Music Tech/Composition

Charles, I'm away today: click HERE for your GarageBand assignment. Please go to the library, print this off, and then put on some headphones and begin taking detailed notes.

Course Title: Music Technology/Composition
COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is a unique music composition class at Burnaby South, intended for students who have some background in a band program or private piano study for at least two years. Students will learn to explore and arrange sound to form compositions for both live instruments and computer generated sounds. Programs in the music lab include Sibelius, Garage Band, and Ableton used with synthesizer workstations. Students will also learn to create recordings of their performances and compositions. Music written by students will be performed for the class or in the program’s Fall and Spring concerts. Students who enjoy a challenge, a sense of accomplishment and are self motivated will find this course fun and rewarding.


COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Students must be prepared for class with a notebook and pencil. A USB flash drive is recommended for storing music and project files. Completion of projects, written assignments, and performances, as well as regular attendance is mandatory. Class members are expected to try their best each day.

Create and use music notation on any device - www.noteflight.com
Online music notation software - www.flat.io

Digital Audio Workstations List

Garageband
https://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.1/

https://asm201.wordpress.com/garageband/

Logic
http://www.apple.com/ca/logic-pro/

MIDI MIXERS or MIXING CONTROL SURFACES (no keys on them) or MIDI CONTROLLERS
http://lividinstruments.com/products/ds1/


MPC - Music Production Controller-
combine sampler, drum machine, and MIDI sequencer
Akai MPCs (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Controller) are a popular series of electronic musical instruments produced by the Japanese company Akai from 1988 onwards. They are grooveboxes that combine features of a sampler, drum machine and MIDI sequencer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Production_Controller
http://www.akaipro.com/products/pad-controllers/mpd-18

LAUNCHPAD
https://global.novationmusic.com/launch/launchpad#

 
Modeling Percussion Synthesizer
http://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/nord-drum-2

Digital Reverb Pedal
https://www.boss.info/us/products/rv-5/



Classic Amp Models - use with Rhodes - Matt Johnson
http://line6.com/legacy/podxtpro/

Ableton Live
Using external hardware with Live

https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/











http://sonic-pi.net/



IPad STUFF





http://www.akaipro.com/products/mpc-series/impc
https://www.roland.com/ca/categories/synthesizers/apps/
https://ca.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/keyboards/apps/index.html

digital mixing console (DMC)
In professional audio, a digital mixing console (DMC) is an electronic device used to combine, route, and change the dynamics, equalization and other properties of multiple audio input signals, using digital computers rather than analog circuitry. The digital audio samples, which is the internal representation of the analog inputs, are summed to what is known as a master channel to produce a combined output. A professional digital mixing console is a dedicated desk or control surface produced exclusively for the task, and is typically more robust in terms of user control, processing power and quality of audio effects. However, a computer with proper controller hardware can act as the device for the digital mixing console since it can mimic its interface, input and output.


https://www.roland.com/ca/
http://www.akaipro.com/
http://lividinstruments.com/products/
http://www.korg.com/caen/
http://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/c/Behringer?active=Products