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1) Create and save a new text file
2) Backup the file to a Student Folder on the MIDI Lab Server
3) Retrieve and revise and backed up file
4) Turn in the file to the MIDI Lab Server Drop Box
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•On your Mac Desktop, find the icon for your main hard drive.
•Double click your main hard drive icon to open its Finder window.
Finder is the default application that runs in the background on a Mac. It allows you to move, copy, rename, and otherwise manage items on your computer.
You can make the Finder active by clicking on the Desktop, by clicking the Finder icon in the Dock at the bottom of the screen, or by clicking any Finder window.
On a Mac, the you can see which application is currently active--it's name will show up to the right of the Apple icon at the top left of the menu at the top of your screen.
•In the main hard drive Finder window, open (double-click) the Applications folder icon to show its contents in a Finder window.
•In the Applications folder Finder window, find the icon for TextEdit and double-click it to open the TextEdit application.
The short way to say this is "on your main hard drive, go Applications > TextEdit."
If the Finder is the active application, the shortcut to open the Applications folder window is Shift-Command-A, meaning hold down the Shift and Command (Apple) keys and type the lower-case letter A.
•An untitled document will open in TextEdit.
•Type in your First and Last Name, plus your email address.
•In the menu bar at the top of the screen, engage the File menu, and choose Save to open the Save dialogue window.
A short way to say this is "go File > Save." You might also notice that shortcuts for various functions are listed to the right of their name in menus like this.
The shortcut for Save is Command-S. This means hold down the Command (or Apple) key, and then hit the S key.
Whenever you save a file, you need to provide three piece of information: a name, a location, and a format...
•Next to Save As, give your file the name Info.LastName.FirstName.
For LastName and FirstName, use your own last and first name.
•For Location, navigate to the Desktop.
You can get to the Desktop quickly by clicking on the Desktop icon in the side bar to the left of the window.
Generally, always make sure you know where you are saving your files!
•For Format, choose Rich Text Format (RTF).
In this case, it may seem obvious to choose the default format. But in some situations, careful selection of format can prevent problems or provide advantage.
•Click Save.
Look at your desktop, and confirm that you have an icon for a file there called Info.LastName.FirstName.
•Quit the TextEdit application (go TextEdit > Quit, shortcut Command-Q).
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•In the Finder, type Shift-Command-H to open your account's Home folder.
Each Mac account starts with this standardized set of folders. You can customize these folders if you like.
Important: these folders and files are on your local hard drive. Don't confuse this with your PSU H-Drive, a different thing.
In general you wouldn't plan to keep things on a local drive in the music lab for a long time.
•Double-click the Documents icon to open its Finder window.
•In the Documents window, go File > New Folder to create a new folder. Name it Info Project.
Notice that the shortcut to create a new folder is Shift-Command-N.
•On your Desktop, locate the TextEdit file your created, and drag it into the Info Project foider.
You also have the option of saving or duplicating files into your PSU H-Drive folder, or an external USB "thumb" drive for backing up and archiving. See links at the top of the page for accessing your PSU H-Drive.
If you are working on a computer in the music lab, you can access your PSU H-Drive from the globe icon in the Dock.
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•In Documents > Info Project folder, find the icon for Info file you just created and click it once to highlight it.
•With the file highlighted, go File > Duplicate (Command-D) to duplicate the Info file.
•Rename the copied file Info2.LastName.FirstName
It's common practice to save and rename a project file each time you revise it--it gives you backups of each step of your project.
•Open the file and add some information regarding your musical focus: education, performance, composition, production, etc.
•Save the file and quit TextEdit.
You now should have two files, the original file, Info.LastName.FirstName and the revised file, Info2.LastName.FirstName.
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•Using headphones, listen back to the track(s) you've recorded.
If you have access to speakers, you might also use them to compare to the headphone signal.
•Using the Microphone Analysis Form, make notes on the mic signal from various positions as described in the recorded script.
Take note of how differences in axis and distance affect the sound, both in terms of loudness and quality. You may find these differences to be significant or subtle. Simply describe what you hear and compare.
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•In the D2L site for this course, submit Info2.LastName.FirstName to the Lab Assignment 1 (Week 2) folder.
In D2L, Assignment Submission folders can be found under Activities at the top of the course home page.
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