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.

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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!

Please go to the following link to fill in your musical improvement reflection.  Note that if you do this outside the TDSB, you will need to log into google using your TDSB email account (firstname.lastname@student.tdsb.on.ca) and password.

Grade 10 Musical Improvement Term 3

Before submitting your assignment, make sure to check over the following:

Melody
·       All the pre-made melody notes/rhythms are correct?
·       Does your second melody compliment your first?
·       Has your melody been quantized?
·       Is your melody in a range that makes it audible above the chords?

Chords:
·       Both the left and right hand of the chords have been recorded?
·       The chords are in the correct order (Am-F-C-G)?
·       You  have used inversions in the Pre-made or CYO section (or both!)
·       You  have used arpeggios/broken chords  in the Pre-made or CYO section (or both!)
·       Your chords are in an appropriate range (not too high!)

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 an appropriate 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 25 bars (may have more if you added an interlude)
·       Your song ends with a Am chord and the melody also playing an A.
·       You have made an interesting arrangement (not everything playing all the time!)
·       Your intro/outro make an inverted triangle (staggered entries).