assignment #5 from most
students - the sound design project. (Next time: Introduce basic audio
editing of imported waveforms in Logic and leave some time to work on
this. Introduce the Time and Pitch machine and the basic audio edits. Remind
class of deadline for assignment 6.) Thursday 11/6
Introduce the class project assignment. (Neglected to let
students know that next Thursday I'll ask everyone to briefly share
their project plan in class.) Mostly work time on the Logic project
(this quarter only). Introduce time/pitch machine. Friday, 11/7
Test
1 at beginning of period. Work time on assignment 5 to be heard at end
of period. Introduced the import of audio samples into Logic audio
tracks, and techniques for matching to tempo of sequence, including use
of time and pitch machine - and announced the due date for assignment 6
using these techniques. Students who finished assignment 5 early worked
on assignment 6. Heard most assignment 5 projects but ran out of
time to hear the last few - need to hear the remaining students'
assignments next time.
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