3.17.10 - Adding You!

Warm Up (10 min)
POTD
QOTD:
Today, only write the answers to the following questions on your blog. This will be your recording script for later.
1. What is your name or nickname?
2. Do you have a catchphrase or something that you say a lot?3. What is your favorite animal?
4. What is your favorite food?
5. What is your favorite ____?


Server Audit (15 min)
Open your student server and organize your files. Organization will help you to find things that you are looking for when you need them.
You should have all of your files (your work), organized in a hierarchy from general to specific.
1. The year (freshman, sophomore, etc.)
2. The class (math, english, DMA, etc.)3. The project (transformation, music, photoshop, Fahrenheit 451, etc.)

Create Your Own Playable Instrument (75 min)
Using recorded sound (your voice!) and sound effects construct your own software instrument that you can play using musical typing

Setting up
1. Create a folder on your desktop for later, name it “NAME _ instrument”; we will put 3 files in it later.
2. Open a new project In Garageband. Choose loops. Name it “NAME _ instrument”

Recording + Slicing
1. Create a new REAL Instrument track (Track > New Track > Real Instrument)
2. Let’s record ourselves reading our script (our QOTD).
3. Now lets slice our words up.
4. Make sure Snap to Grid is NOT checked.
5. Use slice (cmmd + T) to create a slice BEFORE (to the left of) each word

Making a New Instrument1. Create a new software instrument track.
2. In your instrument browser choose Sound Effects > Radio Sounds as your instrument
3. Open your musical typing keyboard
4. Use “Z” to move your keyboard to the lowest (farthest left) octave.
5. One-by-one drag and drop your vocal samples onto the black and white keys.
6. You can now play your voice like any of your other percussion instruments!

Saving Your Instrument1. In your instrument browser, click on “save instrument.” Name it “YOUR NAME Instrument”
2. Use the following graphic to find the three files: .cst, .exs, and .aif

click on image to enlarge

3. Copy and paste each to your folder that you created on your desktop (you can save this to your server to use later).

Adding To Your Midi Beat
1. Drag your midi beat to your desktop and open it. (Save your current project to the desktop, and drag to your server after opening your midi beat.)
2. Now that your midi beat is open, create a New Software instrument track.
3. Using the loop/instrument browser, choose Sound Effects > YOUR NAME Instrument
4. Add your vocals to your track using any pattern you choose (single time, double time, triplet, 1/16th, etc.)
5. Quantize this track to make your words hit on beat

Extra Credit
1. Use the “Edit” tab in your instrument browser to add effects to your voice.
2. Try adding “Distortion” (there are a number of effects to choose from under this setting)
3. Try adding “Bitcrusher” (there are a number of effects to choose from under this setting)
4. Try adding “Vocal Transformer” (there are a number of effects to choose from under this setting)

Saving As MP3
1. Go to Share > Export song to Disk
2. Compress, MP3, Higher Quality
3. Name your MP3 “YOUR NAME _ VOCAL MIX”