Friday, January 9, 2009

The Final


For your FINAL EXAM for the semester, I want you to make a full song that incorporates all of the main areas we have covered in Reason, including:

  • Song Structure
  • Mixing (volume, panning, FX, fade outs)
  • Use of different types of instruments
  • Exporting audio out of Reason
So, without further ado, please make me a song that includes all the elements listed below. Please note that in order to get FULL credit (80 points), you must turn in both a Reason session file and an audio file of the song. Good luck!!!

Song Structure (35 pts. total)
  • A 4-bar Intro (5 pts.)
  • At least 2 Verses (10 pts.)
  • At least 2 Choruses (10 pts.)
  • An Outro/fade out at the end (10 pts.)
Instruments (25 pts. total)
  • At least one Redrum drum machine - 5 pts.
  • At least 1 Dr. Rex Sample Player - 5 pts.
  • At least 3 other melodic instruments (NN19, NNXT, Subtractor, Malstrom, Combinator) - 15 pts.
Mixing (15 pts. total)
  • Adjust volume in Mixer - 5 pts.
  • Adjust panning in Mixer - 5 pts.
  • Include at least one FX processor on a track - 5 pts.
Exporting (5 pts. total)
  • Export an audio file (44.1 kHz/16-bit WAV format) of your song and turn it in with your Reason session file. - 5 pts.

Save your Reason file as: "(your name)_Final.rns".
Save your audio file as:  "(your name)_Final-audio.rns".

Turn these in to the BAVAC Dropoff folder (Pickupdropoff>BAVAC>Dropoff>Period 5).

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