MUS 14B • Department of Music • Spring 2021

Sequencing and Production

LIU Post • Long Island University

Weekly Stuff

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April 26 ⇕

  • What we're planning for the week:

    1. Review of the semester's work and in-class work on Final Projects and other assignements.
    2. Some quick demonstrations pertaining to projects

    If there's any confusion on what to submit for your projects, read the following - taken right from the project instructions

    1. Mastering Exercise: Bounce the project to a 160kbps MP3 file. Email the bounced audio to the assignment address. Include the following in your email message: Why you picked the record you used for the exercise. How did you want to change it? A list of the effects you used and how you set each effect. If you used a channel strip preset list the one you used and what you changed.
    2. Mixing Project: How you submit your finished project will be discussed in class.
    3. Equalization Project: Compress the project file and send the zip file to the assignment address
    4. Noise Gate Project: Bounce the project to disk as an MP3 file at 160kbps quality. Email the MP3 file to the assignment address
    5. Routing Exercise: Once your mix is completed, bounce it to a 160kbps MP3 file and send the file to the assignment address
    6. Final Project A: To be determinced based on what you do for the proect
    7. Final Project B: In most cases you will have to submit/share the compressed (zip) version of your project file then share it with JM due to file size. See Note below

    Note: To compress a project file... after saving your project, go into your folder and compress the project file (e.g., the logicx file) into a zip file.

    Note: Most mix projects will likely have to be compressed, uploaded to your Google Drive, then shared with JM via the assignments email address.

  • For our final classes (April 26 & 28)

    Bring whatever files you need to work on your Final Projects and other work you need to complete

  • Handouts:

  • Assignments

    There are no specific reading/viewing assignments for this week. Continue reading and/or watching any previously assigned material. Don't skip anything!

April 19 ⇕

  • What we're planning for the week:

    1. Review of the semester's work including another look at the mixing process introduced earlier in the semester in the How to Mix a Song from Scratch video series: As you continue to mix you'll develop your own mixing process and workflow. Still, the above process gives you a good method to follow if you're new to mixing
    2. In-class work on Final Projects
    3. Some quick demonstrations pertaining to projects
    4. More on HOW to use effects/processing and WHEN to use them
  • For our final classes (April 19, 21, 26 & 28)

    Bring whatever files you need to work on your Final Projects and other work you need to complete

  • Handouts:

  • Assignments

    There are no specific reading/viewing assignments for this week. Continue reading and/or watching any previously assigned material. Don't skip anything!

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March 22 ⇕

  • What we're planning for the week:

    1. Further in-class work on assigned projects.
    2. More about Audio Compressors.
    3. More on using Piano Roll.
    4. More about Logic Pro X Tools.

    BTW the videos we've been watching in class are from Mixing a Song From Start to Finish. Definitely a worthwhile resource to explore further.

  • For upcoming classes:
    • If you haven't already done so, download a multitrack project for the Mixing Project. Note: for now keep the number of tracks under 10-12. Check the links on our homepage for places where you can download these projects. More below in the February 22 section.

  • Handouts:

  • Assignments

    Continue reading and/or watching any previously assigned material. Don't skip anything!

    Read/Study/Watch:

    Additional Assignments

    • Go to the Logic Pro X User Guide and read ALL the sections under Edit MIDI regions in the Piano Roll Editor
      • Overview
      • Add and edit notes (important)
      • View multiple MIDI regions
      • Split chords
      • Automation/MIDI area in the Piano Roll Editor (important)
      • Open other editors

      (Other DAWs will have similar features)

    • Read Common Logic Pro tools
    • Continue the ongoing assignment: Watch The Art Of Mixing
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