Programme 7 – Music and Digi Tech: Composing in the digital age
Developed by Saali Marks, Kuranui College, 2018
In this programme, students will learn to use a digital audio workstation (DAW) and virtual instruments to compose an original piece of music in response to a design brief. Students will create a design for their composition, considering the constraints of the brief, and then develop their composition using digital music production techniques.
Students will:
- consider a composition task and develop a design to achieve it
- consult with end-users to refine a design and outcome that is fit for purpose
- reflect on iterations of a project in development
- set up and operate a "session" in a DAW
- load virtual instruments and play them using a MIDI controller
- record and edit MIDI information
- understand the control functions of a virtual instrument
- understand the record and arrange windows of a DAW
- set up and record audio
- create and use loops and samples in a composition
- use the Mix window of a DAW to balance sound levels and add digital effects
- use compositional devices to create and effective composition
- bounce and save a completed project as an MP3 or a .Wav file
- name and manage files coherently.
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Last updated December 14, 2018
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