3/19_Malstrom pt.2/Full Songs DUE!

Basic

Today I want you to get deeper into working with the Malstrom and finding the kinds of sounds that you like in it. I also want you to start looking for sounds in the NNXT Sampler.

For your assignment today, please do the following:

1. Look in the Pickup folder and find the file called Boulevard loop.rns and copy it to your folder. (It's a big file, so it might take a minute.
2. Open the file and hit SPACEBAR to listen to the loop I've given you.
3. Create a Redrum and make a 32-step drum beat that goes with this loop. Put it into your Sequencer Window.
4. Now Create a Malstrom Graintable Synthesizer.
5. Look in the Bass folder and find an instrument that you think goes with the loop.
6. Come up with a bassline and record it. HINT:  This loop is in the key of G Minor.  The main notes being played are G, Bb, F and C.
7. Once you've got something you like, use the Pencil Tool to draw a region from Bar 1 - Bar 5 of your Malstrom track.
8. Use Option-drag to copy the drums, the loop and the Malstrom so that they end on Bar 17.
9. Now move your loop markers so the the L is on Bar 9 and the R is on Bar 17.
10. Create an NNXT Sampler.
11. Browse through the sounds in the NNXT's folder and find one that you think goes with this loop (suggestions: strings, brass, etc.)
12.  Come up with a melody and play it in the section from Bar 9 - Bar 17.
13. Save this to your folder as your name_Boulevard and turn it in to the Dropoff folder.

Advanced

You folks have your assignment due at the end of the period. Please make sure you have all the necessary elements: