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Tuesday

Today we are going to do a few things.

1. If you need to finish your Tell Me When To Go Remix, do that first
2. Export and Convert your Remix.
3. Email Me the Reason File of your Remix.
4. Upload your Remix onto your imeem.com page.
5. Post your Remix on your Blog.
6. Do you remember the first full song we did a couple weeks ago? Follow steps 2 through 5 with that one too.
   

Exporting Your Song and Publishing on Your Blog

Today we are going to continue working on our Tell Me When To Go remix. If you have finished your remix then follow the steps below to publish it. If you still need to work on the remix. Find the step you were on last week and continue from there.

1. Listen to your remix. Is it finished? If so, continue with the steps below. If not open the lesson from last week and continue from where you left off.
   
2. Open your the song you were working on Friday, go to the File menu and select Export Song as Audio File, this converts the song into a file that can be played on Windows Media or a CD.
3. Name Your Song and Click Save.
   
4. Click Export.
5. Open your email, email mrprice@ccpaedu.com the Reason File for your song.
6. Use the mp3 converting program on your computer to turn your wav file into an mp3.
7. Go to imeem.com and log into your account.
   
8. Go to your imeem.com homepage.
9. Click Upload.
10. Select Upload Music and Put On My Profile.
11. Click Upload.
    
12. Browse the computer and find your song in mp3 format.
13. Click Start Upload.
14. After it has finished Uploading, go to embed and COPY the code to embed the song.
15. Log into your blog.
16. Create a New Post and PASTE the code into the post.
17. Write 4 sentences about the song.
18. Publish Post.

Tell Me When To Go Remix Day 2

Yesterday we started making a beat to go along with the chorus of the song Tell Me When To Go. Today we are going to put our beat into song format and add the vocals for the Verses.

1. Create a new Web Browser and Log into your email.
2. Open the message I sent you called "Tell Me When To Go Verses" and download the attachments.
3. Open your Tell Me When To Go Remix.
4. Make sure you have all the parts Copied to Track.
5. Highlight all your parts.
6. In the Edit window, select Copy.
7. In the Edit window, select Paste until you get to 105.
8. Now, delete the TellMeHook between the following bars...1-9, 17-33, 41-57, 65-89, 97-105. This will create space for the Verses.
9. Move your loop points between L17 and R33.
10. Create a Dr. Rex
    
11. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
12. Select the TellMeVerse1.rx2 and click To Track.
    
13. Move your loop points between L41 and R57.
14. Create a Dr. Rex
    
15. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
16. Select the TellMeVerse2.rx2 and click To Track.
17. Move your loop points between L65 and R89.
18. Create a Dr. Rex
    
19. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
20. Select the TellMeVerse3.rx2 and click To Track.
21. Now, create the different sections of your song by deleting parts. For example, in the Intro, you might want to delete the drums. In the Verses, you might want to delete your melody.
22. Once you have all your different sections, save your beat.
23. Chill!
    

Tell Me When To Go Remix

Do you remember at the beginning of the class when we remade the Tell Me When To Go beat? Well now that were at the end of the class we're going to bring it full circle and do a remix of Tell Me When To Go.

Today we are going to start with the Chorus and build our beat around the lyrics.

Check out this remix by Trackademicks

1. Create a new Web Browser and Log into your email.
2. Open the message I sent you called "Tell Me When To Go Chours" and download the attachment "TellMeHook.rx2"
   
3. Open Reason
4. Create the M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
   
5. Create a Mixer 14:2
6. Create a Dr. Rex
7. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner.
8. Select the TellMeHook.rx2 from the Desktop.
   
9. On the Dr. Rex click TO TRACK.
10. Set the Tempo for your song. The original Tempo is 107 bpm but if you'd like to try a different tempo, go for it!
11. Create a Redrum.
12. Make a 32 step drum pattern with...
13. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
14. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
15. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
16. Copy the Pattern to Track.
17. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments and play it using the Keyboard or the Matrix.
18. If you use the Matrix, make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
19. Copy Pattern to Track.
20. If you use the Keyboard, play a melody and then record it.
    
21. Create a Dr. Rex and find a Percussion Loop to Copy To Track.
22. Add another part using another Dr. Rex or a Soft Synth.
    
