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NOTE to assessor - My 2nd contrasting track is at the end of my Padlet. 

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NOTE to assessor - My 2nd contrasting track is at the end of my Padlet. 

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in this lesson we were learning the benefits of having and using autoload templates for when you start a new project. 

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Production technique's - Starting point (autoload)

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Production technique's - Starting point (autoload)

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation Lesson 1

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation Lesson 1

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In class today I was shown how to make a kick drum using the in built ES P (polyphonic synth) in Logic.

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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Having played around with the ES P (polyphonic synth) this is how the kick is sounding at the moment

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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Next I had a go at making some hi hats using the ES P (polyphonic synth)

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation lesson 1 (continued)

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Having made the kick, we were then shown how to make a snare using the ESP (polyphonic synth) in logic.

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In the previous Lesson I was taught how the ESP Poly synth worked. I enjoyed playing around with this synth and used it to create a kick, snare and hat's for my first contrasting track. I then put these in to a track stack to keep my project tidy.

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In today's lesson we were looking at round the world influences on music, more specifically
Latin or Afro-American influence. I quite liked the Latin style so had a go at adding some Latin style notes to my track.

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In this lesson we were looking at melodies and counter melodies. this was an interesting lesson as I was taught about the Phrygian scale. I then had a go at the end of the lesson trying to add some Phrygian scale melody to my track.

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Phrygian scale continued. Carried on working on my track at the end of the lesson.

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How it’s sounding so far

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In this lesson we were working on arrangement of our track. this is how it's now currently looking.

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In this lesson we were looking at vocals. I found a nice vocal on Loopcloud which I though fitted well and added it to my track. I also added some percussion as I felt it was missing from my track

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In this lesson I added some channel EQ to the snare

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This lesson I added a 2nd bus channel to the hats, with AdLimiter, multimeter and compressor.

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Added a bus channel with Adaptive Limiter, Multimeter & compressor

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Next I added some effect's and added a bus channel

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Next I added some sampler channel EQ and delay to the Phrygian scale track

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I then added later in the lesson some retro synth effect to my Phrygian scale melody.

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finally I wanted to edit the vocal's so i added some Phat FX effect and added some automation to make the vocals sound different and fit the track better.

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At this point I was enjoying how the track sounded so I spent this lesson getting on with the mixing and mastering.

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How it’s sounding altogether with effect and vocals

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Making Original Music - Personal Practice Routine Part 1

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Making Original Music - Personal Practice Routine Part 1

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Making Original Music - Personal Practice Routine Part 2

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Making Original Music - Personal Practice Routine Part 2

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation 

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S22 Making Original Music - Electronic Music Creation 

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In this lesson we were introduced to basic African and LatinRhythms and how we could incorporate them into our track. We were shown three different types of Latin and African Rhythms, Bell pattern Bossa pattern & Salsa pattern. As you can see above I have  Bossa pattern to my track as I liked the sound of this.

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music production: Vocals recording techniques 

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music production: Vocals recording techniques 

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In this lesson we were looking more in depth at how to record vocals, looking at comping flex pitch and vocoder this is me having a play around with the vocoder at the end of the lesson.

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Making original music project management module.

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Making original music project management module.

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Lesson notes

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Making original music project management module. Dragons den pitch pt.1

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Making original music project management module. Dragons den pitch pt.1

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Making original music project management module. Dragons den pitch pt.2

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Making original music project management module. Dragons den pitch pt.2

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Primary and secondary sources for this module (brazil tracks) in this lesson I have been going through this Spotify album to see if I can gain any inspiration for the latino track i'm creating for one of my contrasting tracks.
reference: 50 Top Brazil Party hits playlist - the best ever Brazilian Latin anthems - perfect for Latino Dance Parties, Summer BBQ's, Beach & Holidays (2014) Spotify. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/66QWJx8OoGN3BfG1asFnMh?si=nY_RhmSVRzKIM4-4YUgYPg (Accessed: April 5, 2023).

