FoEM: Seminar/Workshops

Week 1

Basic OSX instruction (if necessary, depending on how many students actually need this)

Introducing MIDI
Making Music with Logic, Launching Logic, Exploring the interface, Navigating the Song, Zooming, Previewing and using Loops, Building an arrangement, Mixing, and Exporting the mix

Week 2

Recording Audio, Digital Audio Recording Settings, Recording a Single Instrument, Recording Additional Takes, Recording Takes in Cycle Mode, Recording Multiple Tracks, Recording Additional Takes on Multiple Tracks, Punching in and out (Auto and On the Fly), Adjusting Recording settings and Adjusting Metronome Settings

Week 3

Editing Audio, Deleting Unused Audio Files, Importing Audio Files with the Browser, Comping Takes, Flatten Take Folder, Using Fades and Crossfades, Resizing an Audio Region, Moving an Edit Point, Cleaning a Noisy take, and Using the Sample Editor
-> start Task 1

Week 4

Recording MIDI Using Software Instruments, Quantizing a Recording, Using External MIDI Hardware, Merging New Recordings, Recording Additional Takes, Layering Instruments, and Splitting a Keyboard to Control Two Instruments

Week 5

Editing and Programming MIDI Importing MIDI Files, Editing in the Piano Roll Editor, Editing in the Score Editor, Editing in the Hyper Editor, Editing MIDI Continuous Controller Events, and Cleaning a MIDI Recording
-> start Task 2

Week 6

Programming Drums Programming a Drum Beat, Editing Velocity and Accents, Humanizing a Pattern and Creating a Snare Roll

Week 7

This week we hold a 2 full day intensive seminar to cover the following remianing topics and do the final preparation for the Logic Pro Certification Exam.

During those two days we will cover the following topics:

Manipulating Tempo and Time Stretching Adjusting a Song’s Tempo to a Loop, Adjusting a Loop’s Tempo to a Song, Tempo Changes and Curves, Time-stretching Audio, Time-stretching MIDI, Using Apple Loops, Creating Blue and Green Apple Loops, Adding Apple Loops to a Lop Browser and Using the Follow Tempo Function.
Arranging the Song Using the Grid, Inserting Time Signature Changes, Using the Catch Function, Using the Skip Cycle Mode, Cutting Regions, Repeating Sections, and Using Aliases to Build an Arrangement
Mixing Preparing for Mixing, Using the Mixer, Individual Channel Strips for Ultrabeat, Using the Library, Using Plug-ins, Using Buses, Reading the Meters, Exporting your Mix, Burning a CD and Exporting Individual Tracks
Automating the Mix and Using Control Surfaces Region- vs. Track-based Automation, Writing and Editing Offline Automation, Recording Online Automation, and Using External Controllers
Scoring Movies Basic Settings, Importing a Movie File, Detecting Scene Cuts, Manipulating the Grid, and Exporting your Movie Soundtrack
Troubleshooting Logic Getting Sound Out and In, Getting MIDI Out and In, Recovering Deleted Audio or MIDI Regions, Reading the System Performance Meter, Basic Computer Maintenance Steps, and Adding Third Party Plug-ins

Week 8
Stylistic Exercises. Students are given a choice of short pieces by Piere Schaeffer and they will try and remake them with their own sounds, in class time. This is an exercise but it will show the students how the style was developed by allowing them to copy the gesture world of the masters. We will also review task 1 from last week and see if we can improve on it, based on the work done today. Class feedback and discussion.
-> start Task 3

Week 9
Stylistic Exercises. Students are given a choice of short electronic etudes by Stockhausen (1952, ‘53 and ‘54) and they will try and remake them with their own sounds, in class time. This is an exercise but it will show the students how the style was developed by allowing them to copy the gesture world of the masters. We will also review task 1 from last week and see if we can improve on it, based on the work done today. Class feedback and discussion.

-> start Task 4

Week 10
review of task 3. Class feedback and discussion.

Week 11
review of task 4. Class feedback and discussion.

Week 12
Introduction to plugins in Logic Pro 9
Introduction to Semester 2