Music Tech 090916

In class today –

We reviewed material from the previous class.

Students should continue to review the elements of the Music Workstation using the benchmark presentation linked here.

A brief tutorial on Mixcraft was completed.  Benchmark presentation slides were used, as listed below:

  1. slides 29 & 30 from The Science of Sound benchmark presentation
  2. slides 2-4, 8-11, 13-14, 16 and 24 from Intro To Mixcraft benchmark presentation

A brief demonstration on how to create a song with the loop library, creating an 8 bar disco (yes, disco) song.  We went over how to listen to loops in the library, how the library could be sorted (by song kit, by instrument, by key and other categories).  We also learned how to how to add loops to a track, mute tracks and duplicate loops.  We discussed organizing tracks by instrument and channel.  After, students were given time to experiment with the sound the loop library.