23. Save Your Beat as Tell (Your Name) When To Go!
    

Putting Your Beat Into Song Format

Today we are going to start putting our beats into song format. The format we will be using is:

INTRO 1-9
CHORUS 9-17
VERSE 17-33
CHORUS 33-41
VERSE 41-57
CHORUS 57-65
VERSE 65-81
CHORUS 81-89
OUTRO 89-97

1. Open Reason.
2. Open your favorite beat you made this week.
   
3. Make sure you have all your parts Copied To Track.
4. Highlight all your parts.
5. Go to the Edit Window, Select Copy.
6. Go to the Edit Window, Select Paste.
7. Move the Right Loop Point to 33.
8. Paste your parts until you get to the Right Loop Point.
9. Save your beat.
10. Now focus on the INTRO, 1-9. Your intro is the first impression people get when they hear your song. It's like when you meet someone for the very first time, you can't tell the person your life story in a sentence, but you can give them an idea about you and your personality in the way that you greet them.
    
    The best intros make the listener want to hear more, the worst make the listener skip to the next song. The intro usually drops one of the parts from the beat. If you drop the drums or the bass line, it can cause some tension, and bring the listener in.
11. Focus on the Intro from 1-9.
12. Delete a part such as the drums or bass line to "Introduce" your beat.
13. Save your beat.
14. Now we can work on the Verse.
15. Remember, from yesterday, the verse is the part of the song that tells the story and is different every time.
16. We want to create space for a vocalist in our verse.
17. From 17-33, delete the melody from your song.
18. Now, we have 3 sections. The Intro from 1-9, the Chorus from 9-17, and the Verse from 17-33.
19. Highlight all the parts between 9-33.
20. In the Edit window, select Copy.
21. In the Edit window, select Paste two times.
22. Now Highlight all the parts between 9-17.
23. In the Edit window, select Copy.
24. Move your cursor to 81.
25. In the Edit window, select Paste.
26. From 81-89 Create an Outro by deleting all the parts except for your melody.
27. Save your beat!
28. Email the Reason file to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
    

Exporting Your Song and Publishing on Your Blog

After you have finished putting your beat into song format, convert them to mp3, load them into imeem, and post them on our blog...well maybe not all of that today.

1. Open the song that you were working on yesterday.
   
2. Finish the lesson from yesterday to put your beat into song format.
3. When it's sounding the way you want it, Export Song as Audio File, this converts the song into a file that can be played on Windows Media or a CD.
4. Name Your Song and Click Save.
   
5. Click Export.
6. Use the mp3 converting program on your computer to turn your wav file into an mp3.
7. Go to imeem.com and log into your account. If you don't have an account create one using your ccpa email address.
8. Go to your homepage.
9. Click Upload.
10. Select Upload Music and Put On My Profile.
11. Click Upload.
    
12. Browse the computer and find your song in mp3 format.
13. Click Start Upload.
14. After it has finished Uploading, go to embed and Copy the code to embed the song.
15. Log into your blog.
16. Create a New Post and paste the code into the post.
17. Write 4 sentences about the song.
18. Publish Post.
19. Congratulations! You have just created and published your first song!!! You could be the next will.i.am or Kanye! Or the first You!
    

The Verse

Yesterday, we talked about the Chorus, the catchy part of the song that is the central idea of a song.

Today we are going to talk about the Verse. The Verse is the part of the song where the story is told. Typically a Pop or Hip Hop song has 3 Verses that are each 16 bars long and separated by the Chorus...for example: Intro/Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Outro

1. Open Reason.
2. Create an M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
3. Create a Mixer 14:2
   
4. Make a beat that would be the chorus of a song.
5. Start with your Redrum Drumbeat.
6. Make it either a 16 step or 32 step drum pattern with...
7. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
8. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
9. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
10. Copy the Pattern to Track.
11. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments (Subtractor, Malstrom, NN19...) and either the Keyboard or the Matrix.
12. If you use the keyboard move the Right Loop point to R3.
13. Make a melody, record it and quantize it.
    
14. If you use the Matrix, make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes. Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
15. Copy Pattern to Track.
16. Create a Dr. Rex and load a loop to go with your beat.
    
17. Copy Pattern to Track.
18. Add either another part using the Dr. Rex or another Soft Synth with a Keyboard or Matrix using the lower octaves.
19. Record or Copy Pattern to Track.
20. Save the beat in your folder as (Your Name) First Verse.
21. Go online and find a song that you like.
22. Open your email, compose a new email, and answer the following questions.
23. What is the title of your song?
24. How many verses are in your song?
    
