Class #1 Materials (9/2/08)                                      

• Syllabus                                                           Updated Course Schedule
• RCC MIDI Handbook                                    Lab Schedule  
• MIDI Class Binder                                         The Piano Keyboard
• RCC Email

Class #2 Materials (9/4/08)

• Notes – Introduction to MIDI
• Article: MIDI Beginnings
• Listening: ELP’s Pirates
  • About ELP

Class #3 Materials (9/9/08)

• Notes – Understanding MIDI, Part I
• Listening: Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade
  • About Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade

Class #4 Materials (9/11/08)

• Notes – Understanding MIDI, Part II
• Article: Taking the Mystery out of MIDI
• Listening: The Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)
  • About The Eurythmics

Class #5 Materials (9/16/08)

• Notes – Understanding MIDI, Part III
• Notes – Computer Sequencer System
• Notes – Introduction to Lab at RCC
• Article: Alternate Uses for MIDI
• Listening: Mark Isham’s Crash
  • www.isham.com

Class #6 Materials (9/18/08)-Power Failure Day

• Notes –Starting a New Project
• Sequence Assignment 1 - DUE 9/30/08!!
• Notes – Additional Mac Basics
• See Handbook or Schedule Time with Jenny for Mac Basics

Class #7 Materials (9/23/08)

• Notes –Starting a New Project
• Notes – Formatting & Naming Flash Drives
• Sequence Assignment 1- DUE 9/30/08!!

Class #8 Materials (9/25/08)

• Notes - MUS 8A Applications & File Types
• Notes - The Elements of Music - Composing
• Notes - Time Signature (Meter) and Tempo
• Notes - Other Common Meters
• Notes - Dividing Beats - Numeric Beat Values in Digital Performer

• Listening: Paula Abdul's The Way That You Love Me
  • Example of Approximate 120 bpm Tempo

• Listening: George Clinton's Nubion Nut
  • Example of Approximate 90 bpm Tempo

• Listening: Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly
  • Example of Approximate 60 bpm Tempo

• Listening: Alicia Keys' Fallin'
  • Example of 12/8 Meter
    
    
• Listening: Mission Impossible                         
• Example of 5/4 Meter

Class #9 Materials (9/30/08)

• Lab Handbook: Digital Performer Windows (pages 1-2)
• Be in class today for detailed description of DP Windows!!

Class #10 Materials (10/02/08) - DO NOT MISS CLASS!

• Notes - MIDI Data Types and the DP Event List
• Lab Handbook: Digital Performer Windows (page 3)
• Sequence Assignment 2 -Due 10/23/08!!

Class #11 Materials (10/07/08) - With Prof. Megas

• Notes - Other Ways To Record (Step Record & Looping)
• Lab Handbook: Digital Performer MIDI >
  Digital Performer: Step Recording ( page 2)
• Sequence Assignment #4 - DUE 10/23/08

Class #12 Materials (10/09/08) - With Prof. Megas

• Notes - Basic Editing & Selection
• Lab Handbook: Digital Performer Chapter >
  DP: Copy/Paste/Drag Insert (page 1)
• Lab Handbook > Digital Performer MIDI Chapter >
  Digital Performer: Edit > Shift (page 1)
• Sequence Assignment 3 - Due 10/23/08!!!
  

Class #13 Materials (10/14/08) - With Prof. Megas

• Notes - MIDI Files & Regions Menu
• Lab Handbook > Digital Performer MIDI Chapter >
  Digital Performer: Regions Menu (page 1-2)
• Project #1 - DUE 11/04/08

Class #14 Materials (10/16/08) - With Prof. Megas

• Notes - MIDI Drum Loops & Grooves
• MIDI Drum Loops & Grooves (zipped MIDI Files)
• Lab Handbook > Digital Performer Drum Editor
• Lab Handbook > Digital Performer Conductor Track, Tempo & Meter
• Sequence Assignment 6 - DUE 10/23/08!!

Class #15 Materials (10/21/08)

• Notes - Burning a Data CD of your DP Project
• Music Review Assignment - DUE 12/02/08

Class #16 Materials (10/23/08)

• NO MATERIALS - MIDTERM REVIEW
  

Class #17 Materials (10/28/08)

• NO MATERIALS - MIDTERM EXAM

Class #18 Materials (10/30/08)

• Going Beyond the Apple Software Synth in MUS 8A
• Facts About Samplers
• Assignment #7 - DUE 11/11/08
  

Class #19 & 20 - Project #1 Days (No Materials)

Class #21 & #22 Materials (11/11/08-11/13/08)

• Article - The Visual Perception of a Mix
• DP Mixer
• Notes - Mixer, Panning, & Basic Snapshot
• Lab Handbook - DP Mix Automation

Class #23 Materials (11/18/08)

• NEW LAB SETTINGS! Revised Lab Manual Appedix V
• MIDI Concert Requirements - DUE 12/09/08
• Notes: Real Time Automation - MUS 8A Basics
• Notes: Master Fader Basics for MUS 8A
  
• Assignments #5 - DUE 12/09/08
• PROJECT #2 (Final Project) - DUE 12/16/08

Class #24 Materials (11/20/08) - SONGWRITING

• Songwriting Lesson-MUS - 8A (pdf)
  • Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home" (mp3)
  • Avril Lavigne, "Complicated" (mp3)
  • Ray Charles, "Georgia" (mp3)
  • The Beatles, "Imagine" (mp3)
  • Rolling Stones, "Satisfaction" (mp3)
  • Kelly Clarkson, "Beautiful Disaster" (live/unplugged mp3)
  • Lead Sheet: "Winding Road" (pdf)
  • Scratch Recording: "Winding Road" (mp3)
  • Kelly Clarkson, "Beautiful Disaster (produced mp3)

Class #25 Materials (11/25/08) - AUDIO -

• Notes - Introduction to Audio & Assignment #8

NO SCHOOL THURSDAY 11/27/08 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Class #26 Materials (12/02/08)

• MUSIC REVIEWS DUE!
• Final Exam Checklist
• Written Final Exam
• Project #2 - Final Project
• Your MIDI Class Binder

Class #27 Materials (12/04/08) - AUDIO (cont'd)

• Notes - Introduction to Audio Part II + Assignment #9
• Sequence Assignment #9

Class #28 Materials (12/09/08) - Sibelius

• Sibelius 5 Quick Start Guide
• Sequence Assignment #10
• Cleaning Up a MIDI File in Sibelius 5
• Opening a MIDI File in Sibelius 5
• Sibelius Playback Q&A For Beginners