Guidelines

•You will have 85 minutes for this exam, plus 5 minutes for saving to the Drop Box.

•Do not use any books or written notes. You may use online resources and the Digital Performer manual.

Getting Started

•Log into the student account.

•On your desktop, find the folder Digital Music Final. Rename the folder like this: Lastname.Firstname.Final where Lastname and Firstname represent your first and last name.

•Open the folder and find the Digital Performer file RadioSpot.dp. Open it in Digital Performer.

Steps

•The project contains three MIDI tracks and a mono audio track.

•Create a DLS Virtual Instrument, and assign each of the MIDI tracks to it.

•Assign patches to the MIDI tracks--the patches should match the track names.

•Create mono audio tracks out of each of the three MIDI tracks.

Hint: This will involve adding new tracks to your sequence and reassigning their inputs, as well as reassigning the output of the DLS instrument.

Warning: Do NOT assign the output of the DLS instrument to a MONO output.

•Add a Trim plug-in to the channel strip of each of the new instrumental audio tracks.

•Using the Trim plug-ins, reduce the level by 5 dB on each of the instrumental audio tracks.

•Add an Aux track to your sequence and rename it Reverb.

•Add a Trim plug-in to the Reverb aux track.

•Using the Trim plug-in, reduce the Reverb aux track level by 10 dB.

•Add an eVerb plug-in to the Reverb aux track.

•In the eVerb plug-in window, select the "Medium Dark Room" preset.

•In the eVerb plug-in window, set the Mix to 100%.

•Send signals from each of the three audio tracks to the Reverb Aux track.

Do not send a signal from the voice track to the Reverb.

•Make the Cello track less wet than the other two tracks.

•Pan the Trumpet audio track hard left, and the English Horn audio track hard right.

The Cello and Voice tracks can stay in the center.

•Insert volume automation control into each of the three instrumental audio tracks.

•Set the initial level of the automation control breakpoint to 0 dB.

•Using volume automation, dip the level of each instrumental audio track 3 db at the entrance of the voice-over.

•Using volume automation, create a fade-out on each instrumental audio track that ends at 16/1/000.

•Bounce your mix to create a new stereo audio file (set your selection bounds from 1/1/000 to 16/1/000).

•Export your mix as an AIFF file.

•Create a Toast file that would allow you to burn your AIFF file as an audio CD.

•Save your audio CD Toast file in your project folder.

•Create a Toast file that would allow you to save your project folder as a data CD.

•Save your data CD Toast file in your project folder.

Turn It In

•Copy your whole project folder to Drop Box>Digital Music Production>Final Exam.

Make sure you login as User: student Password: start.

Make sure your last name and first name are contained in the folder name.

•You folder should contain:

•Your Digital Performer file
•The AIFF file of your mix
•Work folders (e.g. Audio Files)
•Your two Toast files.

•Before you leave, check with the instructor to make sure your folder has been turned in properly.

And have a great summer!