Term 1 - Sept to Dec 2004
| Week / date | Subjects covered | Relevant resources | |
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| Wk1 13/09/04 |
Induction {familiarisation with college resources} |
This site for most literature and back-up materials |
www.luvvit.com/college |
| Google, search engine | www.google.com | ||
| Sound on Sound Magazine | www.soundonsound.com/ | ||
| Wk2 20/09/04 |
Beat Box exercise |
Audio Production Resources | pmusic/index.html |
| Audacity - free audio editor | audacity.sourceforge.net/ | ||
| Free loops | www.freeloops.co.uk/geeklog/ | ||
| Wk3 27/09/04 |
Introduce Units + Individual / Group assessment on personal music preferences |
Edexcel - unit specifications | www.edexcel.org.uk/qualifications/ |
| Cubase tutorial | www.thewhippinpost.co.uk/cubase/ | ||
| Wk4 04/10/04 |
Computers - what are they & how do they work? What are the components?
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AMD Processors | www.amd.com/us-en/ |
| Intel Processors | www.intel.com/products/ | ||
| Apple Macintosh | www.apple.com | ||
| M-Audio 2496 Audio card - it rocks, ignore the other idiots | www.m-audio.com/ | ||
Glossary of music technology terms |
www.meedio.com/ | ||
| Wk5 11/10/04 |
Operating systems, security and stability
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musicxp - tune your XP OS on a PC for music apps - some are possibly undesirable | www.musicxp.net |
| AVG antivirus by Grisoft | www.grisoft.com | ||
| Gibson Research, security issues | www.grc.com | ||
| MIcrosoft Corporation - Windows updates - caution required for XP SP2 | www.microsoft.com | ||
| Regclean | www.download.com | ||
| Spyware list, Tom Cat | www.tom-cat.com | ||
| Ad-aware spyware remover | www.lavasoftusa.com | ||
| Zone-Alarm, free personal firewall | www.zonelabs.com | ||
| Sygate free personal firewall | www.sygate.com | ||
| Wk6 18/10/04 |
Music Software |
Digital Village | www.dv247.com/ |
| Loop / tracker programs | Ableton Live | www.ableton.com/ | |
| Acid loops | mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/ | ||
| Self contained studios | Reason | www.propellerheads.se/ | |
| Fruityloops (FL Studio & free demo) | www.fruityloops.com/ | ||
| Cakewalk | www.cakewalk.com/ | ||
| Pro sequencers | Logic Pro | www.apple.com/logic/ | |
| Cubase | www.steinberg.net/ | ||
| Pro Tools | www.digidesign.com/ | ||
| Wave editing and mastering | Wavelab | www.steinberg.net/ | |
| SoundForge | mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/ | ||
| CD Architect | mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/ | ||
| half term 25/10/04 |
Some stuff to look at... a few of my favourite things | Waldorf Attack drum synth (Waldorf now ceased trading) | www.zzounds.com/ |
| Roland 2480 studio | www.rolandus.com/ | ||
| KVR - open standard plug-ins | www.kvr-vst.com/ | ||
| The Delay Lama plug-in, hillarious | www.audionerdz.com/ | ||
| Wk7 01/11/04 |
Searching for resources |
Google, uk search engine | www.google.co.uk |
| Altavista, uk search engine | www.altavista.co.uk | ||
| Ask Jeeves, uk search | www.ask.co.uk | ||
| Frameseach - multiple searches | framesearch.net | ||
| Babelfish translation | babel.altavista.com | ||
| Help with windows shortcuts | support.microsoft.com | ||
| Unicode | www.unicode.org | ||
Recap
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The quiz | poit/it_quiz.pdf | |
| Wk8 8/11/04 |
Computer Hardware: finding and installing drivers, latency, keyboards, midi |
Fill-in-the-blanks exercise | poit/hardware.pdf |
| Wk9 15/11/04 |
Introduce Assignment content. Exercise: |
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| Wk10 22/11/04 |
Mixing Down - Painting a picture with sound |
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| Miking, panning and filtering | pmusic/micpanfilt.html | ||
| Wk11 29/11/04 |
Mixing and Mastering - adding depth to your picture | DON'T TOUCH THAT FADER! Faderless Mixing |
www.soundonsound.com/ |
| Mixing 101 | |||
| Wk12 06/12/04 |
Electronic Music | Ishkur's Electronic Music Guide | www.ishkur.com |
| Wk13 13/12/04 |
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