Goal
- Convey knowledge of audio mixer terms and understanding of concepts in a media production of musical triads.
Technical Terms
- Mixer channel
- Mic and line Inputs
- Insert, Input gain/Trim
- Level set
- Meters
- Pad
- Low cut
- Channel EQ
- Aux
- Faders
- Mute
- Solo
- Pan
- B-Mix
Product
- Create a blog post with embedded media from YouTube, SoundCloud, and Flickr off your composition and video explanation.
Examples
- Chase’s post
- Eli’s post (Tutorial screencast with a cameo from Chance!)
- Ayden’s post
- Abby’s post
- Carson’s post
- Aaron’s post
- Mayah’s post
- Emily’s post
- Brisa’s post
- Shawnee’s post
- Kinsey’s post
- Sam’s post
Steps
- Day 1 – Create Blog Post, Add Section Headings, and Define Terms
- Explore HookTheory.com
- Explore GarageBand and Beyond tutorials
- Create blog post titled, Recording A Motif and Mixing Tracks
- Create the following headings
- Summary
- GarageBand Basics Tutorial
- My Composition
- What I Learned
- Day 2 – Explore GarageBand 10 Terms and Concepts
- Work with GarageBand 10 to learn the basics
- Day 3 through second to last day of project
- Create a midi track (Green track)
- Include the notes C, E, and G, the notes of the C major chord
- Create a motif, aka a ‘riff’, that have rhythm and a catchy melody
- Create a rhythm track with the drummer track (Yellow track)
- Create other midi tracks to add complexity to the motif
- Create a midi track (Green track)
- 2nd To Last Day
- Export your composition to SoundCloud and embed into your post
- Create a screencast of the motif
- Explain and demonstrate the basics parts of GarageBand and publish to YouTube
- Include:
- Explain and demonstrate the basics parts of GarageBand and publish to YouTube
- Reveal Library
- Activate Cycle Area
- Open Smart Controls Pane
- Open The Editors
- Open Project Note Pad
- Open Project Tasks
- Open Apple Loops
- Adjust Track Volume
- Change Track’s Name & Icon
- Create a New MIDI Track
- Play the Onscreen Music Keyboard
- Move Regions to Different Tracks
- Duplicate Regions w/ Option-Drag
- Zoom In and Out of the Timeline
- Resize Regions in the Tracks Area
- Work with the Arrangement Track
- Duplicate a Track
- Create a Drummer Track
- Exploring the Drummer Editor
- Work with the Movie Track
- Add to GarageBand Basics Tutorial
- Embed your screencast from YouTube
- Add to My Composition
- Embed your composition into your blog post from SoundCloud
- Add to What I Learned heading
- Explain what you learned and at least one problem you overcame
- Last Day
- Present project
Tools
- GarageBand
- YouTube
Resources
- GarageBand and Beyond Tutorials
- Composition
- GarageBand
- Onlinesequencer.net – online
- It is only a MIDI editor with notation but a good place to start
- You can export the file as a MIDI file and import in one of the programs below
- MuseScore free program for music notation and composition
- flat.io for online music notation and composition
- noteflight.com – for online music notation and composition
- Song Building Blocks – Song Stuff
- GarageBand Basics
- Working with a GarageBand Project
- Opening and Saving a GarageBand Project
- Exploring the GarageBand Window
- Navigating and Controlling Playback
- Exploring the Workspace, Tracks, and Regions
- Exploring the Library
- Using a Cycle Area
- Exploring the Smart Controls Pane
- Exploring the Editors
- Showing the Project Note Pad
- Project Tasks
- Working with Apple Loops
- Auditioning and Adding Loops to the Project
- Adjusting a Track’s Volume
- Changing a Track’s Name and Icon
- Working with Tracks
- Understanding Tracks
- Previewing the Finished Project
- Opening a Project from GarageBand
- Exploring the Starting Project
- Working with Solo and Mute Controls
- Changing Software Instrument Track Instruments
- Creating a New Track
- Playing the Onscreen Music Keyboard
- Moving Regions to Different Tracks
- Duplicating Regions with Option-Drag
- Zooming In and Out of the Timeline
- Resizing Regions in the Tracks Area
- Working with the Arrangement Track
- Duplicating a Track
- Project Tasks
- Creating a Drummer Track
- Exploring the Drummer Editor
- Auditioning Drummer Presets
- Working with the Drum Kit Controls
- Working with the Movie Track
- Adding ID3 tag information and art in iTunes
- something here…
- Music Theory
- Triads explained – Wikipedia
- Chord – Wikipedia
- Chromatic scale – Wikipedia
- C major scale – music-mind.com/Music/
- Pitch Class – Wikipedia
- Triad Arpeggios image of guitar neck – danbecker.info/guitars/
- Understanding: How to Build Chords (Major, Minor, Dim, Aug) – patdavidmusic
- Understanding: How To Understand And Create Major Scales – patdavidmusic
- Understanding: Understanding Key Signatures – patdavidmusic
- GarageBand Basics Screencast Video Tutorial
