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The transport bar - controls Play, Stop, Record etc.

Arrangement window - this where you arrange the musical ideas in sequence, layer parts and build the overall structure of your song.

Global settings include - the time signature, tempo in bpm (beats per minute) and the key of the song. It also allows you to switch on/off the metronome or click track.

Bandlab Sounds allows you to look for existing loops and audio material for your projects. These can be filtered by instrument, musical style, tempo, key etc.

Track panels allow individual instrument control M - Mute , S - Solo, Track Volume, Pan - Left-Right

Opens the window to create and edit MIDI instrument parts

Effects - can give your sounds ambience, make them echo or add some distortion.

Use the Add Track to add new instruments/audio channels to your song

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8G Mr Chapman - add code UI4IBLK or https://edu.bandlab.com/join/ui4iblk

Click on CREATE (top right) and then select NEW PROJECT

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Select BandLab Sounds from the start up menu.

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Select LOOPS at the top then use the filters on the Bandlab sounds menu choose loops you like;

There are a large number of loops, so it is useful to filter them by;

Instruments

Genre

Character

BPM

Key

When you have found a loop you wish to add to your arrangement drag it to the main window to the left.

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To copy and paste a region to another part of your piece.

Hold ALT and drag the region.

Make sure to release your mouse before you release the ALT key.

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The red zone over the bar timeline at the top of the window switches on the CYCLE PLAY.

In this mode Bandlab will play the highlighted bars on repeat. This is useful when you are working on a specific section of a song or piece.

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When you select a region in the main window it will display a curling arrow in the top right of the region.

Dragging forward from this arrow repeats/loops this region exactly for as long as needed.

NB - This also minimises editing later as any changes can be made to the first bar of the loop and will be changed in every following bar.

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Resizing a region can be useful, if you only want the part of the loop or if you want to trim a region down, which you have recorded.

Hover the cursor over the bottom half of the region, it will change to an arrow, simply drag it back (or forward, if required) to resize the region.

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If you wish to split a region into small parts, select the region. RIGHT CLICK and select SLICE.

This can be useful for reordering bars and working on a song structure.

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The MAGNET or snap function keeps your music in time, making sure that musical ideas start at the beginning of bars.

It should be highlighted in BLUE throughout this task.

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Explore Bandlab's drum machine!

Create drum patterns for your remix;

Choose a suitable drum patch (sound)

How will your drum pattern change in the different sections?

Intro

Verse

Prechorus

Chorus

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Create an instrumental (for a song) using only Loops from the Bandlab sounds menu.

It should;

Contain a minimum of 3 instruments (eg. bass, drums, melody)

Have 2 sections of 8 bars (Verse and Chorus).

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Can you play any pop song with 4 chords?

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Can you play any pop song with 4 chords?

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Ed Sheeran bet he can Play Any POP Song With Just 4 Chords - RTL LATE NIGHT

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Ed Sheeran uses G - D - Eminor and C to accompany a variety of songs.

We can reduce these to the numbers

1 - 5 - 6 - 4

Referring to chords in numbers helps us use the same harmony in different keys.

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Add an instrument track

Switch to Smart Keys - Make sure the scale is set to D major

Switch on Smart Chords - Place the dot towards the bottom left of the square.

This will assign the correct 7 chords to the keys from A - J on your keyboard.

Try playing the '4 chord' progressions.

1 - 5 - 6 - 4 (A - G - H - F)

or

6 - 4 - 1 - 5 (H - F - A - G)

Record one of them if you can (or want to!)

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Use the SMART functions to record chords for Levitating.

Consider how you will change the progression for the different sections;

Verse

Prechorus

Chorus

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Dua Lipa - Levitating Featuring DaBaby (Official Music Video)

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What makes something a remix?

Describe how the producer has changed the music.

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Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix] (Official Video)

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Dua Lipa - Levitating feat. DaBaby (Don Diablo Remix) [Official Audio]

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Start a new Bandlab project and SET THE TEMPO to 103BPM

Download Dua Lipa's vocal for Verse 1 (next post), pre-chorus and chorus

Drag the file into a new Bandlab project - place it at the very start.

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What should be in a song's verse?

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What are the key features of a pre-chorus?

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What makes a great song chorus?

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The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale made of the;

1st - 2nd - 3rd - 5th and 6th notes of the major scale.

It is commonly used in pop, rock, blues, jazz and folk music.

In the home key for Levitating - Dmajor this would be;

D - E - F# - A - B

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Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera

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The Chainsmokers - Closer (Lyric) ft. Halsey

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Key steps

ADD TRACK to create a new instrument for your melody part

Double click the instrument icon to open the editor

Change to SMART KEYS

Make sure your scale is set to D and Major Pentatonic

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Quantizing moves the note to the nearest line (or division set by you). This is useful for making ideas you play in more in time.

Key steps

Select the region you have recorded in the main window.

Click Midi Editor at the bottom

Select all the notes in the region

Click Quantise

NB - it is automatically set to 1/16, but if you have played in a simple melody 1/8 might give a better effect.

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Use the 'faders' on the left track header area to adjust the level (volume) of each individual track in your project.

You should be aiming for a balanced mix

Can you hear all the parts?

Is the vocal the most prominent?

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As humans our hearing is Binaural - based on a mix of both ears - this allows us to separate sounds and locate them.

Binaural audio is also the most common - we listen on two headphones, 2 speakers etc.

Use the Pan function to position your instruments in the mix;

General rules;

Lead vocals and drums stay in the centre

Pianos, guitar, synths etc are positioned to the left or right.

The higher the frequency of the sound the wider the pan position.

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Automation allows you to fade in or out tracks.

You can see in the screenshot above I have applied a fade in to my brass part.

PREES A to open the automation view.

Click on the volume line to add a starting node (point) and then another for the end point of the fade.

Drag the nodes up or down to apply the volume change.

Press A again to close the automation view when finished.

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Producers will use audio FX to enhance and shape recordings and sounds.

Using the FX menu at the bottom you can explore the preset fx sounds and how they change the sound of your instruments.

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When your remix is ready and sounding good you need to export your final mixdown.

Use the Top Left Menu

PROJECT>DOWNLOAD>MIXDOWN AS

Upload your final version to the TEAMS assignment for your assessment for this unit of work.