Electronic Music @ De Anza College : Week 9 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.)

Current Term

Previous Term

Monday 2/28
Introduced final project. Heard the few remaining #5 assignments. Work time on #6, which is due at next class. Assigned quiz 4 as due in one week. Reviewed the cycle, autopunch, and replace buttons. Went over schedule for remainder of the term. NEED TO intro time/pitch machine NEXT TIME.
Tuesday 3/1
Accepted, commented on, and returned class presentation proposals. That that require revision and resubmission must be returned at next class meeting. Presentation schedule is posted. Went over the final project, including a reminder about date and time. Work time on assignment #7 - originally due today but most were not finished. Must hear it at next session.
Wednesday 3/2
Heard only a VERY few assignment 6. Final project requirements are now fully disclosed - students know deadline for playback and the necessity of starting soon and working efficiently to finish it. Went over the time/pitch machine.

NEXT time: must present remaining topic and assign quiz 4.
Thursday 3/3
Plan: Hear #7. Finalize presentation schedule and proposed topics. Work time on final project.
Friday 3/4

Reminder of need to enroll in Intermediate Electronic music this coming quarter since, best case, it will not be offered again until winter term of 2012, and if we must eliminate additional sections it is possible that it might not be back until spring 2012!

15 minutes of work time on quiz 4 to finish it up, followed by quiz review. 45 minutes work time on #6 before grading it. Introduce the final history topic and clarify that quiz 3 is due at start of period next week. Go over final project requirements and the details of our remaining schedule.

2010 Fall

Monday 11/15

Work time on #6, which is due at next class. Test #1.

Tuesday 11/16

Mostly work time on #7, which is due at next class. Still some #6 work to see. Went over final project and schedule for remainder of the term.

Wednesday 11/17

A few people showed up who had missed test #1 on Monday! I let them take it today. Much of the period was spent working on #6 which was due today - but many were not done. Went over a few additional editing techniques for matching samples to time. Did NOT do the third EM topic this week - Must do this on Monday. Must assign BOTH REMAINING QUIZZES that day, likely due the following Monday, though Wednesday would also be possible. Introduced the final project format and reviewed the rough outline of our calendar for the remainder of the term.

Thursday 11/18

Reviewed final project stuff, reminded about need to submit required revisions to presentation proposals, projected the presentation schedule, reviewed class schedule for remainder of term including date/time for final exam session. Heard #7 - a number probably still need to be reviewed.

Friday 11/19

Second-to-last regular class meeting! Lots to do!

Went over remaining schedule: this class, two weeks from today (last regular class), then final exam session. Quizzes 3 and 4 due at start of period next week. We'll do test 2 at end of final exam session. Next session devoted almost entirely to work on final project - exception being quiz review. Did third EM history topic.

Heard all pre-6 assignments but decided to NOT hear #6 today so that no time would be taken away from getting started on the final project. MUST hear #6 at the final class session in two weeks! Also at that session, probably give people about 15 minutes at the start of the period in case they need to use the Logic program to review material for quiz 4 questions.

2010 Spring

Monday 5/31

Memorial Holiday - campus closed

Tuesday 6/1

Mostly work time on #7, which is due at next class. Still some #6 work to see. Went over final project and schedule for remainder of the term.

Wednesday 6/2

Heard many remaining #6 projects - some may still need to be heard. Introduced the final project format and reviewed the rough outline of our calendar for the remainder of the term. Also heard a few remaining #5 assignments.

Did not do the third EM history topic - do next time with quiz due at the following class meeting. Also need to assign quiz 4 soon.

Thursday 6/3

Reviewed final project stuff, reminded about need to submit required revisions to presentation proposals, projected the presentation schedule, reviewed class schedule for remainder of term including date/time for final exam session. Heard #7 - a number probably still need to be reviewed.

Friday 6/4

Reviewed schedule for remainder of term. Heard #6 (some may still need to be reviewed next week.) Went over final project requirements. Reviewed take-home quiz 3. Assigned quiz 4 as due at start of next class. Announced test 2 for last regular class meeting. Introduced Logic material for quiz 4. Much of the period was work time on #6 and, for those who finished #6, on the final project.

