Christmas Cheer Recordings
Grade 12 Midi Students, don't forget to drop off your tunes on the SERVER for our Christmas Cheer CD! MrP
11/12 Midi: NN-XT Solo Sample Issue
In Reason 8 there is a new issue with loading your own sample into NN-XT. The issue is that when you quit Reason 8 and then re-open a file with an NN-XT device racked with your own sample, it will play the piano underneath the sample even though "solo sample" is ON.
Please see below for the solution:
- After adding the NN-XT device, right-click (or control+click) on the device in the rack.
- Select "Reset Device". You will know you have done this properly if were it normally says "piano" it now says "init patch".
- Load your sample the usual way in the lower half of NN-XT, then click "solo sample". SAVE!
If you already have your NN-XT devices racked, just reset the device and reload your sample. This will make your device work properly!
Grade 12 Midi: Which Do You Prefer? Listening Links
Listen to the following 8 tracks and complete the assignment WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
Jump by Van Halen
Jump Remix by Paul Anka from "Rock Swings"
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Got Til It's Gone by Janet Jackson
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit Remix by Paul Anka from "Rock Swings"
Intruder by Peter Gabriel
Intruder Classical Remix by Peter Gabriel
Jump by Van Halen
Jump Remix by Paul Anka from "Rock Swings"
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Got Til It's Gone by Janet Jackson
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit Remix by Paul Anka from "Rock Swings"
Intruder by Peter Gabriel
Intruder Classical Remix by Peter Gabriel
10 Midi: So you think you're done the Songwriter Assignment?
Here is a checklist to go through when you say you are "done".
Have you checked that...
Melody
· All the pre-made melody notes/rhythms are
correct?
· The make your own melody only has the notes
C, D, E, G, A in it?
· The melody has been quantized to 1/8 or
1/16?
Bass
· The bass line has been quantized to 1/8?
· The bass is played on a BASS instrument
· The bass line notes have been read in the
bass clef
· The bass is only playing ONE NOTE at a time
· The bass is playing notes in the chord
above it (i.e. if the C chord is playing, then the bass is only playing C or
G)?
Chords:
· Both the left and right hand of the chords
have been recorded?
· The chords are in the correct order
(C-G-Am-F)?
· The chords line up in the correctly under
the melody? (Note: especially check if you created an intro. The chord
progression must start on C when the pre-made melody begins).
Drum Beat
· The bass and snare drums are complimenting
each other in a repeated pattern?
· The bass drum is played on beat one and the
snare drum is NOT on beat one?
· The high-hat, ride cymbal, or shaker are
playing a consistent repeated pattern (i.e. eighth notes)
· The drums have been quantized to 1/8, 1/16
or 1/8 triplets
· YOUR DRUMS ARE AT LEAST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
BETWEEN SECTION A AND SECTION B
Mixing,
Panning, Automation
· All tracks have been appropriately panned
slightly L or R ?
· The bass drum and bass line are panned to
the centre?
· The solo buttons are all turned off?
· There are no muted tracks?
· All tracks are mixed so that they can be
heard (i.e. no barely audible tracks!)
· The melody can be clearly heard.
· The majority of tracks are mixed to the
“yellow” on the volume meters
· The master volume has been set to the
“yellow” on the volume meter.
· You have chosen a master effect for the
master track?
· All automation has been done purposefully
to create an effect?
· The metronome has been turned off!
Instrumentation:
· All instruments chosen compliment each
other
· You have made musical decisions about the
instruments you have chosen (i.e. they are not all still on piano)
· Your drum kit matches the style of music
you are trying to achieve.
· If necessary, the chords or melody have
been transposed +/- 12 to avoid clashing sound and to make it easier to hear
the melody.
Arrangement:
· Your song has a minimum of 17 bars (may
have more if you added an intro/outro)
· Your song ends with a C chord and the
melody also playing a C.
· Advanced: Your intro/outro compliments the rest of the song by
applying some of the songs musical ideas
· Advanced: you have made musical decisions about which
instrument should enter/exit and at what times (entrances should happen only
the second, fourth or eighth bar in a section).
FREE SOUND EFFECTS!
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!
G.10 Beats: Final Assignment Screen Shot
Below is the screen shot of what your final assignment should look like. Note that the last beat ends at the end of bar 20. Please follow the updated instructions for the final 3 beats.
Beats Assignment Screen Shot
Below is a screen shot of how the first three styles of your Beats Assignment should look. Note that each beat plays AFTER the previous beat.
New GarageBand Cheat Sheet
For those of you who are using the new Garageband for the first time, use this picture to help find your way around the system.
Free Sound Effects
To get sounds effects for your Animation Summative, 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!
Summatives - Make Your Music Interesting
Use the following document to provide suggestions for how to make your music more interesting by building intensity, releasing tension and moving to a new section.
This document is useful for all grades!
Make Your Music Interesting
This document is useful for all grades!
Make Your Music Interesting
Grade 11: How to hand in your FINAL Slide Show
How to hand in your FINAL Slideshow once your music is
finished.
1)
Under the SHARE menu EXPORT your music in Garage
Band as an UNCOMPRESSED music file (.aif)
2) Drop the resulting music file into your iMovie project and make sure the sound is lined up correctly
3) EXPORT your final version of the movie with sound as a LARGE file. (You can try HD if you have time and if it works.)
4) Put this resulting movie with sound in a folder with your name on it, along with:
Any Garage Band and/or Reason files
Any SOUND files you downloaded and used in your movie
Your Slideshow reflection file as PDF. (Please indicate somewhere in this reflection what you used Green Screen effects for.)
Note: DO NOT try to hand in your iMovie
files inside the Movies folder on your computer as these will not open
properly.
2) Drop the resulting music file into your iMovie project and make sure the sound is lined up correctly
3) EXPORT your final version of the movie with sound as a LARGE file. (You can try HD if you have time and if it works.)
4) Put this resulting movie with sound in a folder with your name on it, along with:
Any Garage Band and/or Reason files
Any SOUND files you downloaded and used in your movie
Your Slideshow reflection file as PDF. (Please indicate somewhere in this reflection what you used Green Screen effects for.)
11/12: Pacing and SFXs
Here is a great video to watch to give you an idea on how pacing and SFX sounds can impact your slideshows. Remember, when making a slideshow you are trying to tell a story through pictures, with minimal text to help along the way. For any story to work, you must have the building and release of tension!
About the PSA: 200 Ontario youth were asked, "What does homophobia/transphobia look like? sound like? feel like?" This PSA is a compilation of the responses they received.
About the PSA: 200 Ontario youth were asked, "What does homophobia/transphobia look like? sound like? feel like?" This PSA is a compilation of the responses they received.
Online Photoshopping Program
Welcome to PIXLR
You can add special effects to your photos for your slideshows using this outstanding Web Based free program:
www.pixlr.com
You can add special effects to your photos for your slideshows using this outstanding Web Based free program:
www.pixlr.com
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