Software Applications 2

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This is a curricular unit of laboratory practice, with a view to the acquisition by students of a capacity to perform and manipulate dedicated tools. Each programmatic content presented will be followed by a practical exploration, enhancing knowledge from the discovery and handling of the tools in use.
The assessment is exclusively continuous and consists of the following parameters:
Average of practical work performed: 80%
Attendance, punctuality, autonomy: 20%

This curricular unit constitutes an evolution in the continuity of the knowledge, competences and performance capacity acquired in the discipline of Applications in Software 1. In addition to the competences acquired previously – sustained by an intense, consistent and continuous practice, it is expected that students will reinforce their their ability to intervene and analyze different situations, but also the consolidation of their technical and musical autonomy. Despite the technical and operational aspects, it is intended that students develop their technical, creative and production awareness.

1. THE VIRTUAL STUDIO: RECORDING, EDITING, MIXING, MASTERING
The importance of planning: pre-production
Different types of capture: acoustic, electronic, synthesis; micro signals versus line signals;

The effects (continued): dynamic and modulation
Audio editing: advanced features
Mixing in a DAW environment (continued): headroom; signal to noise ratio

2. MIDI PROTOCOL
Architecture and features; communication, addressing and language issues; channels, transmit/receive modes: omni, solo. Exclusive system; the hexadecimal language; posts; MSB and LSB.
From Din 5 pins to USB.
The MIDI protocol and virtual instruments: recording, playback and routing of MIDI messages associated with virtual instruments.
Audio recording of virtual instruments
3. SUMMARY (analog and digital)
Subtractive synthesis: features and structure. Ways of functioning. From analog to digital.
Synthesis by sample (sampler); physical modeling.
Virtual instruments.

• - Attendance and Participation - 20.0%
• - Individual and/or Group Work - 80.0%

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