Music Lab 1: Introduction to Game Music

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Objective

Create a song demonstrating some of the main features of Reason.

Resources

In this course, you will be using Reason to create music for your game. Before asking for help from the TA, you should read and make use of the following resources:

• CIS 300 Reason Introduction.
• Propellorhead's Reason QuickStart Guide. This is a basic operations guide.
• Propellorhead's Reason Manual. This is a full instruction manual.

Song Requirements

• At least 30 measures of music in any time signature and tempo other than 4/4 or 120 bpm
• Both a Subtractor and a Maelstrom synthesizer
• Either a Dr Rex loop or a drum section made with ReDrum
• Either an NN19 or NNXT sampler.
• Four effects units with two units in between the mixer and device and two connected directly to the mixer
• Automation data for four different controls
• Proper grouping of all the notes into groups of phrases in Arrange Mode
• At least two measures that fade in using the velocity of the notes
• Sequencer tracks that are named something other that their default names

This assignment will not be judged on the quality of your music. Your grade on this assignment will be based on whether you used all of the features required in the specifications, and if they were used correctly or not.

Turning It In

Create a zip file containing the Reason (RNS) file of your song and a text document detailing what unit you put the effects on, what controls you automated (on what unit), where you automated them, and which measure fades in. Submit this zip file as "lab1music.zip" to CMS.

Due Wednesday January 30, 2008 at 11:59pm