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Sony ACID music Studio

By Dane Wrye and Ben Ghusn . Sony ACID music Studio. Introduction to Sony ACID. Materials

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Sony ACID music Studio

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  1. By Dane Wrye and Ben Ghusn Sony ACID music Studio

  2. Introduction to Sony ACID Materials For Sony ACID, we used a variety of tools. Namely, the keyboard, mouse, and application, but those are required. We used two pairs of headphones (although they only worked in one ear), and mixer board to control the sound output, as well as an Audio-Technica microphone supplied by Mrs. Young. On that subject, we also used Andrew and Mrs. Young. Objectives For this engagement, our five objectives are based around making different types of songs. For example, our first engagement is to make a basic rock song, our second to make a dubstep song, and out third to make a song that uses the 12 bar blues key progression. But, we have two more objectives, number four being to make a weird song, and number five to simply make an additional song of whatever type.

  3. About Sony ACID Sony ACID is a multi-track music and sound editor that uses preset sounds and tunes to compose music. The program itself cannot create original music for commercial purposes, unless you import sounds and song pieces you made yourself in another program. Sony ACID makes it incredibly easy to mix and match tracks to arrange songs. The preset sounds are very good quality, and very diverse. At this station, we also have hardware. This consists of a MIDI keyboard, a Behringer 802 mixer board, two Califone mono headsets, speakers, an Audio-Technica microphone, and our standard computer tools.

  4. Vocabulary • Bar – the vertical line in between every measure • Measure – the length of however many beats are in between each bar • Beat – “a main accent or rhythmic unit in music.” – Google Definitions • Key – a “group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece or passage of music.” – Google Definitions

  5. Vocabulary • Scale – a group of notes that are each steps in an octave; a scale usually goes up an octave or two • Major scale – a scale that has a major first and eighth • Minor scale – a scale that has a minor first and eighth • Octave – a grouping of 8 notes going up or down; the standard in the Western music system

  6. Sharps and Flats A semitone is half a note Sharps Flats • Make a note a semitone higher • Make a note a semitone lower So, according to this, let’s use two notes, C and D. C# would be the same as Db.

  7. How to Access the Program Go to Start, then Quick Access. ACID is at the top.

  8. Tutorial This is the track sequencer, or the timeline. Put your loops here. Here you can mix and edit your samples and tracks. Here’s the volume monitor. It shows you when your volume is too high or low. This is the sample library. Here you can select, preview, and use loops for your song.

  9. Dubstep Song This is our second objective. This probably the only song we’re going to play, but if you want to hear more, we’ll show you our other songs. We made this by looking for electronic loops in the sample library, and then when getting to the drop, making each loop half as long as the previous, and a semitone up.

  10. Twelve-Bar Blues Our third objective. Not quite as cool as our dubstep song. We used jazz loops we found in the sample library, and pitched them up using our semitone pitcher. Twelve-bar blues are a style of key progression that use a certain order of notes in an octave. 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 1 is the order.

  11. The Interview Show with Ben Ghusn Q: Do you think you achieved your goals?A: Yes, I do believe we achieved our goals. We completed all of our objectives, and they all sound good. Q: What helped you learn and use the technology?A: A combination of prior knowledge and the learning launcher helped us use the technology. Andrew, Mrs. Young, and other student opinions were also of help to us. We also just adapted and learned. Q: How was the difficulty? Too easy, too hard, or just right?A: We found it a bit on the easy side, but not too easy. Our prior knowledge was a huge help, and there aren’t restrictions and difficult barriers to break like our previous engagement. Q: What can you pass on to the next group?A: We can pass on to play around with pitches and different loops to find what you like Q: Do you think you’ve set a new standard for this station?A: Somewhat. I feel like what we made was of actual good quality, and we had fun doing it. At the same time, I feel like other people could do better.

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