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Welcome to MUS 14A/714A on the Web
Classwork & Assignments
- Syllabus
- Final Projects New
- Audio Exercise 1 (Editing Audio)
- Audio Exercise 2 (Creating a Ringtone)
- Completed Ringtones (Great work!)
- Creating a Fade-In (Follow-up Video)
(Created for a previous class) - Audio Exercise 3 (The Multitrack Ringtone)
- Completed Multitrack Ringtones (Good stuff!)
- Audio Exercise 4 (Editing Voice)
- Follow-up Video for Editing Voice Exercise
(Created for a previous class) - Soundtrack Project
- ACID XPress Checklist (Printable version)
- The Harmonic Series
- Leonard Bernstein on the Harmonic Series
- Comparing Sample Rates
- The Distortion of Sound
(A documentary about the decline of sound quality and how technology has changed the way we listen to music) - Recording MIDI in Sonar
- Sonar Project (Working with Digital Audio Workstations)
- Step Recording in Sonar
- Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe
- Finale Demonstration Videos New
(Done for previous courses but still applicable to our work with the application)
Textbook Website
Electronic Keyboards and Synthesizers
- Synthesizer (from Wikipedia)
- History of the Synthesizer (before 1900)
The Triton
(first three links are PDF files. Require free Acrobat Reader)
Free Software (to install on your computer)
- Audacity (free audio editing application. PC and MAC)
- ACID XPress (free version of ACID. PC only)