25. Write the lyrics of the first verse.
26. Does the title appear in the verse?
27. How many lines are there in the first verse?
28. How many bars are there in the verse?
29. What are the different instruments you hear in the verse?
30. Send your email to mrprice@ccpaedu.com

The Chorus

As of Friday we have learned the basics of how to make drum beats in Reason using the Redrum. Adding Loops from Dr. Rex. And creating melodies and bass lines using Soft Synths and the Matrix and the Keyboard.

Today, we are starting a new section of the class. We will be turning our beats into full songs, converting them into mp3 format, and then posting them on our blogs.

But first we have to understand the different parts of a song. We will start with the chorus.

The chorus is the theme of a song, where the idea is delivered. Melodically, the chorus is the catchy, repetitious part of a song that you can sing along with. The chorus is also called the Hook because it's the part of the song that "hooks" you in. Lyrically, the chorus' job is to summarize the idea and emotion of the song in a general way and to hammer home its title.

The chorus is typically 8 or 16 bars long, which is 4 or 8 lines of lyrics.

The most important part for the chorus is to have the same melody and the same lyrics each time the chorus is repeated.

1. Open Reason.
2. Create an M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
3. Create a Mixer 14:2
   
4. Make a beat that would be the chorus of a song.
5. Start with your Redrum Drumbeat.
6. Make it either a 16 step or 32 step drum pattern with...
7. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
8. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
9. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
10. Copy the Pattern to Track.
11. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments (Subtractor, Malstrom, NN19...) and either the Keyboard or the Matrix.
12. If you use the keyboard move the Right Loop point to R3.
13. Make a melody, record it and quantize it.
    
14. If you use the Matrix, make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes. Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
15. Copy Pattern to Track.
16. Create a Dr. Rex and load a loop to go with your beat.
    
17. Copy Pattern to Track.
18. Add either another part using the Dr. Rex or another Soft Synth with a Keyboard or Matrix using the lower octaves.
19. Record or Copy Pattern to Track.
20. Save the beat in your folder as (Your Name) First Chorus.
    
21. Now, go online and find a song that you like.
22. Open your email, compose a new email, and answer the following questions.
23. What is the title of your song?
24. Write the lyrics of the chorus.
25. Where does the title appear in the chorus?
26. How many lines are there in the chorus?
27. How many bars are there in the chorus?
28. What are the different instruments you hear in the chorus?
29. Send your email to mrprice@ccpaedu.com

Keyboard Quiz

Today we are going to have a quiz on the Keyboard.

I want you to make a 2 bar melody using between 3-5 notes with a Redrum drum beat...and then add the secret loop and remix it in the Dr. Rex using the keyboard.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo between 70-110 bpm
   
4. Create a Redrum and make a 32 step drum pattern using a Clap or Snap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
5. On the Redrum, Copy Pattern To Track.
6. Now Create a Malstrom: Malstrom Patches: choose Mono Synths: And choose any sound in the Mono Synths folder.
   
7. Move the Left loop point to L3
   
8. Create a melody using notes from the C minor scale. Use between 3 and 5 different notes
9. When you have finished making your melody, hit the quantize button and record it.
   
10. Check your email and download the secret loop.
11. Create a Dr. Rex and load the secret loop.
12. Don't copy it to track! Play the different slices using the keyboard. When you have something cool, record it.
13. Save your beat as (YOUR NAME) Quiz 51608.

Keyboard Melody

Today we are going to make our own melodies using the Keyboard.

Did you notice that the keyboard looks like the Matrix?

I want you to make a 2 bar melody using between 3-5 notes with a Redrum drum beat.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo between 70-110 bpm
   
4. Create a Redrum and make a 32 step drum pattern using a Clap or Snap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
5. On the Redrum, Copy Pattern To Track.
6. Now Create a Subtractor: choose Mono Synths: And choose any sound in the Mono Synths folder.
   
7. Move the Left loop point to L3
   
8. Create a melody using notes from the C minor scale. Use between 3 and 5 different notes
9. When you have finished making your melody, hit the quantize button and record it.
   
10. Check your email and download the secret loop.
11. Create a Dr. Rex and load the secret loop.
12. Don't copy it to track! Play the different slices using the keyboard. When you have something cool, record it.
13. Save your beat as (YOUR NAME) 51508.

Baby Don't Go Bass Line

Today we're going to continue with our Baby Don't Go Beat. Last Time we added the melody, if you didn't do that assignment do it first: http://bumpccpa.blogspot.com/2008/04/baby-dont-go-part-2.html

Today we are going to make the Bass Line. The bass line is the low part of the song, kinda like the boomer bass drum.

