NCFE-Music Technology

Unit-1 Assessment

1. How do you save your data appropriately?
To save the data in Logic Pro,
-Go to the top screen
-Click on file
-Scroll down to the list of files
-Click either on ‘Save’ or ‘Save As’ to save the file
-The save folder will be shown
-Type your file name and date on your respective folder
-Finally, click on save and it is saved in your respective folder.

2. Set up a track?
To set up a track,
-Go to top screen
-Click on file and scroll down to the list of files
-Click on ‘New’
-The ‘New...’ folder is shown
-From the list of templates choose an empty project.
-Type 1 or more than 2 numbers of tracks and choose ‘software instrument’ in types of tracks
-Then, click on create
-Finally the number of tracks will be shown below the global tracks.
-If you want to add more you could do double click and the track could be shown.

3. Assign a sound to the track?
To assign a sound to the track,
-go to library in Logic Pro
-click on any software instruments
For example; I chose 'Bass' and then I look up different genres of bass. Then, I click on 'Acoustic bass' and again I look at the different sounds of bass and finally click on my chosen sound of bass which is 'Unplugged bass'.
-Finally the chosen software instrument will be shown below in the global tracks.

4. Record a MIDI sequence?
To record a midi sequence,
-Firstly before you switch on the computer(IMAC) the keyboard should be plugged on which is in the back for the Logic Pro 8.
- Then, switch on the keyboard which is also in the back.
-Go to the bottom of the 'Logic Pro' and click on the record button.
- Now, play or press the keyboard buttons and will start recording.

5.Evaluate the quality of the recorded sequence and amend where appropriate. are the at the right pitch on the keyboard, the correct length (Piano Roll) are the tracks correct at the right place in each beat and bar?

6. How do you quantise a track? The note should snap to the line making the sound last as it should.

7. How do you set up and record extra tracks?

8. How do you evaluate final recordings?

9.How do you move, copy and pate, erase and use other tools in the tool box?