Technology Institute for music educators ti: me course 2a Advanced Sequencing, Second Edition

Topic 8: Volume Editing and Musical Sequencing

Participants will learn to use volume editing and specialized MIDI CCs to create musical MIDI sequences.

The instructor will use the included exercise and assets or provide an alternate exercise that uses a virtual sampler instrument and sample library that offers sample start as an automatable parameter.

The instructor will discuss and demonstrate…

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  how to import a .pdf or .tiff file into a music notation program;
  
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  how to export a SMF from a notation program;
  
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  the best practices in creating musical MIDI sequences;
  
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  volume editing and its relation to musical phrasing and dynamics;
  
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  the differences between linear and non-linear crescendos and decrescendos and how to create them in a DAW;
  
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  the differences between MIDI volume, MIDI expression and audio volume, as well as best practices in their usage;
  
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  specialized MIDI CCs available in full-featured sample libraries; and
  
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  the use of sample start as a MIDI CC.
  

Participants will complete Exercise 8: Volume Editing

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Topic 9: Audio Time Compression and Expansion

Objective:

Participants will learn to use audio time stretching to conform and quantize audio regions.

Materials:

The instructor will use the included exercise and assets or provide an alternate exercise that focuses on audio time stretching and audio quantization.

Procedures:

The instructor will discuss and demonstrate

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  audio time compression and expansion (TCE);
  
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  TCE algorithms optimized for different kinds of musical content;
  
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  audio transients and their importance to audio TCE;
  
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  conforming audio regions to a new tempo; and
  
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  quantizing audio regions using TCE.
  

Class Activities:

Participants will complete Exercise 9: Audio Time Stretching

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Topic 10: Mixing Fundamentals

Objective:

Participants will learn the fundamentals of audio mixing, signal routing and signal processing.

Materials:

The instructor will use the included exercise and assets or provide an alternate exercise that focuses on a multi-track mix of a MIDI project.

Procedures:

The instructor will discuss and demonstrate…

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  the best practices of track level setting and balancing audio levels in a mix;
  
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  the best practices of gain structure in a mixer (analog or virtual);
  
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  common practices of stereo panning;
  
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  the structure and purpose of mixer inserts;
  
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  the use of parametric EQ signal processor plug-ins;
  
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  the use of audio filters plug-ins;
  
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  the use of audio compressor signal processor plug-ins;
  
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  the structure and purpose of auxiliary sends;
  
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  how to create a send and return setup for time-based effects;
  
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  the use of delay signal processor plug-ins;
  
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  the use of reverb signal processor plug-ins;and
  
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  the purpose and use of master tracks.
  

Class Activities:

Participants will complete Exercise 10: Mixing

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