LEARNING RESOURCES
TITLE MUSIC
Compose Music for the intro of a film or TV show - Any Genre
EDM MUSIC
Compose Music for the the DJ students. Dance Music of any genre.
AMBIENT MUSIC
Compose chilled out music. for the new BBA Spa. - Can also be used for underscores for folm
HIP HOP
Compose the Music for a Hip Hop song and find an audio engineer to record the rap.
FOUND SOUNDS
Record sounds from the environment and turn them into a song
BUILDING YOUR EARS
BUILDING YOUR EARS
IDENTIFY TROUBLE SPOTS IN THE MIX
Begin your mix sessions by reviewing each individual track and looks for errors or special musical moments. Feel free to use the notepad in logic to take notes on the mix.
Make notes about the corrections needed or correct them on the spot.
Major timing errors will be addressed later. Just make sure the tracks are lined up and any bad takes are removed.
Listen for background noise, bad edits, pops or clicks.
Delete unwanted talking, bad takes, etc.
LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING
Take notes on what you find.
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Out of tune singing
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Wrong notes
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Poor playing technique, I.e., breathing in the wrong spots, bad accents
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Loud breath sounds
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Clipping (sound that is recorded too loud)
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Hiss (Too much headroom)
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Bad room reverberation, slap echo, etc.
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Headphone bleed (sound of a click track or other audio picked up by the mic)
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Pops and clicks
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Timing errors (rhythmic inconsistencies)
Feel free to clean up some of the errors if you can. Most importantly, get an idea of what needs to be worked on in the mix.
Post your findings in your eNotebook.
Here is a website where you can hear famous bloopers that made it to press. Check it out.