MUE 332 Dr. Jacoby Tech Blog

  Class started off sharing Rapper’s Delight project. Class Note -  Asynchronous music lesson example, Lean On Me-  Screencastify Ultimate Guitar  Multiple screens display Garageband onscreen keyboard 4th Grade Rhythm class - Latency - unclear voice capturing - could clear (the chair) out the space - Closure was too abrupt Ultimate Guitar -  https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ Guitar chord chart Piano keyboard diagram Transport keys Online Keyboard Options -  Soundtrap Musicca.com  - different instruments - different languages - Metronome  Musictheory.net Latency Fix - Play the audio into a external speaker behind the teacher (instead of playing the music on the computer.) Fix in post production Sound capture fix -  Speak slowly use external mic than the computer one lavalier mic (small mic clip) Screencastify - Screen recording Multiple tabs screen recording Premiere Pro -  20th Century Composers editing : Edit video clips length Collapse ...

    CTJass · Rapper's Delight Mix   Creating this project is easier to do than the last time as I am more familiar with Soundtrap. The rapping part, however, has been the most intimidating part for me. I manage to learn it and get it recorded eventually. Overall, it was a fun project to do. My girls found it funny to hear their mom rapping. I had fun playing with all the effects and arranging the tracks. For my project, I adjust the drum sets track to Machines-Midnight, the Bass track to Rock - Mountain Top Lead, and manipulated some more effects on my vocal track. For the vocal track, I add the Trebble effect, tune down the Bass, and add some Reverb. I used the Fade Out effect for all three tracks at the end

Class Note -   David Byrne’s American Utopia -   HBO - David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020): Official Trailer    The Beatbox Evolution The rise of the machines Drum Machines -  Drum machines (or beat boxes) are “played” or programmed Small trigger pads are sometimes present Real-time or step entry Drum sounds are loaded into groups or “kits”  Digital Drums -   Drumsets are reproductions of acoustic drumsets in manner of performance  Percussion controllers include mallet-like or hand percussion models Trigger pads come in various materials and configurations Have become a substitute for the many instruments a percussionist could be expected to play in a single performance Some History -  Rhythmicon World’s first electronic drum or “rhythm machine”  Created by Leon Theremin  Ace Tone Rhythm Ace  Early drum beat playback device Only presets, no user creation Linn LM-1 Drum Computer (1980) Akai MPC-60 (1988) Roland  TR-808 (19...

Canon in D To me, this project was fun, yet intimidating at the same time. It's fun to learn to make sound tracks with different apps other than Garageband. I can see how this will give middle school students more choices to make music without having to play physical instruments and ample choices for sound, tracks and loops. I am not a tech savvy person, so this was intimidating to play with. On the flip side, even though I am not quick in learning tech, I was relieved to put together this project without much difficulty.

 Hot Cross Bun (flat.io)   Class started off having students share their Musiques Concrete Project   Web App Exploration -  Note Flight:  Smartmusic application pitch and music  Flat.io : Create, compose, collaborate, play, and print your sheet music using the world's most simple and intuitive web-based music writing and composition software. musicXML - file type. XML = Extensible Markup Language. This file type allows you to transport the file in different devices(?!)  Dr. Jacoby creating Hot Cross Bun to demonstrate the web app Files could be exported into different file types. (PDF, musicXML, mp3, MIDI, wave). Files could be directly exported to Soundtrap.  Share the file with links or collaborators. One particular share function we practiced on is Embed on the web code. Sibelius:  Worksheet creator - choices include student sheets and answer sheets. Could be printed, done on computer, or even performing it!  Poster, flashcards and ...