Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Notes:
The Triton. Remember our first look at the Triton synthesizer? Take a look at this picture to refresh your memory. We learned that the Tritons in the lab have five banks of "Progs" (short for Programs. Banks A, B, C, D and G) and 4 banks of Combis (short for Combinations. Banks A to D). (BTW, there are E and F Program banks on the Triton, but the Tritons in the lab don't have the hardware needed for those banks.)

We also saw how to navigate through the various banks of sounds, how to control the arpeggiator and how you can alter the sounds you're playing with the Realtime Controls.

From now on we'll focus on using the Triton in SEQ mode (S-E-Q, short for Sequencer mode.) The Triton has a built-in sequencer which we'll look at sometime during the semester, but we'll primarily use SEQ mode to put the synth into a multi-timbral mode so it can communicate with Cakewalk (and Finale later on in the semester.)

Agenda for today:

1. We'll continue working with Cakewalk, especially on how to record sequences
   1. Take a look at Recording in Cakewalk, and
   2. Study this screen shot of Cakewalk's Track View

Assignments for next class:

1. Continue looking through the textbook. We'll start working more with it in class next time