Sequencing and Production

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All work for the semester must be submitted by 3 pm May 5, 2021. Items with a red background below indicate assignments that will count toward your final grade.

Classwork & Assignments

• Syllabus (includes weekly reading assignments)
• Class Poll
• Weekly Stuff
• Mastering Exercise
• Links where you can get audio multitracks and search for MIDI files to practice mixing and project management: Multitracks from TELEFUNKEN, Multitracks from Cambridge Music Technology and vanBasco's MIDI Search
• Stems and Multitracks: What’s the Difference? (Hint: you want tracks that are unprocessed.)
• Audio Spectrum and Classifying The Audio Spectrum Frequencies (Get familiar with the terms discussed.)
• The Art Of Mixing (A two-hour+ video from the 90s which visually explains many of the concepts we're studying. Look for an index to the different topics in Comments. Bookmark this!)
• Logic Pro Tracks overview
• Mixing Project
• Equalization Project. Instructions (PDF file). Download the project audio files
• Noise Gate Project. Instructions (PDF file). Download the project audio file
• Equalization Review Quiz. Log into Blackboard to take the quiz. You'll find it under Content. Deadline to submit: March 21 at 11:59:59pm
• Reference Tracks for Mixing and Mastering
• Routing Exercise (Instructions, Downlad the MIDI file
• MIDI Note Velocity Values for Music Dynamics
• Audio Compression Review Quiz. Log into Blackboard to take the quiz. You'll find it under Content. Deadline to submit: April 4 at 11:59:59pm
• What Is LUFS, and Why Should I Care?
• The Perfect Monitoring Levels For Your Home Studio
• Logic Pro Step Input Key Commands
• Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe
• Instructions for Final Projects
• For almost 25 years, this was the last song I played in my MUS 1G/1P classes at the end of a semester. A perfect record. In your career, may you write/produce/perfom/mix or master one as good. End Of The Road, Boyz II Men. Got the talent? Go do it!

Reading Material

These books are available online and in the Tech Lab. EPUB versions are also available to download and read on your computer or mobile device.

• Logic Pro X Support (Use this link for Logic Pro 10.5 or higher)
• Logic Pro X User Guide
• Logic Pro X Instruments User Guide
• Logic Pro X Effects User Guide

Recommended Ancillary Reading Material

• Logic Pro X 10.4. David Nahmani (for the version of Logic we have in the lab) or
  Logic Pro X 10.5. David Nahmani (for the latest version)
• Logic Pro X. Graham English (Cheat Sheet)
• The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, 4th Edition. Bobby Owsinski.

The Korg Kronos

The synth we have in the lab

• Kronos Overview
• Kronos Quick Start Guide
• Kronos Manual
• Kronos Voice List
• Korg Web site

Miscellaneous

• The Harmonic Series
• Instrument Ranges
• Train Your Ears (Ear Training for Sound Engineers. Windows and Macintosh)
  Note: there are several similar mobile apps available for training. These include hearEQ and Quiztones
• The Distortion of Sound
  A documentary about the decline of sound quality and how technology has changed the way we listen to music
• Is there a science behind creating pop hits?
• She did it. Can you?