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© S. Wilkins 17 June, 2006
Sound Studio Activities
About
Sound Studio A Sequencer is a software application used for
creating, editing and arranging music to create finished songs. It turns
your computer into a Multitrack Tape recorder, with similar capabilities
of a professional recording studio.
A sequencer usually records MIDI information such as
the NOTE PITCH, its' ON time, LENGTH and VELOCITY (how hard it was pressed).
As with most sequencer packages these days, Sound Studio allows for the
combination of both MIDI and Digital Audio data.
Sound Studio has one added benefit in that it has a useful
CHORD TRACK feature, similar to the Key West program, where an auto accompaniment
to a song can be created by entering its CHORDS and selecting a STYLE.
You can also choose a VARIATION STYLE for each section of your music.
Activity 1: Using The Chord Track
Research Homework 1: And I Love Her Documentation
About
Sound Studio
Sound
Studio is a budjet software sequencer package from Evolution. You can
download a demo version of the program from Evolution.
Activity 1: Using The Chord Track
| The
Hayman Island Resort was so impressed with your arrangement of Island
In The Sun that they have enlisted your services once again!
This time, they require some romantic dinner music for their A la Carte restaurant. They have sent you the sheet music for a song called And I Love Her and want you to arrange it in a smooth, romantic style... You get the picture!! ;-) You are going to have to pull out the Big Guns for this one! Use the CHORD TRACK feature in Sound Studio to generate a backing and enter the melody using the SCORE EDITOR once you have finished. Choose the instruments and musical styles carefully to ensure that you create the required atmosphere. |
What to do:-
- Click here to view the music for And I Love Her. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Open the Sound Studio program
- Click on the "CHORDS" button. (Top row, a button with a picture of the letter C in a white box). The CHORDS track will appear.
- Choose an appropriate STYLE - remember that you need to create romantic, dinner music.
- Create a 4 bar INTRO section using the CHORD F minor (Fm)
- Start entering CHORDS from the music at Bar 5 in Sound Studio. Use the pencil tool to draw in segments. The CHORDS to be used are written above the music.
- For each
segment you pencil in, you must select the:-
- SECTION TYPE (intro, variation, fill, and outro)
- CHORD letter
- CHORD
TYPE (maj, min, 7th, etc)
- Hints:-
- Each MUSICAL SECTION should have the same SECTION TYPE.
- Use FILLS to indicate the END of each MUSICAL SECTION
- Set
the SNAP to "Bar".
- Pay attention to the REPEAT BRACKETS, number of verses and the CODA signs
- Use the OUTRO SECTION TYPE for the last E flat chord
- To create VARIETY throughout your arrangement, turn instruments ON and OFF using the RED buttons accross the top of the track.
- Choose appropriate instruments for each part using the MIXING window.
- Enter the MELODY of And I Love Her by rither playing the tune in via a keyboard or by using the SCORE EDITOR window to manually enter the notes and rhythms.
- Mix your arrangement by adjusting the effects, pan and volume controls.
- Save your Sound Studio file as And I Love Her.
Research Homework 1: And I Love Her Documentation
| Write
a detailed background report on And I Love Her. The report
must also contain a description of your finished product.
The report must contain:-
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HINT: Try searching online record stores for recordings of this song. Sites such as CD Now and Amazon often have extra information about recordings.
Use a Word Processor to produce a report and save it as And I Love Her Details.doc.