Have a Great Spring Break! Homework and Prep Below:

Have a great spring break everyone! Despite our hiccup on Monday, we are well on our way to producing excellent films by semester's end! Today began a new adventure into the world of audio! This is a chance to expose you to another part of our production, and give you ideas and strategies to produce content for your film! In addition to these sites, check the following for additional resources for audio!

http://freesound.org
https://incompetech.com
http://newgrounds.com
Also, google search "Royalty Free Music" and check out https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ to learn more about the options you have for producing audio!

Here is what you need to do to prepare for next week:

1. Continue working on your solo film!
2. Bring to Class all items needed for producing foley audio and recording!
for those of you who will have voice actors, plan for them to record the wednesday we get back from Spring break!
3. Bring a collection of ideas for producing a short collaborative film!
4. Read pages 1-55 of "Your Career in Animation!"
5. AS A REMINDER:  A $100 deposit is REQUIRED to use audio outside of class! That deposit also grants you access to the locker our Sound Lab equipment is stored in.  No deposit makes it much HARDER for you to record audio in this class!

To get proof of your deposit (or if you already had one from Jill's class) go to the business office. Pay $100 and mention it's for your animation department deposit. If you have already paid, ask for a copy of your receipt.  Bring your receipt to me in either case, and you're covered!

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Notes from class today:
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BASIC HOTKEYS FOR AUDIO PRODUCTION:

COMMAND + K: BASIC KEYBOARD

SPACEBAR: PLAY and PAUSE

COMMAND + T: SPLIT AUDIO BY PLAYHEAD

“M”: MUTE TRACK

“S”: SOLO TRACK

CLICKING CONTROLS:

Click the bottom of a bar and drag: Change size.

Click the top right of a bar and drag: LOOP

Hold option, click bottom of bar and drag: Change Speed.

SOFTWARE LOOPS and track colors::

GREEN: MIDI

BLUE: AUDIO

• GREEN ONES CAN BE ADDED TO EVERYINSTRUMENT IN LOGIC/GARAGEBAND!
• audio tracks DOES NOT CHANGE instrument type.

Note: LAYERS IN AUDIO PROGRAMS ARE CALLED “TRACKS”

LEVELS: VOLUME OF AUDIO COMING OUT OF SPEAKER… BEFORE WE CHANGE IT.

NOTE: Always try to balance audio to a range of -12db.  (balancing creates “HEADROOM”

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT: MIX AND MATCH LOOPS AND SOUND EFFECTS TO CREATE A SMALL AUDIO TRACK! PLAY IT IN CLASS ON MONDAY AFTER SPRING BREAK FOR EXTRA CREDIT ON YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT!

Future discussion: mixing audio, building tracks, what to do, where, and when!