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You'll be able to walk out and start producing music of your own! Expectations, thoughts about techno, what is techno. Concept questions What is music? - A sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious What makes a song good? - Familiarity, consonance, progression. Movie, book, TV show. What happens when you listen to a song too often? - Gets old, unexciting, predictable. What kinds of songs don't get old? - Interesting, different, unpredictable. What emotions does a song evoke? - Anything. Sometimes emotions you can't explain. When you boil down music, what you have left is emotions. Music of all forms is very expressive; while it may be harder to see in techno music, it still exists. Human Test Piano- Play a few songs. How does it make you feel? What scene in a movie would be suitable for it? Tuvan Feel? Angst Scene? Beginning of an intense quest, boss battle. Into the Dawn Feel? Mellow Scene? Middle of quest Walk the Edge Feel? Accomplishment Scene? Ending of a quest. Victory. Seven Cities Feel? Happy, bliss, exploration, yearning Scene? Vacation, paradise. What did you guys get from listening to these songs? Realization that techno songs have emotions. What element is shared in each of these songs? Each has relatively few notes. Simple but powerful. Tip#1. When making music, simplicity is key. Often times songs are cluttered with noise and extra layers that don't contribute to the flow of the song. A key way to test it is if it sounds good on the piano, it'll sound good in a song. If you can play it on the piano, then it's simple enough. Techno What are the key features of techno? Catchy melodies, driving bass, repetitive percussion. What does techno try to accomplish? Make you energized, want to move, get stuff done. I listen to techno when doing homework late at night as it keeps me awake. Techno exercise I'm going to start a techno song, and as each part of the song changes, describe it. Dreams to You in Eternity - Samuel Feragen Introduction/teaser/buildup - Storm, effects, faint melody Chorus - Pan flute melody Beat buildup/layering - Percussion, bass, background plucks - Countermelody (intro, repeat, fade in) - Piano, speed synth Chorus Countermelody repeat fade out Bass fade out Piano fade in Speed synth, background plucks fade in Pads fade in Stop at 4:35 What's going to happen next? Chorus Key change Ending Now, as each instrument/layer is introduced, describe it. (just what it is) Faint melody - Buildup, tease, anticipate flute melody - Get you to listen to the song! background plucks - Emphasize the offbeat, add harmony bass - Drive the song. Keep the beat going. speed synth - Add flow, makes it more interesting countermelody - Keeps it fresh piano- Calms down, mellow pads - Increase intensity, add percussion - Establish a beat, control flow of song Observations? Melody- Catchy, simple, elegant. Not symmetrical! Bass- Extremely simple. Piano- Also simple. Percussion- Again, simple. BREAK! WOOOOO Now that we know the general structure of techno, let's start going over some technical aspects of composition. Open up fruity loops. Sound- two models Frequency spectrum and waveform analysis Use frequency spectrum for producing. The goal of producing any music is to fill the sonar space, in other words, the frequency spectrum. Make sure not to clutter the spectrum or the song will sound dissonant! Synthesizer Oscillators- The heart of the synthesizer. Four main ones- Saw, triangle, square, sine. Oscillators generate the signal that is used in the synthesizer. Saw- Traditional lead. Good for pretty much every instrument. Can be layered to make a super saw. Square- Funky, alternative sound. Great for leads and bass. Triangle- More natural sound. Generally not used for techno. Sine- A single frequency of sound. Again, generally not used. Noise- Just plain noise. Can be used carefully to add power to lead sounds. Filters- Used to trim down sounds to certain components. Low pass- Passes low frequencies. Used in bass sounds. Good for general buildup. High pass- Passes high frequencies. Used to thin sounds. Use for cool effects. Band pass- Passes mid frequencies. Used to select frequencies to be represented. Not used often. Cutoff- The cutoff frequency of the filter, the frequency where the filter take effect. Adjustable from 20Hz-20kHz. Resonance- Peaking effect of the filter. Good for effects but use carefully! Envelopes- Used to modulate the volume AND filters. Attack- The time it takes for the sound to reach full volume. Decay- The time it takes for the sound to lower to the sustain volume. Sustain- The volume the sound is after the note is held down for long periods of time. Release- The time it takes for the sound to fade out after the note it released. Pluck sounds have no attack, short decay, low sustain, low release. Pad sounds have high attack, medium decay, medium sustain, and medium release. General synthesizer sounds have no attack, no decay, full sustain, and no release. Effects- Used to make the sound more interesting, and to fine tune the sound Delay- Simple echo. Good with faster paced parts. Reverb- (Reverberation) The type of echo heard in a hallway, bathroom, lecture hall. Adds lots of depth to sound, makes sound more full! Chorus- Fattens sound by detuning it slightly. Phaser- Thins sound by emphasizing certain frequency bands. Great for lead sounds! Equalizer- Extremely useful for mixing sounds into songs. Can be used to emphasize bass, treble, mids, etc. Now just make the song! Tips for song making- I usually start my songs with the melody. I then add bass, percussion, etc. to make the chorus. Once I have the chorus made, I start at the beginning of the song. After I make the introduction, I listen to it, pause, and imagine how the song would progress after I paused it. Use your musical intuition to guide you through the song making process! Tips for mixing the song- When adding new instruments to the song, adjust the volume so that the sound is slightly distinguished, and not overpowering the other instruments. The key to making a good production is mixing all of the sounds together! If two instruments take up the same frequency range, adjust the octave of one of them, switch the sound, or equalize it so that only the necessary frequencies are heard. For example, if a lead has lots of bass, trim down the bass of the lead so it does not conflict with the bass of the song. Always keep the mix clean! General introductory tips- Never be discouraged when making music. It is your own creation and you must value what you can create! As you've heard a thousand times, failure is a large part of success. It took me several years to be at the skill I am today in producing music, so don't expect results immediately. Exploring possibilities is also part of the music making process. Don't limit yourself to what people think of your music, just let it flow out of your head. Try new techniques, sounds, structures, effects, etc. Remember that this class is meant to give you some basis for producing music, so don't confine your music to the techniques in this guide. Start with bass and percussion. Make melody. Add other sounds. Speed synth, plucks, pads, etc. Sidechaining - "Ducking the kick," used in trance to modulate the volume of the pad Automations - Extremely useful tool. Automatically modulates a parameter (volume, cutoff, etc.) as the song progresses. Most importantly, please please please email me your songs and your progress! I will gladly help you out with your productions. You can contact me at A6427-teachers@esp.mit.edu My youtube channel is youtube.com/grantfalkenburg My soundcloud page is youtube.com/grantfalkenburg Check out both as each one has different works. 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