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Lesson 20: Editing project and assessment

In this lesson you are going to do some editing. See what you can remember from the previ-ous lessons!

Start by opening and playing the song file Lesson 20. As the music plays, have a look atthe following tasks. Complete as many as you can - you can try them in any order. If youcant remember what to do, have a look at the clues!

As you begin to edit the file, dont forget to save your work regularly!

Your tasks:

1 The song starts with a solo instrument. How can you make a crescendo over the open-

ing bars?

2 Listen carefully to the rhythm of the drum track in relation to the other tracks.

What seems to be the problem? How can you fix this?

3 The snare drum is a bit too loud in the mix.

How can you adjust its volume (or level) without changing the level of the other drum kitsounds?

How will a crescendoaffect the notes? Willit alter the pitch,rhythm or velocity (vol-ume)?

Which sequencer editlane will you use forcreating your cre-scendo?

Which tool will helpyou create a cre-scendo quickly?

Your clue to this ques-tion lies in usingQuantize. Can youremember what this

does?

The main mixer is notthe answer this time!

Which device is usedfor playing the drumtrack?

How can you adjustthe levels of the differ-ent drum soundshere?

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24 Listen to the bass track and find the device that plays the sound.

How could you improve or modify the sound to give this bass line more power?(Try 2 different ideas.)

5 The looped tracks repeat throughout the song.

How could you create some variation?

6 What do you notice about the lead line?

How could you create some variation here?

7 The song needs to fade out over the final bars.

How can you arrange this so that the fade will be automatic each time the song isplayed?

If you have a class discussion afterwards, think about the following:

D Which tasks do you think you completed most successfully and why?

D Are there any tasks you found particularly difficult, or think could have been improved?What improvements would you like to make next time?

How could you alterthe shape of thesound using the de-vice front panel con-trols?

If you move orsweep some filters,or use pitch bend, howcan you get the con-trols to automaticallyrepeat the movementsduring playback?

What about addingsome distortion?

Here you will probablywork in the Key lane.Think about changesof pitch and aboutadding or deleting

notes.

Which mixer fader willlet you change thelevel of all the tracks atonce?

Think about how youcan record the move-ments of the mixerfader you have used.Which sequencertrack should you useto record this informa-

tion?