1. Open your Baby Don't Go file.
2. Create an NN19.
3. Click on the Folder.
4. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank>NN19 Sampler Patches>Bass>Fingerbass.
5. You now need a keyboard to play the BASS LINE, raise your hand and ask me or Ian for a keyboard.
6. Ask us about how to Quantize too!
   
7. When we bring the keyboard to your station, we'll show you how to play the BASS LINE...just remember the rhythm that we were doing at the beginning of class.
8. Push play and practice the bass line.
9. When you feel like you can play it well it's time to record.
10. Hit the record button and wait for the loop to come back to the L before you start playing!
11. Once you have it recorded, push stop and quantize it.
12. Listen back and make sure it sounds the way it's supposed to.
13. Save your beat.
14. Help a neighbor with their project.
    

The Keyboard

Today we are going to introduce a new instrument: The Keyboard

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo to 95 bpm
4. For this exercise, let's make a 32 step beat!
   
5. Create Redrum
6. In Sound 1 on the Redrum, load a Clap and put it on 5 and 13.
7. In Sound 2 on the Redrum, load a Bass Drum and put it on 1, and a few other boxes (except 5 and 13).
   
8. In Sound 3 on the Redrum, load a Hi Hat and put it on boxes that sound good.
9. In Sound 4 on the Redrum, load a Percussion sound and put it anywhere.
10. Now, we want to edit steps 17-32.
11. Change the steps of the Redrum from 16 to 32.
12. Move the Edit Steps from 1-16 to 17-32.
13. Repeat steps 6 through 9.
14. Now that you've finished making your pattern, it's time to Copy Pattern To Track.
15. Right click on the Redrum and select Copy Pattern to Track.
16. Click on the PATTERN button on the Redrum so that they don't play at the same time.
17. Move your Right Loop point to R3
    
18. Now we want to Create a Dr. Rex instrument loop.
19. Go to the Create menu and Create a Dr. Rex Loop Player.
20. We need to load a loop, so click on the folder in the upper left hand corner of the loop player.
21. Choose one of your favorite loops.
22. Now, we're going to play the loop using the keyboard. Hear how when you play the keyboard it plays different slices of your Dr. Rex?
23. Push play and try making a new melody using the keyboard.
    
24. When you find a melody that you like, push record, wait for the cursor to get back to the L and start playing!
25. When you are done, push stop.
26. Save your beat as Keyboard Rex.
    

May Day Quiz

On today's quiz we are going to make an 8 step melody and then on a new pattern we will play the melody up an octave.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo to anything between 70-110 bpm
   
4. Create a Malstrom
5. On The Malstrom, click on the folder in the upper left hand corner.
6. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: Malstrom Patches: Mono Synths: Choose your favorite sound!
   
7. Create a Matrix!
8. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
9. You may want to change the Matrix from Octave 3 to Octave 4, or maybe down to Octave 2.
10. Now turn the volume off on three of the steps.
11. Create a melody using 3 notes from the C minor scale on those five steps that have volume.
12. Now, move your Right loop point to R3.
13. Right Click on the Matrix and select Copy Pattern To Track.
14. Move the Right loop point to R5 and the Left loop point to L3.
15. On the Matrix, Select Pattern 2.
16. Move the Octave Switch up one Octave from the one you are on.
17. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
18. On the Matrix, draw in the EXACT same melody that you created in Pattern 1.
19. Right Click on the Matrix and Select Copy Pattern To Track.
20. Move the Left loop point to L1.
21. Click the Pattern Button on the Matrix.
22. Create a Redrum and make a 32 step drum pattern using a Clap or Snap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
23. On the Redrum, Copy Pattern To Track and turn the Pattern Button off.
24. Create a Dr. Rex.
25. Click on the Folder and go to My Documents: Shared Files: Thursday, Jan 24th: SnapYoFingas
26. On The Dr. Rex, click To Track...and "push play"
27. Change the Pitch of Lil Jon's voice using the keyboard on the Dr. Rex. If you have a fast song, make the pitch higher. If you have a slow song, make the pitch lower.
28. Save your beat as (YOUR NAME) QUIZ 5108
29. Send it to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
31. Good Work!!!!!!!
    

Baby Don't Go part 2

Today we are going to continue with the Baby Don't Go beat that we started last marking period.

