Part II -- Software

Choose two (2) of the following examples. After studying the screen shot, answer the questions.

1. Musicshop

1. What is the name of this file?

2. The length of this sequence is __________________. The tempo of this sequence is _____________________.

3. In the screen shot, one note is selected.

What is the location of the selected note?

Name two ways of determining this location.

 

4. What new events happen in measure 4?

5. What type of data is displayed in this picture?

6. Describe how you would get this music to play over a web page.

2. Overture

1. Identify the numbered items in the screen shot.

1

2

3

4

5

2. Name three ways to change the pitch of an individual note in Overture.

3. How do you produce a courtesy accidental in Overture? When would you use a courtesy accidental?

4. Name three methods for entering notes in Overture.

5. You are surfing the Internet and you come across a really cool MIDI file. Describe how you would get this file printed out in standard music notation using Overture.

3. Audioshop

Picture #1, for questions 1-3:

1. What is the name of this playlist?

2. Royal song.snd and cowboy.snd are _________ (fill in the correct letter)

A. tracks
B. aiff files
C. MIDI files
D. sound files
E. A and B
F. A and D
G. None of the above
H. All of the above

3. What would happen if you clicked the mouse at its current location? (Be as specific as you can.)

4. Consider the following complete project:

If the file entitled "farmlife" was accidentally deleted from the hard disk, and no backup existed, would you be able to restore the complete project?

If Yes, how would you go about restoring the project?

If No, why not?

Picture #2, for questions 5-7:

5. This waveform display is a graph of: _____________________________________________________

6. Draw the icons of 3 DSP buttons and explain what each of them does:

7. How big is this file? How does this size compare to other such files you have encountered? How can you explain this size?

Part III -- Scenarios

Choose one (1) of the following scenarios and provide a detailed answer. Use the back of this sheet for your answer.

1. You have been hired to compose the sound track for a 30-second TV commercial for Johnson's Baby Powder. The director wants to hear the sound of a baby crying turning gradually into contented laughter, underscored by quiet nursery rhymes. The director requests a Macintosh-compatible file of CD-quality sound. Using what you have learned in Music 17, describe how you will accomplish this.

2. Your Music History professor asks you to give a computer-based multimedia presentation to the class on an obscure multimedia artist named "Nam Lep Pok." He tells you that he thinks there is a web site about Nam Lep Pok, but he can't remember where. You will give the presentation in Harper Hall. Using what you have learned in Music 17, describe how you will accomplish this.

3. The Drama department has asked your help with a scene in which the spirit of J.S. Bach returns to play some ghoulish music on a family's home organ. The actor who portrays Bach will pantomime (fake) his performance; you must supply the music. Using what you have learned in Music 17, describe how you will accomplish this.

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