Tracks Kick Snare Hats Bass

Instruments EXS24 Ultrabeat Pure Analog 2 Drum Kit RnB Kit ES2

Settings Using a sample Change the envelop Short release

Plug-ins EQ- cut off the frequency below 37.0Hz and above 4100 Hz EQ- cut off the frequency below 175 Hz and above 7200 Hz Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -44.0 EQ- cut off the frequency below 200 Hz Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -42.0

Synth 1

ES2

Oscillator 1 Using square wave Filter- close the cut off a bit EnvelopShort attack Short decay Full sustain Short release Analog: 0.020 Oscillator 1: ramp down Oscillator 2: saw tooth wave EnvelopShort attack Short decay Full sustain Long release Oscillator: Triangle wave Cut off: nearly fully open Half resonance EnvelopShort attack Short decay Short sustain Short release Oscillator 2: ramp down wave Short attack Long decay Full sustain Long release Oscillator 2: blend between square and pulse wave Open the cut off Short attack Half decay Short sustain Half release EnvelopShort attack Short decay Full sustain Short release Oscillator: blend of square wave and pulse wave Close the cut off Short attack Short decay Half sustain Short release Pitch Bend Modulation /

Synth 2

ES1

EQ- cut off the frequency below 185 Hz Boost the frequency around 1580 Hz Overdrive- Drive 9.00dB, Tone 5600Hz, Output -4.5dB Tape Delay- quaver delay, 242.3ms, feedback: 32% Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -31.0 EQ- cut off the frequency below 300Hz, and above 10000Hz Chorus- Intensity 14.5%, rate 0.700Hz, Mix 22% Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -24.5

Synth 3

ES2

Synth 4

ES2

Pad

EXS24 Church Choir

EQ- cut off frequency below 140Hz, boost 500Hz (+3.0dB) Tape Delay- quaver delay, 242.3ms, feedback: 32% Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -37.0 EQ- cut off the frequency below 175Hz, and above 6100Hz Boost at 365Hz(+2.0dB), and 1860Hz(+13.0dB) Delay- quaver delay, 242.3ms, feedback 32% Reverb- 2.9 Voice Hall, send: -8.8 EQ- cut off frequency below 265Hz, and above 3050Hz Chorus- Intensity 17.5%, rate 0.700Hz, mix 28% Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -22.5 EQ- cut off the frequency below 50Hz Reverb- 1.3s soft plate, send: -20.5

Vocal

ES1

Output

Tape Delay as a tape saturation

Tracks Kick Snare

Instruments Ultrabeat (Nouveaux Disco Kit, Wood Kick) EXS 24 (Electronic Snare D1 32)

Settings / Envelop: Short attack Short decay Full sustain Half release Envelop Short attack, Full decay Short sustain Short release. /

Snare (to backup the main snare)

EXS 24 (Acoustic Snare D1 1)

Plug-ins EQ: boost up the frequency around 1180Hz(+3.5dB) EQ: cut off the frequency below 250 Hz, and above 15800Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -25.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 250 Hz. Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -25.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 400 Hz, and below 6400 Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -29.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 200 Hz, and boost up the frequency above 93000 Hz. Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -27.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 860 Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -29.5) EQ: cut off the frequency below 4550 Hz, and above 10000 Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -27.0) Phaser: Feedback 82%, ceiling: 830Hz-20000Hz EQ: cut off the frequency below 100Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -25.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 100Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -40.0)

Hi- Hats

Drum Kit (Roland TR808 Kit)

Hi-Hats

Seventies Kit

Closed Hats

Ultrabeat (Pure Analog 02, closed hats) Drum Kit (Roland TR808 Kit)

Hi-Hats

Handclap

Drum Kit (Roland TR808 Kit) ES1

Vocal 1

Oscillator: Square Wave tend to Pulse Wave Envelop: Short attack Half decay Half sustain Half release ES1. Oscillator: Square Wave Half cutoff Envelop: Short attack Short decay Full sustain Short release Envelop: Short attack Short decay Full sustain Short release. Oscillator: Saw Wave

Vocal 2

ES1

EQ: cut off the frequency below 158Hz, and below 2450Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -22.5)

Choir

EXS 24 (church choir)

EQ: cut off the frequency below 345Hz,and above 4150Hz, and boost up around 1220Hz(+3.0dB) Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -22.0) EQ: boost up the frequency around

