Topic

Reading:

Assignments

all assignments are due the first class of the following week

Terms to Know

Simple Table of COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Detailed description of Computer Hardware
Where to find information about your Windows computer (Useful information to complete Project 1)

Project 1 - Tell me about you (due the second class)
Project 2 - Computer Form (due the first class of Week 2)

See Power Point

SOUND CARD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card
Read about how a Sound Card works
Explore www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Project 3 - Recording and Editing in Audacity

See PowerPoint

Sound (browse)
Overtone Series
Table of Frequencies - Equal-Tempered

PROJECT 4: Acoustics in  Audacity

MP-I Week Three Terms to Know

Sound File Formats
Acoustics

Download the following PDF Cubase Manuals (Right click and select save as)

Getting_Started.pdf
Operation_Manual.pdf
Menu_Reference.pdf
Plug-in_Reference.pdf

Read the following from the Operation Manual
Window Overview - Page 27
Playback and Transport Panel - Page 59

Project 5 - Recording and Editing in Cubase

PROJECT 6: Create a project using audio files

 Cubase project 5.zip - Files need for the project - Download and unzip in your project 5 folder

Project 6 Loops and Samples

Cubase Interface Terminology

Acidizing Audio

From the Getting_Started Manual read Tutorial 3
From the Operation_Manual read: AudioWarp: Tempo matching audio (page 231)
Exporting a project to a new folder

Project 7 - The Beat Calculator and Time Warp

Grabbing audio from a CD

Guidelines of the MIDTERM PROJECT
MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Project 8 - Grabbing Sound from a CD.doc

Monday: Written Midterm

Wednesday: Midterm Project Presentations

MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Thursday  MIDTERM PROJECT Presentations - Make sure that you have backed up your finished project in the "MP-I Midterm" folder on the shared drive

Acoustics

 Article about Digital Audio

Project 9 - "Day in a Life" Remix

"Day in a Life" files ZIPPED

Mixing

Sound Processing

Read about:
Compression
Reverb
Delay
EQ

Read in the manual about the Mixer and VST Effects
Read about the plugins available in Cubase

Project 10 - Mixing and Effects

3 folders of files can be found on the shared drive. Pick one of the sets for your project

Introduction to Synthesis:

Analog Synthesis Power Point
Intro to Analog Synthesis
Brief Description of the Mini Moog controls
Original MINI MOOG Manual (a lot of material!)

Project 11 - Changing meter and tempo in Cubase

Project 12 - Analog Synthesis

Project 11 Files

Project 12 Cubase File

MP-I Week 10 Terminology 

Analog Synthesis and MIDI

Tutorial 2: Recording and playing back MIDI FROM the Getting Started Cubase Manual

Article about MIDI

Project 14 - MIDI

MP- I Students:
Pick one of the following MIDI files to import into Cubase and assign to appropriate synthesizers/sounds - You may also pick a different MIDI file, but you will need to remove all the non NOTE MIDI information.

• MIDI FILE

• MIDI FILE

• MIDI FILE

• MIDI FILE (this one is harder - the tracks have not been labeled)

Acoustics and Technology Students:
Find a classical MIDI file on the web of a work for piano and voice/instrument and create two audio files: 1) an audio file of the complete work and 2) of the accompaniment alone. 

Classical MIDI Archives - Thousands of Classical MIDI files:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Free login (5 files per day) https://secure.classicalarchives.com/login.html

FINAL REVIEW
FINAL PROJECT

 Project 15 - Video

The videos and sound effects are on the S drive in the MP-I Project 14 folder

 Project 15 - Time Warp

 Project 16 - Time Warp

FINAL PROJECT