Friday Quiz 1/25/08

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.

After the quiz write a blog post about your three most favorite highlights from this class over the first six weeks.

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 12508
29. Send it to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
30. Watch this video with my remix of Rihanna's Don't Stop The Music, let me know what you think about it in the comment section of this post.
31. On your personal blog post your three favorite highlights from the class this semester.
32. Good Work!!!!!!!