2010 Winter

Monday 3/1

I was out sick.

Tuesday

11/17

Class met for a work session but I did not introduce anything or hear projects since I was still sick.

Wednesday

11/18

Catch up after the missing day.

Thursday

11/19

Work time on final project. Accepted final revisions to class presentations. (Many students were out for the "day of action" stuff)

Friday 11/20

Announced change to test 2 date - to final exam session. Collected and reviewed quiz 3. Assigned quiz 4 for next week. (May allow 15 minutes at start of period.) Work time to finish #6. Went over final project requirements and some started on it.

2009 Fall

Monday 11/16

Hold off on hearing #6 until Wednesday. Described final project and reviewed deadline. Returned quizzes 1 and 2 and quickly re-reviewed them. Some work time on #6 or final project. Test 1 during last 45 minutes of period.

Tuesday 11/17

Mostly work time #7. Introduced the final project assignment. Accepted presentation proposals, returned with comments - and in some cases a request for revisions by Thursday. Posted the presentation schedule. Did NOT hear #7 yet since only two students were finished - will hear at start of class on Thursday.

Wednesday 11/18

Hear remaining project 6. Announced the final project and the schedule for the remainder of the term.

Thursday 11/19

Work time on final project. Finalized topics and posted schedule.

Friday 11/20

Hectic class due to the two November holidays. Started with review of quiz 4. Then work time on project 6, along with explanation of final project and work time on that. In the end I did NOT get to hear #6, as there was too much else to do - will need to hear it during last class meeting. Introduced new material on EM history for quiz 3, which is due at start of period at next class. Also introduced autopunch/replace/cycle in Logic. Announced planned schedule for next class: Accept and review quiz 3, work time on final project, hear #6, test in last 45 minutes of that class.

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Monday 3/2

Primarily work time on #6. Heard the few remaining #5 projects. Announced next quiz (#4 ahead of #3). Heard some #6 projects - it was due today, surprisingly - and will hear others on Wednesday. On Wednesday, two options include the EM history topic and starting work on the final project - or both.

Tuesday 3/3

Mostly work time #7. Introduced the final project assignment. Accepted presentation proposals, returned with comments - and in some cases a request for revisions by Thursday. Posted the presentation schedule. Did NOT hear #7 yet since only two students were finished - will hear at start of class on Thursday.

Wednesday 3/4

Hear remaining project 6. Announced the final project and the schedule for the remainder of the term.

Thursday 3/5

Work time on final project.

Friday 3/6

Note that some significant adjustments had to me to the schedule of events in order to complete #6 today and move on to the final project.

Reviewed quiz #4. Announced change to #3 - I will present next week and it will be due the following week, the same day as test #2. I heard remaining #5 projects. Did NOT do the EM history topic today. Did NOT cover drop/cycle (as on quiz #4). Will do both next time.

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Monday 11/17

Primarily work time on #6.

Tuesday 11/18

Mostly work time on first rewire assignment. Introduced External tracks to record MIDI control of Reason instruments. A lot of individual work time. Will not do 6a/7 this term, but will incorporate these techniques into final project this term. Individual troubleshooting. Outlined the final project briefly. NEED TO: do detailed description of final project, hear the rewire project, return the proposals and schedule them.

Wednesday 11/19

Today: DID NOT hear #6. Discuss final project. EM topic #3 and announce quiz 3. (Still need to review/introduce loop/overdub/punch recording techniques.)

Thursday 11/20

Briefly demonstrated the process of turning any sample into a sound for a NNXT or NN19 instrument. Stated that this (assignment 7) would not be a separate project this quarter, but would instead be incorporated into the final project, with assignment 7 credit for doing this. AGAIN did not hear 6 - will hear at start of period on TUESDAY. Announced presentation schedule - which begins on TUESDAY.

Friday 11/21

TALK ABOUT REMAINING SCHEDULE! Collect and review quiz 3. Review the steps to download, save, import, and edit an audio file. Review steps to backup files on server and on memory stick. Go over final project requirements. Assign quiz 4. Go over drop and cycle and the transport window generally.