See below the schedule for important information about due dates and quizzes.
| Week | Topic | Assignments | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 (1/10) | Introduction to Reason; install Reason and CodeMeter |
Fill out Questionnaire
in Canvas
(on Quizzes page)
DUE Sun (1/16): Exercise A |
Video: Reason Overview |
| Week 2 (1/17) | Introduction to MIDI recording; basic acoustics |
Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: no class.
DUE Sun (1/23): Questionnaire in Canvas (on Quizzes page) |
Acoustics reading |
| Week 3 (1/24) | Making drum patterns | DUE Sun (1/30): Exercise B |
Video: Redrum
Video: Drum Beats |
| Week 4 (1/31) | MIDI editing; more acoustics |
Acoustics 1 app
Video: Beginner’s Guide |
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| Week 5 (2/7) | Introduction to mixing; automation; musical contrast; more acoustics | DUE Sun (2/13): Assignment 1 | Acoustics 2 app |
| Week 6 (2/14) | MIDI hardware setups; MIDI messages; MIDI editing | DUE Sun (2/20): Exercise C |
MIDI reading
MIDI app, pages 1‑2 |
| Week 7 (2/21) | More MIDI messages; creating and editing MIDI control change messages | MIDI app, pages 3‑6 | |
| Week 8 (2/28) | Automation; tempo changes; send effects | DUE Sun (3/6): Assignment 2 | |
| Week 9 (3/7) | Synthesis with Reason; filters; modulation with LFOs | Modulation app, pages 1‑2 | |
| 3/14 | Spring Break | ||
| Week 10 (3/21) | Sampling; CV and pattern sequencing | DUE Sun (3/27): Assignment 3 | Modulation app, pages 3‑4 |
| Week 11 (3/28) | Introduction to audio files in Reason; digital audio concepts; formants and pitch correction | Digital Audio 1 reading | |
| Week 12 (4/4) | Digital audio concepts | DUE Sun (4/10): Assignment 4 | Digital Audio 2 reading |
| Week 13 (4/11) | How audio effects work: Filters and EQ, vocoder | Begin Final Project | Filters and EQ reading |
| Week 14 (4/18) | Delay effects; dynamics processing |
Delay Effects reading
Dynamics Effects reading |
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| Week 15 (4/25) | More dynamics processing; mastering; MP3 files | ||
| Exam Week (5/2) |
DUE Wed (5/4, 1 pm):
Final Project |
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