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primary and secondary sources continued 

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Reference: Take online courses. earn college credit. Research Schools, Degrees & Careers (no date) Study.com | Take Online Courses. Earn College Credit. Research Schools, Degrees & Careers. Available at: https://study.com/academy/lesson/latin-music-rhythm-dance-instruments-characteristics.html (Accessed: April 5, 2023).

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In this lesson we were learning how to use a sampler (I was using the 'quick sampler' that is built into logic) to "slice" up vocals and program the sliced up samples in to the midi keyboard. I had not sliced up vocals using a sampler before so I found this part of the lesson very interesting and had fun playing around with the different effects making some really unique sounds.

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Production Technique's Part 2. continued 

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Production Technique's Part 2. continued 

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In the second part of the lesson we were shown how to put a vocal sample through Alchemy in Logic. Then use the effects to completely change the sound. Once I had played around with the different preset's I was able to write the notes in to the build in midi. This I found interesting to learn, I had use alchemy before last term but was not aware you could use it by dropping in vocal samples! (note to self - Drop the vocal into the advanced section and remember to turn off the oscillators)

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In this lesson we were looking at advanced vocal sampling and manipulation. The techniques we were looking was pitch correction, and time stretching. The the end of the lesson we started having a go with these features in logic seeing how they worked.

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Next I started teaching myself how to use logic's inbuilt sampler to chop up the vocal I had dragged and dropped. I then started to play around with the inbuilt midi and started making some new notes and sound from the chopped vocals

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additional research I have done so far this term in relation to my SMART AND SWOT targets - on improving any weaknesses I have come across this term. 

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This weeks task was to complete a Procrastination quiz, to see where we can improve, in regards to being more productive with our work and in life in general. 

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These were my results..

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research and references updated list

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Today I stated on my second track that I  need to create for my summative assessment.

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I started off by using the ESP Poly synth built in to Logic to make a kick

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I then used the ESP Poly synth built in to Logic to make a snare

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followed by hi-hats co create the basis to my loop

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How the ESP synths sound together

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I then made some chords using the built in midi

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Followed by making a melody using the midi keyboard

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followed by a bass pattern in the built midi

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How this all sounds so far!

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Contrasting track: making original music in electronic production techniques lesson

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Contrasting track: making original music in electronic production techniques lesson

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Today I worked on turning this more in to a track by working on the arrangement.

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I also used the Phat fx “Rez shimmer” on the melody as I like how this sounded.

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As well as using the Phat fx on the chords also using the “Rez shimmer”

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Update on how it sounds with the Phat Fx additions

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One night I got bored and played around with my track adding 2 new kick beats, a new dark topper which I liked &  a sub bass that fitted well.

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In one of the Art of the remix lesson’s my tutor gave us a load of acappellas to use for our tracks. So I went through them all and found some vocals I thought fitted well with my track, so I chopped them up and added to my project.

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Next I added some delay and used the vocal transformer to distort the vocals so that they sounded different to the originals and sound better with my track.

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I also added some Phat fx to the bottomless kick I had found the other night.

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In todays lesson i added some automation to my melody, to give it an added dimension

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In one of my electronic music creation lessons, we were shown how to use the ESP poly synth to make white noise effects and risers, I thought this was a fun lesson so decided to try and create a white noise riser and include it in this track, this is how that turned out. I was quite pleased with the results!  :)

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I then used the “CromaVerb” effect to add some reverb to my ending melody, so my song now finishes with a nice reverb tail out.

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How the reverb is sounding on the melody at the end of the track

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Today the teacher gave me some advice on getting the levels and balance right in my mix, as the volumes were sounding different between my inear phones and my teaches headphones. He showed me how to use a Bus and add a adaptive limiter to my master channel.

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After, my tutor showed me how to add a second bus channel on the master, and put Tape Delay and some Delay Designer on to my bottom vocal's to give them more power and bigger effect in the the track.

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This is how that edit to my vocal sound and how the track is sounding! I don’t want to do to much more with the track now as I’m at a stage where I feel happy with how it sounds, and i'm also getting close to hand in day. So I’ll bounce it out and master it ready for submission!

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In todays lesson I was getting on with the mixing and mastering side of thing as this was all I really had left to do on this track