If you haven't made the drum beat, do that lesson first: http://bumpccpa.blogspot.com/2008/04/baby-dont-go-100-bpm.html

1. Open Reason
2. Open the Baby Don't Go beat
3. Create a Combinator
4. Click on the folder on the Combinator
   
5. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: Combinator Patches: Bells and Mallets: Metheney Marimba
6. Create a Matrix
7. Change the Steps from 16 to 32
   
8. On the Matrix move the Octave down from 3 to 2.
9. Make your Matrix look like this:
10. Move the Octave switch back up to 3.
11. Make your Matrix look like this:
12. Move the Octave switch up to 4.
13. Make your Matrix look like this:
14. Move the Octave switch up to 5.
15. Make your Matrix look like this:
16. Save your beat
    

Making a two octave melody

Today we are going to create our own melodies using the technique that Lil Jon used in Snap Yo Fingaz.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo between 70-110 bpm
   
4. Create a Malstrom
5. On The Malstrom, click on the folder in the upper left hand corner.
6. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: Malstrom Patches: Mono Synths: Choose any of the patches
   
7. Create a Matrix.
   
8. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
9. On the Matrix, move the Octave switch, on the left from the keyboard, from 3 to 4.
10. Turn the Volume off on three notes.
11. Create a melody with between three and five notes.
    
12. Now, move your Right loop point to R3.
13. Right Click on the Matrix and select Copy Pattern To Track.
14. Move the Right loop point to R5 and the Left loop point to L3.
15. On the Matrix, Select Pattern 2.
16. Move the Octave Switch from 4 to 5.
17. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
18. Create the same melody you made for Pattern 1.
    
19. Right Click on the Matrix and Select Copy Pattern To Track.
20. Move the Left loop point to L1.
21. Click the Pattern Button on the Matrix.
22. Highlight all the boxes in the sequencer window and drag them up to the Malstrom track.
23. Create a Redrum and create a beat using a Clap or Snap, Bass Drum, High Hat, and Percussion.
24. When you have finished the beat, Copy Pattern To Track.
25. Create a Dr. Rex.
26. Load in a Dr. Rex Percussion Loop.
27. On The Dr. Rex, click To Track...and "push play"
28. Save your beat as anything you want.
    

Changing the Octave and Making 2 Patterns on The Matrix

Today we are going to play 'Snap Your Fingers' on the Matrix. We will be learning how to change the Octave on the Matrix and how to make two patterns.


After you create the melody, listen to the instrumental and recreate the drums.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo at 82 bpm
4. Create a Malstrom
5. On The Malstrom, click on the folder in the upper left hand corner.
6. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: Malstrom Patches: Mono Synths: Chingy Lead.xwv
7. We need a way to add the melody from Snap Yo Fingas, which is in C minor...Create a Matrix!
8. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
9. On the Matrix, move the Octave switch, on the left from the keyboard, from 3 to 4.
10. Turn the Volume off on notes 4, 6, and 8.
11. On Steps 1 and 2, click on the lowest note boxes to bring the notes up to the 4th Octave from the 3rd Octave.
12. On Step 3, click on the 4th box up.
13. On Steps 5 and 7, click on the 3rd box up.
14. It should look like this.
15. Now, move your Right loop point to R3.
16. Right Click on the Matrix and select Copy Pattern To Track.
17. Move the Right loop point to R5 and the Left loop point to L3.
18. On the Matrix, Select Pattern 2.
19. Move the Octave Switch from 4 to 5.
20. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 8.
21. Repeat lesson steps 10-13.
22. Right Click on the Matrix and Select Copy Pattern To Track.
23. Move the Left loop point to L1.
24. Click the Pattern Button on the Matrix.
25. Now, listen to the instrumental.
26. How many steps is the drum beat?
    
27. What sounds are they using? A clap or a snap? What kind of Bass Drum? How about Percussion?
    
28. What numbers do the sounds go on?
29. Create a Redrum and recreate the beat from Snap Yo Fingas.
30. When you have finished the beat, Copy Pattern To Track.
31. Create a Dr. Rex.
32. Click on the Folder and go to My Documents: Shared Files: Thursday, Jan 24th: SnapYoFingas
33. On The Dr. Rex, click To Track...and "push play"
34. Save your beat as Snap (your name)'s Fingers
35. Send your beat to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
    

This is not a Quiz

First thing you do when you sit at your computer is check your email.

If you have a message from me, turn in the quizzes that you need to turn in.

After that, or if you have already turned every thing in, do this assignment about making a melody in C minor.

Winners announced at the end of class!

