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Grade 10 Musical Improvement 

Grade 11 Musical Improvement

Grade 12 Musical Improvement

Grade 11 Music Improvement Term 2

Grade 12 Music Improvement Term 2

Check it out at

http://djearworm.com/

Each term you will be asked to complete a Musical Improvement form.  This is a self-reflection on both your abilities and work habits in class.

Grade 10 Musical Improvement Link

Grade 11 Musical Improvement Link

Grade 12 Musical Improvement Link

Grade 10 midi students, please use the following information to help you mix your assignments appropriately this year.

Mixing  Explained #1 (video)

Mixing, Panning, Mastering and Automation (handout)

Use the following videos as inspiration for choosing your instruments and genre for your Musical Round assignment.

Grade 10 Midi students.  Complete this online form for your FINAL Musical Improvement Mark.  You need to be logged into your TDSB account to complete it:

Grade 10 Musical Improvement (June)

Grade 12 Midi students.  Complete this online form for your FINAL Musical Improvement Mark.  You need to be logged into your TDSB account to complete it:

Grade 12 Musical Improvement

Grade 11 Midi students.  Please complete this reflection form for your FINAL 10% Musical Improvement mark.  You need to be logged into your TDSB account to complete it.

Grade 11 Musical Improvement

In a folder with your name on it,

Put the following files:

• any original mp3 files you used in Virtual DJ to create your clips
• your "Logic" file containing your most recent Mashup and a "Reason" file if required
• a full quality .AIF or .WAV file export of your Mashup that you have listened to
• any other clips and files you feel I should have to mark your work
• your final Mashup reflection

For your Animation Summative, submit the following:

In a folder with your name on it, put your

• .fla file
• .swf file
• "Logic" and /or "Reason" file
• You may also submit any additional files you feel are important, like sound effects, and your Quicktime movie.
• your Final Animation Reflection

To get sounds effects for your any of your current performance task, open Google Chrome and go to www.freesound.org.  Click on LOGIN and type -

Username: agincourtmusic
PW: agincourt

Grade 10 Midi Class:

Click on the link and fill in the Google form. Note: you must be logged in with you TDSB google account for the form to work.

Grade 10 : April Musical Improvement

Grade 11 Midi Class:

Click on the link and fill in the Google form. Note: you must be logged in with you TDSB google account for the form to work.
Grade 11: April Musical Improvement

Please fill out this Musical Improvement survey to reflect on your abilities in MIDI and how they have improved since the last report card.

Grade 10 Musical Improvement January

 Note: If you do this from home you will have to login to your TDSB account to access the form.

Grade 11 Midi Students:

Top 10 suggestions from Reason 3 and Reason 4

Here are four tips we found in marking your EDM assignments:

Part of your mark in this course is for Musical Improvement.  This is about how you have developed as a musician during the course so far.

Please login to your TDSB account to access the survey.  If you are logged in to chrome under a different profile, logout first or use an incognito tab.


Grade 10 Musical Improvement Survey

Check out THIS PRODUCER and the work he is doing.

Remember to bring a USB key and good pair of headphones to EVERY CLASS!

The computers will be reimaged in the next couple weeks so back up your work EVERY class as at some point, ALL files will be deleted on the computers.

Step 1: Export Movie to Quicktime

1. In Flash, go to File --> Export.
2. Select Quicktime and export to Desktop.
3. Open the Quicktime file on your desktop and you will see it open and say "converting".
4. Once it has finished converting, go to File --> Save and save the converted version.
5. Import this video into Logic to create your music.  You may see shadows or glitches in the video, but DON'T worry - this is not the video you will give us.

Step 2: Export Music From Logic

1. Once you are finished with your music/SFXs go to Edit --> Select All
2. With everything selected go to File --> Bounce --> Project or Section
3. Change the file format to "Wave" (leave everything else).
4. Click OK.

Step 3: Import Music into Flash

1. Open your flash file and create a new layer titled "Music"
2. With the track selected, drag your music onto the STAGE. You will know if this is successful if you see waves in the layer.

Step 4: Change Audio Settings in Flash to Full Quality

1. In the Library Pane, locate the audio file and right-click (or control+click) on it.
2. Select "Properties".
3. Where it says "Compression" change it from Default to RAW.
4. Additional settings will pop up.  Unclick "covert stereo to mono" and change "sample rate" to 44kHz.

1. Click on the first frame in your music layer.
2. Change from your Library tab to the Properties tab.
3. Where it says "SYNC" change it to Stream.

Step 6: Change Publishing Settings

1. Go to File --> Publish Settings
2. Click on the FLASH tab.
3. Where it says "Audio stream" click the set button and select the same settings you did in step 4 (Raw, unclick mono, 44kHz).
4. Click OK.

Step 7: Setting the audio to stop at the end of the animation:

1. Add a new layer to your Animation - call it "actions"
2. In the Actions layer, right-click on the very last frame and select "insert key frame".
3. Go to the Window menu and select "Actions"
4. type the following:   stop();
5. Close the action window.

To get sounds effects for your any of your current projects, open Google Chrome and go to www.freesound.org.  Type agincourtmusic in the name field and agincourt as a password and you can download as many free sounds as you like!

Check out these two videos about sound design in the movie Wall-E.  Sound designers are the ones who create the SFX for visuals such as movies, tv shows, etc.

Part One:


Part Two:

Check out this students project about animation!