Sequencing 'Rather Be'
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How to set up a project
DAW is a digital audio workstation is a computer program that is exclusively designed for the recording, editing and playing of digital audio files. It allows you to edit and mix multiple audio sources simultaneously on a musical timing grid and to visually see how they line up over time. In this sequencing task i used the software Cubase 6. To input the sequencing notes I the HAlion sonic SE key editor was used. To complete this sequencing task i used a mac with the osX update throughout the course, this was a very reliable computer which rarely crashed and was easy to operate Cubase on.
Setting a track up with HAlion SE
To set up a track I used the HAlion SE to choose an appropriate sound for instruments such as the string section and the bass guitar. The tracks were therefore Midi. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The development of the MIDI system has been a major catalyst in the recent unprecedented explosion of music technology. MIDI has put powerful computer instrument networks and software in the hands of less technically versed musicians and amateurs and has provided new and time-saving tools for computer musicians. The system first appeared in 1982 following an agreement among manufacturers and developers of electronic musical instruments to include a common set of hardware connectors and digital codes in their instrument design. MIDI itself does not make sound, it is just a series of messages like "note on," "note off," "note/pitch," "pitch bend,".
General Midi is the standard specification for music synthesisers that respond to midi messages.
Using Groove Agent for Drums
To input the drum track I added a groove Agent track onto cubase. i then used the Media bay to assign the right sounds of a specific drum or symbol. To do this i would have to search through lots of sounds and find one that was similar to what was used in the original rather be. I would then assign the samples to specific notes on the key editor. I found a drum key on the internet so i was able to work out what the stave meant. this meant i was therefore able to input the beats into the key editor.
Using the key editor to input notes
The way i would input the notes of the song would be using the HAlion SE Key editor.To do this i would Add a Halion Track. then i would have to search for an appropriate sound which was similar to instrument on the original Rather be . When I found a relevant sound i would double click on the track and then input one note at a time whilst also setting how long the note would last for. To do this i would have to read the stave and figure out what to input into the key editor. This was very simple and easy to use even with little music knowledge.
Types of MIDI connections
MIDI cables connect instruments by means of MIDI IN, MIDI OUT, and MIDI THRU jacks.
The MIDI IN port receives incoming MIDI messages, the MIDI OUT port transmits actions of the keyboard to other keyboards or a computer. The MIDI THRU jack provides a direct copy of data coming into the MIDI IN jack, providing the ability to "daisy chain" several instruments and devices together. Any action on an instrument that corresponds to a particular MIDI code (such as a key depressed, or a program button changed) will normally transmit that action's code to the MIDI OUT, but not to the MIDI THRU. Many more recent instruments have a switch that changes the function of a MIDI THRU port to a MIDI OUT port.
Examples of MIDI controllers
MIDI controller refers to any hardware or software that generates and transmits MIDI data to MIDI-enabled devices.
Electronic musical instruments, including synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and electronic drums, which are used to perform music in real time and are inherently able to transmit a MIDI data stream of the performance.
Pitch-to-MIDI converters including guitar/synthesizers analyse a pitch and convert it into a MIDI signal. There are several devices which do this for the human voice and for monophonic instruments such as flutes, for example.
Sequencers, which store and retrieve MIDI data and send the data to MIDI enabled instruments in order to reproduce a performance.