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo between 70-110 bpm
   
4. Create a Redrum and make a 32 step drum pattern using a Clap or Snap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
5. On the Redrum, Copy Pattern To Track.
6. Now Create an NN19 Digital Sampler: choose any instrument in the NN19 folder.
7. Create a Matrix.
8. On the Matrix, change the steps to 32.
9. Create a melody using notes from the C minor scale. Use between 3 and 5 different notes on between 7 and 10 steps.
10. When you have finished making your melody, Copy Pattern To Track, and move the boxes up to the NN19 track. Don't forget to turn the pattern off!
11. Create a Dr. Rex. Load a Percussion Loop and put it "To Track."
12. Save your beat as (YOUR NAME) 42508.

Crank That Coliseum

Yesterday we played the C minor scale, both up the scale and down the scale, using the Matrix.

Today we are going to recreate the Crank Dat Soulja Boy melody which is in C minor.

After we make the melody you will create your own melody using C minor.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo to 70 bpm
   
4. Create a NN-XT Digital Sampler
5. Click on the Folder in the upper left hand corner of the NN-XT.
6. In the Patch Browser, click Orkester Sound Bank: Mallets: Glockenspiel.smp
7. Now that we have our sound loaded we need to create a Matrix to play it.
   
8. Go to the Create Menu and select the Matrix, all the way at the bottom of the menu.
9. We want to use the Matrix to play a the melody from Crank That Soulja Boy.
10. First, turn the volume down on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th steps.
11. Now on step 1, move the note up 12 spots.
12. On step 4, move the note up 7 spots.
13. On step 7, move the note up 8 spots.
14. On step 11, move the note up 12 spots.
15. On step 14, move the note up 7 spots.
16. When you are done it should look like this.
17. How many notes have the volume on?
18. How many different notes are there?
    
19. Now, create a Redrum and make a 16 step drum pattern using a Clap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
20. Or instead of a Clap, try putting a Snap on 5 and 13 just like Soulja Boy.
21. When you finish your Drum Beat, Copy Pattern To Track.
22. Now we want to revisit the NN-XT and the Matrix.
23. On the Matrix, change the pattern to PATTERN 2.
24. Turn the volume down on all the steps.
25. Create a melody with the notes from C minor, with the volume up on 5 of the steps in the Matrix, using between 3 and 5 different notes.
26. When, you are done with your melody, right click on the Matrix and select Copy Pattern To Track.
27. Click the Pattern button on the Matrix.
28. Highlight all the boxes on the Matrix in the sequence window and drag them up to the NN-XT track.
29. Save the beat as Crank That (your name)
    

The minor scale and the Matrix

Yesterday we made a melody (the part of a song you sing along to) with the C Major Scale and on Monday we played the C Major scale on the Matrix.

Today we are going to create the C minor scale using the Matrix.

The difference between the C Major Scale and the C minor Scale is that the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes of the C minor scale are one step below those notes in the C Major Scale.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Create a NN19 Digital Sampler
4. Click on the Folder in the upper left hand corner of the NN19.
5. In the Patch Browser, click Reason Factory Sound Bank: NN19 Sampler Patches: Guitar: ACGUITAR.smp
6. Now that we have our sound loaded we need a way to play it...ENTER THE MATRIX
7. Go to the Create Menu and select the Matrix, all the way at the bottom of the menu.
8. We want to use the Matrix to play a C minor Scale both up the scale and down the scale.
9. First, change the STEPS on the Matrix from 16 to 32.
   
10. Now, let's turn the volume down on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th, and 32nd step.
11. On the 3rd step, move the note (the rectangle) up 2 notes.
12. On the 5th step, move the note up 3 notes.
13. On the 7th step, move the note up 5 notes.
14. On the 9th step, move the note up 7 notes.
15. On the 11th step, move the note up 8 notes.
16. On the 13th step, move the note up 10 notes.
17. On the 15th step move the note up 12 notes.
18. On the 17th step move the note up 12 notes.
19. On the 19th step, move the note up 10 notes.
20. On the 21st step, move the note up 8 notes.
21. On the 23rd step, move the note up 7 notes.
22. On the 25th step, move the note up 5 notes.
23. On the 27th step, move the note up 3 notes.
24. On the 29th step, move the note up 2 notes.
25. When your done, the Matrix should look like this.
26. Save the project in your folder as C minor Scale.
27. If you still haven't turned in all your quizzes please send them to me. Check your email to see which ones you need to make up!
    
28. On your blog, answer the following questions.
29. How does the C minor scale sound different from the C Major scale?
30. What's a melody that uses the C minor scale?
31. What's your favorite instrument?
32. What's your favorite song right now?