NF3: Take a Rest

DEFINITIONS- 
Rest- a measured interval of silence between tones

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In this assignment we had to turn quarter notes into rests. Rests basically stops the tone after one note. This assignment wasn't really hard because you just had to delete some quarter notes of your composition.

NF2: When Two Become One

DEFINITIONS-
Half Note- a note having one half the duration of a whole note

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For this assignment i had to combine 2 quarter notes to make a half note. While doing this assignment i learned that one half note occupies two spaces and that you cannot place a half note at the end because i was trying to do that but it didn't work.

NF1: Quarter Note Madness!

DEFINITIONS-Staff- The horizontal lines on and between which notes are written or printed: the placement of a note on the staff indicates its pitch.

Time Signature- Indicating the unit of measurement and the number of beats in the following measure or measures.

Measure- The extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard.

Quarter Note- A note having one fourth the duration of a whole note.

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What I did for this assignment was make a composition out of 32 quarter notes. This wasn't difficult because all you had to do was decide where you wanted the notes at. Even though this wasn't hard it took a couples of days because I had to hear it over and over so I can make sure it sounded OK.

Audacity Radio Commercial Project

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For this project i had to do a commercial for aa artist of my choice. It was very difficult to finish because i had to write my own speech. But after i wrote it was easy.

SPEECH-
Artist i'm using : Ed Sheeran

Songs I’m using: ( Album: + )

• Kiss Me
• Give me love
• Drunk

Hey guys! Have you heard of the new up and coming artist Ed Sheeran? Well, if you haven't, you better go pick up his debut album Plus. This album contains the songs “Kiss Me”, “Give Me Love”, and “Drunk”. This album contains songs that tell stories about his life. His amazing voice makes it even more pleasurable to listen to. According to BBC Music

“ Ed Sheeran, whose unlikely combination of acoustic folk and grime has seen him become one of 2011’s biggest domestic successes.”

DEFINITIONS-
Propaganda- The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.


Compel- To cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure.


Exaggerate- To enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal.

Promoter- A substance that in very small amounts is able to increase the activity of a catalyst.

Audacity Bleep Project

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For this Assignment I used the song "Marvins Room" By Drake. I had to bleep out all the curses in the song. This assignment wasn't that hard but it took a lot of time to complete. 

Audacity First Narration Project: Part 6

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For this part of the project I had revise my recording and at the end I had to fade it out. This part was very easy and didn't take that much time to complete. I enjoyed doing this project it was really  fun and plus I got to talk about my favorite artist. At first it was difficult but along the way it got easier. 


DEFINITIONS-
Clipping- Distortion to sound, usually due to the audio being too loud.

File Name Extension- A suffix of three or four characters added to a file name which defines the format of its contents. 

Audacity First Narration Project: Part 5

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For this part of the project I had to use the Auto-Duck effect which lowers the volume of the song so you can hear my voice. This part of the project wasn't hard and it was very easy to do. I think that the Auto-Duck helped the recording a lot because in the 4th part of the project you can hear my voice but the music was all in the same volume and in this part the music actually lowers when you hear my voice.


DEFINITIONS-
Batch Processing- Automation of a series of repetitive tasks on a computer so that the tasks run without manual intervention.

Dynamic Range- The difference between the loudest and softest part in an audio recording, the maximum possible being determined by its sample format. For a device, the difference between its maximum possible undistorted signal and its Noise Floor.