Music Technology II Assignments - Torrington High School

Music Technology II Course Outline
Course Outline is subject to change. Additional assignments will be posted on the "Assignments Page" of this website.

Unit 1 Review Lab Software.

Band In A Box MIDI Accompaniment Software
Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencing Software
Sound Forge 5.0 Audio Editing Software
ACID Pro 4.0 Looped Based Music Creation Software

Assignment: Software Check Sheet - Music be completed by Monday September 8, 2008

Unit 2 Audio

Digital Audio Basics
Digital Audio Storage
Audio File Formats
History of Recorded Media
Blog Questions
Paper - Thomas Edison

Unit 3 The Art of Foley - Radio Commercials

Study how Sound Effects and Sound Design is used in today's movies.
Readings, reviewing movie clips, and a 6-8 page paper on "The Art of Foley"
Blog Questions

The Art of Foley
6-8 page paper
History how sound effects are created and technological advancements
Paper must be double spaced and 12 point font
Paper can be emailed to me

Unit 4 Radio Commercials

Create radio commercials using ACID Pro.
Music Tech Fest 08
Commercial #2

Unit 5 Film Scoring

You will study the music of movies! John Williams, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer and more.
This unit will include readings, film music analysis, independent movie analysis and creating original scores.
Blog Questions

Final Project - Electronic Portfolio

This will be a website that will contain all the work you have completed in this class from the beginning of the school year. You will learn basic website design and multimedia applications.
Blog Questions