Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music: Assignment 3 Checklist

Assignment 3 Checklist

Here are the requirements for each part of the assignment. Please store all the files in a folder called "assignment 3," and copy this to the top level of your folder on the Music Server.

WARNING: Do not use this checklist as a substitute for reading the instructions for each part of the assignment! The checklist doesn't tell you everything you need to do to get the right results.

Part 1: SubTractor Synthesis

One SubTractor patch in which...

both oscillators are set to a sawtooth waveform, with the oscillators either detuned or tuned to produce some musical interval;
the amplitude envelope has a slow attack and a slow release;
you use a low-pass filter with a very low cutoff frequency and a resonance greater than zero; and
the modulation wheel is configured to raise the cutoff frequency when you move up the mod. wheel.

Save your patch settings as part of a Reason song file named "part 1," and copy this into your "assignment 3" folder on the server.

Part 2: More SubTractor Synthesis

One SubTractor patch in which...

polyphony is set to 1 (monophonic), with legato mode engaged and a non-zero portamento time;
the two oscillators are configured to create ring modulation, with the oscillators tuned to different pitches and using whatever waveforms you like;
an LFO modulates the frequencies of both oscillators, using whatever waveform you like, with the modulation wheel controlling the modulation depth. Make sure LFO1 Amount knob is all the way down, so that when the mod. wheel is down, there is no modulation.

Save your patch settings as part of a Reason song file named "part 2," and copy this into your "assignment 3" folder on the server.

Part 3: Pattern Sequencing

A Reason rack containing one Mixer, one SubTractor and one Matrix device, all properly configured and connected with patch cables.

The SubTractor must use a monophonic patch having a low-pass filter with low cutoff frequency and non-zero resonance.
you must program two patterns in the Matrix device, stored in locations A1 and A2; and
your patterns must contain — in addition to notes and velocities — a Curve CV pattern that controls the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter in the SubTractor device.

Save your rack as a Reason song file named "part 3," and copy this into your "assignment 3" folder on the server.

Part 4: Sampling

One NN-19 sampler patch in which...

you incorporate at least two sound files, trimmed and converted in a sound editor if necessary; and
you create a multi-sampled key map using your sound files, mapped to the keyboard in any way you like. Make sure that the root key for each sample lies within the key zone for that sample.

Save your patch settings as part of a Reason song file named "part 4," and copy this into your "assignment 3" folder on the server. Put the sound files referred to by the sampler patch into the "assignment 3" folder.

WARNING: If you don't turn in the sound files, your sampler patch will be unuseable, and you won't get credit for this part of the assignment.