Bass

ES M

150Hz Tape Delay: 240.0ms, feedback: 30% Clav EVD / EQ: boost up the frequency around 150Hz EQ: cut off the frequency below 100Hz, and boost up the frequency around 6100Hz(+4.0dB) Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -25.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 100Hz Bitcrusher: Drive 3.0dB, Resolution 6bit Tape Delay: 360.0ms, feedback 50% Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -28.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 180Hz Phaser: feedback: 50%, ceiling 550Hz-132000Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -33.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 160Hz, and above 8300Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -30.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 130Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -20.0) EQ: cut off the frequency below 80Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -20.0) Tape Delay: Quarter delay (483.2ms), Feedback: 40% EQ: cut off the frequency below 80Hz, put a high shelf at 4600Hz Reverb: 2.9s Voice Hall (Send: -28.0)

Swell

ES E

Oscillator: Square Wave Long attack Long release

Stab

ES E

Oscillator: Pulse Wave Short attack Long release

Pad

ES1

Oscillator: Saw Wave Envelop: Short attack Long decay Half sustain Half release. /

Violins

GarageBand Violins 1

Noise

Sculpture (Noisy Groove) ES E

Synth (Long note at the beginning)

Oscillator: Saw tooth wave Short attack Long release

Synth (semi-quaver)

ES2

Oscillator 1: Pulse Wave Envelop: Short attack Short decay Full sustain Short release

Q9: Explain how you developed your completed sequenced arrangement from your chosen stimulus. Refer to at least two of the following: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture and instrumentation, form and structure. Harmony: Ive developed the harmony in my arrangement by extending the chords by adding 7ths, for example the first two chords are C7, and G7. Theyre different from the original chords as the first two chords in the original are C5, and G5. In the bridge, Ive brought the song up a tone, from Cm to Dm, by bringing the song up a tone can give the same parts of the piece a little twist. Rhythm: The rhythm from my piece was loosely based on the song I Feel Love by Donna Summer. For example, the bass line of my piece used arpeggios, which was what the bass line of I Feel Love did. Ive used different types of rhythms for the drum to build up the piece, for example, through out the whole song the kick is playing four-on-the-floor beat, the snare is playing every two beats, and the open hats playing a semi-quaver beat. In the verse, pre-chorus, theres a closed hats playing four-on-the-floor beat, but in the chorus theres another closed hats playing off-beat quarter. Therere also handclaps playing quarter beat in the bridge. Theres also a synth playing in semi-quaver through out the whole piece, which plays a G at the beginning, then A because Ive brought up a tone. Form and structure: At the beginning of my piece, Ive used a similar intro as the song I Feel Love, the synth faded in then the bass and the drum come in. And then the verse comes in, then it follows the flow of the song Rolling In The Deep. What different is, Ive put a bridge in between the first chorus and the second verse. Ive used the melody that the backing vocals are singing (theyre singing: Now Im gonna wish you never had me, tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep) as the main melody of the bridge (at 1:01), and then bring up a tone. At the end of the piece, Ive chosen to use a fade out to finish my piece because thats what I Feel Love has done. In I Feel Love the song had only drum and bass left then it faded out.

Q10 Identify the most important features of your chosen style, and explain how you have used them in your arrangement. -One feature of disco song that Giorgio Moroder created is that he used repetitive arpeggio. In my piece, I've used repetitive arpeggio in the bass line, the bass line playing C,C,Bb, and C, and then it changed to G,G,F and G, the arpeggio chord keep going on through out the piece. -The other one is it has a repetitive bass line in the song, and my piece, my bass line keep playing the same arpeggio rhythm through out the whole piece. -There's a weird shale noises in Giorgio Moroder's song, and I've used a synth to create that weird whale noises at the beginning of the song when the synth fade in (0:00-0:15). -Theres also swirling synth pad in the song I Feel Love, Ive recreated it using ES1 and automation to control the cutoff, in order to get the swirling effect. -Another feature is theres tape delay on stabs, Ive used a quaver delay, and bitcrusher to get the sound of the song. -The last feature is the panning of the song. I Feel Love has used some extreme panning. In my piece, Ive panned the hi-hats phaser from extreme left, to extreme right, then back to extreme left, etc. Ive also used panning in the swell, the swirling pad and the synth that sounds like weird whale at the beginning. They all panned from left, then automated it to the right side.