Part 1
Download these audio excerpts:
Audio Download
Then, using the score of Bach's Prelude #10 from the WTC book 1 (included in the download), perform the following tasks:
Preliminary steps:
• Create a Logic project and save it as Assignment1-BACH_yourname, in your personal folder on the desktop of the studio computer. Make sure you save your project as a FOLDER, not as a package.
• Make sure snap is OFF
• Make sure the drag is on X-Fade
• Drag and drop the "Bach_WTC_Book_1_Prelude10.mp3" sound file. If asked to change to the file's sampling rate to match the project's sampling rate, click on YES.
• Have a backup drive with you to copy your work once done.
1- convert bars 1-3 from 4/4 to 3/8 (-> each 4/4 bar becomes two 3/8 bars)
2- delete bars 4-20
3- convert bar 21-22 from 4/4 to 3/8 (as above); seamlessly join this to bar 3 and 23
4- find a musical way of reducing bars 23-41 (= 19 bars) by about half, to only 9 or 10 bars (tip: look for similar harmonies)
The end result should be one continuous piece of music, lasting about 48s.
Part 2
CREATE A NEW LOGIC PROJECT, and follow these preliminary steps:
• Save this new project as Assignment1-GUITAR_yourname, in your personal folder on the desktop of the studio computer. Make sure you save your project as a FOLDER, not as a package.
• Make sure you are working at 48kHz sampling rate.
• Make sure snap is ON
• Make sure the drag is on X-Fade
• Set the project tempo to 66.
• Drag and drop the"Passe Partout - Guitar Intro_tempo66.wav" sound file. If asked to change to the file's sampling rate to match the project's sampling rate, click on YES.
Once ready your project is setup, edit the "Passe Partout - Guitar Intro_tempo66.wav" audio file so that the attacks (i.e., guitar "plucks") are on EVERY GRID LINES (i.e., the 1/4 note grid). The final edit should be as rhythmically "tight" (i.e., on the grid) as possible.
General Editing Reminders:
• Cut the audio just before the part you want to keep.
• Move the part you want to keep to its desired location (for this, either "snap to grid" or use the shuffle-L function)
• Pull to the LEFT the start of the region you want to keep over the preceding audio to create a cross-fade
• Cross-fades should never be on the beat (or edit point), always before the beat (or edit point).
Grading:
/4 Use of Crossfades
/4 No clicks
/4 Edits are "musical" (edits make sense musically, and no quick double attacks from overlapping edits)
/3 Correct removal of bars 4-20
Total /15
Please send me, by email, a bounced version (WAV or AIFF, 16bit, 44.1kHz) of your edited piece by Tuesday, Sept 27, 11:59pm. Also, be prepared to present your Logic project in class (bring your laptops!)
For Ruben:
Editing
EQ and ES2 Synth
Reverb (start at 47:20)