Construction Kit 2

Submission:

  1. Log-in to Splice.com and sync your Construction Kit 2 Project to your account if you have not already done so.
  2. In the “Collaborators” tab of the Project, search for user “Music295.ConstructionKit2@gmail.com”.
  3. Collaborate your Project with that user.

Requirements:

A. Hardware & Software:

You MUST use the following:

  1. Ableton Live/Suite 9
  2. APC40II MIDI Performance Controller
  3. MPK61 Keyboard Controller

B. DUE DATE:

  1. Complete your Construction Kit #2 & submit between Wednesday, April 27th and Friday, April 29th, 2016
  2. Perform and save a performance in arrangement view
  3. You must submit 1 minute of musical material

C. Structural Organization:

  1. DIY: Determine your own structure for Construction Kit 2, either more traditionally related to the genre you are using, or a more individualistic and experimental approach.
  2. Genre: Your may continue your material from Construction Kit 1 OR start a new piece in a broken beat or hybrid genre.
  3. Rhythmic Cycles: Use rhythmic cycle techniques of your own design with some turnaround points featuring subtractive fills, sound switch-up’s, fills, and SFX.
  4. Filtering: should be the primary component in which you change the texture and colors of your sections.
  5. Syncopation Treatments: Use some of the standard syncopation treatments, OR design and implement your own syncopation motives.

D. Required Material:

  1. 25% may be material that you digitize and quote in your piece.
  2. 75% must be original.
  3. Use of Audio Effects: Use at least 3 of the following – Simple Delay, Ping Pong Delay, Reverb, Auto Pan, Chorus, Flanger, Beat Repeat.
  4. Use of Filtering Effects: Use at least 3 of the following – EQ 8, Filter Delay, Auto Filter, Resonators, Vocoder.
  5. Use at least two of the following synthesizers/samplers: Analog, Simpler, Operator, Sampler.
  6. Use either Impulse or Drum Rack or both.
  7. Optional – Use of distortion or production effects.

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