Music Technology II Assignments 

Welcome to Music Technology II

This course is an advanced course focusing on real world applications of music technology. 
This is NOT like Music Tech I. 
Tech II is a project based class.   
You must be able to work o
n assignments over an extended time frame and complete readings, listening and written work outside of class. 

Required for Music Tech II
1. Headphones
2. Flash Drive 1GB or larger.

Monday  November 3, 2008 - Podcasting
Assignment:  Podcasting Questions. 
Monday October 20, 2008
Criteria for Commercial Assignment #3
 
Topic:  Anything you wish
1. Commercial can be completed using ACID PRO 4.0 
2. Commercial must be exactly 45 seconds in length.
3. Commercial must have an original music bed. Meaning no CD’s 
4. Any sound effects that you use MUST be created from scratch and you must complete a sound effects write-up form for each effect used.
5  The music bed must show volume and pan envelopes. 
6. Script must be original and not copied from any other source.
7. Final product must be rendered as an MP3 and saved to your network 

Due -Friday  November 7, 2008

Monday September 22, 2008
Introduction to Radio Commercials
In a single week, radio reaches more than 228 million Americans. 
That's 94 percent of everyone age 12 and older, according to Arbitron.
Your brain simply LOVES jingles! Seriously, the human brain recognizes a musical phrase with up to 400 times the recall of a simple spoken phrase.

We recognize our favorite songs playing in a noisy background, but can’t hear the announcement over the PA in the same room.

We recognize a familiar TV commercial from another room in the house, but have no idea what television program is on.
the above is taken from - www.jinglehouse.com

Target Audience - A specified audience or demographic group for which an advertising message is designed. Script - the message of the commercial. 
Musical Bed - Music behind the script in a commercial
Read the following articles 
Creating Radio Ads That Stand Out Success with Radio
Want Effective Radio Commercials? Don't Be Afraid To Get Creative 
In Class Listening
Examples of Radio Commercials Commercial Jingles
Examples of Radio ID's 

Wednesday September 10, 2008
Software checklist due
Start Audio Basics
Audio Definitions -  Due Friday September 19, 2008
Research Assignment # 1
Due Friday September 26, 2008 Period 7. No assignments will be accepted after period 7 
1. The Phonograph (Talking Machine,  Record Player)  impact on the music industry and society.
2. The Apple IPOD’s (MP3 Player) impact on the music industry and society.

Your research assignment should include (but not limited to) the topics below. 
Compare and contrast the differences between Edison’ Phonograph and Apple’s IPOD
Discuss the how each changed how people listened to music. 
Discuss the technology involved in each device.
Discuss how the music industry was influenced by each device.
Discuss cost and improvements made to each device throughout the years. 

Length: - Minimum 2 pages,  double spaced, 12 point font. 
Papers can be emailed to Mr. S - Microsoft Word format only 

Strange Fact:  You can listen to your IPOD or other MP3 players in your car BUT did you know in 1956 which car company had an option for an in car phonograph? 

Research Assignment # 2
Due Friday October 10, 2008 Period 7. No assignments will be accepted after period 7

Select a piece of Music Technology (software, hardware, recording, performance, storage, etc) and discuss its impact on the music industry.  

Length: - Minimum 2 pages,  double spaced, 12 point font. 
Papers can be emailed to Mr. S - Microsoft Word format only 


Digital Audio - Wikipedia

Sound Recording and Reproduction

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project 

Audio File Format Phonograph S/PDIF Compact Disc
Digital Recording History of Sound Recording 5.1 Music Disc
MP3 The History of Sound Recording Rainbow Books Super Audio CD
Surround Sound Analog v Digital Sound IEEE 1394 Interface DVD Audio 
History of the MP3 Digital Audio Tutorial  Optical Disk Blue Ray Disc
Edison National Historic Site Thomas Edison Data Storage Devices LP Album

Wednesday August 27,  2008
Lab Rules
Course Overview
Software Checklist
Overview of Electronic Portfolio  

In your network folder create the following folders:

Music Tech

Inside of Music Tech folder create
* Software Checklist
* Radio Commercials/Jingles
* Music Tech Fest 04
* Film Scoring
* Electronic Portfolio

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