Unit 1: MIDI AND RECORD READY
SIGN UP
Please sign up for Soundtrap.com using your email. Make sure you select the free version and not the monthly paid version. I attached a video link on the bottom from Youtube that shows you how to sign up if you are having trouble.
After you have created a user name on the computer, you can if you want to...
Download the application on your Android or iPhone
TEMPO READY
Under “My projects” please “Enter Studio” which is a big purple button. Select “Music” as a “New Project” Out of the six options shown, please select ‘Play the Synth’
(A synthesizer, sometimes spelled “synthesizer", is an electronic keyboard that can generate or copy virtually any kind of sound, making it able to mimic the sound of a traditional instrument, such as a violin or piano, or create brand new, undreamed of sounds which modern producers use to create that “new” sound.)
On the bottom/ middle of of the screen your will see your tempo or metronome to be set at 120 BPM. Keep it that way.
As a test, when you press the PLAY button (which is on the bottom) or press space bar, you should hear the metronome clicking at 120 BPM.
Press the play button or space bar to stop the “playback”. Press “ENTER” or the back button on the bottom to bring your purple cursor back to the beginning of the song.
MIDI LESSON
Click the red circle button to record into Soundtrap. It will give you a count down of two measures or 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4, (that it DISPLAYS)
You are to record, in time your C Major Scale...up and down.
Each note in the scale should be TWO clicks of the metronome apart.
Finally I would like you to switch menu options of the Synth to “PIANO ROLL” which is directly next to the purple option “INSTRUMENT.
This is your MIDI piano editor.
(MIDI Stands for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface." MIDI is a connectivity standard for transferring digital instrument data. ... Most DAW software supports MIDI editing, allowing you to adjust the timing and velocity of individual notes, change their pitch, delete notes, or add new ones.)
Please adjust you notes by selecting each note then using you mouse to ‘edit’ the length to fit inside the correct bar of the grid.
RECORD READY
This is very similar to recording MIDI. Start by selecting "+ Add a New Track" which is found in the six selector options. (Image shown)
Next you are to select voice and microphone. (Image shown) This will allow the user to access the built in microphone of your lap or desktop computer.
This program is so user friendly that it will guide you to start recording you voice using the giant "Start Recording" button.
It will give you the same count down as it did when recording MIDI information. You are able to turn your metronome off if you are recording a PodCast or turn it on if you are creating a song that requires a tempo, metronome or BPM.
For further instruction I have added a youtube video
EXPORT OR BOUNCE SONG
Once you are finished with your song or piece. you are to SAVE. The program will say that it is "Mixing" your project which means it is saving it. You cannot bounce or export your project when the song is "Mixing".
Please go to >File >Export >Export project to MP3
Here is a video to help you navigate if you are having issues.
JOURNAL YOUR THINKING
For this activity, you can keep a personal journal document or become part of the online KNILT learning community by posting your reflections and/or questions of your own.
Here are a few considerations when evaluating the reading experiences:
How MIDI and Vocal Recording different?
What new terms did you learn in this section?
Can you access Soundtrap and create vocal track or MIDI tracks without using helping references?
Did you find Sound Trap to be user friendly?
What questions did you have and how would you have explained a section better?
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