For this assignment, you’ll be putting together the concepts that we learned over the past two weeks.
By this week, you should’ve finished the first two parts.
A) Percussion bed and staccato samples: Incorporate a percussion bed to the track. Also, include staccato strings and some well synthestrated brass hits. You may wanna add some low brass chords and some horn motives. Feel free to fully orchestrate this section.
B) Dramatic long strings: use a string long notes ensemble patch and layer the Vl I, Cellos, and Basses. Just strings in this section. Make sure that this section fits the style of section A.
Now, it’s time for the last two parts of the piece.
C) Choirs section: make sure that the choirs blend well with the orchestra… that it feels part of the same arrangement. You don’t necessarily have to go with long slow choirs, like the example in the video. You can go with staccato. phrases, etc. but make sure that you’ve got some other family or section going with the choir, so that “connects” them to the orchestra.
D) Fast strings section: that’s a bit of a tough one, but if you do it well it’s gonna sound awesome and can bring a lot of excitement to your piece. You can use any of the three techniques described in the video. The fast strings figure can be the main element or it can be something in the background, but make sure that they’ve got some presence and weight in the mix and they bring energy and momentum to the cue.
Feel free to change the order of the sections if you feel you need to.
Upload the track when you finish.
You can use free programs like Windows Live Movie Maker to add an image to an audio track so you can convert it into a .WMV video file. After you’ve converted the file, you can then upload it to YouTube.
Here’s how you convert audio tracks into .WMV video files on Windows Live Movie Maker:
Part 1: Select your audio and image files
- Select Add videos and Photos from the bar at the top, then choose an image from your computer. This image will be displayed in your slideshow.
- Click Add music and select your audio track.
Part 2: Adjust the image to fit the audio track
To make sure the file is properly uploaded on YouTube, you’ll need to adjust the duration of the image to match the duration of the audio track on your timeline.
- Double click the green audio bar in the timeline, which will display “End point”. Copy the End point number (e.g. 261.49).
- Double click the image thumbnail in the timeline, and enter a duration equal to the length of the audio track. For example, if the audio track has a length of 261.49 the image duration should be adjusted to 261.49 as well.
Part 3: Save your file
- Choose Recommended for this project.
- After naming your movie, click Save.
You can use a program like iMovie to add an image to an audio track so you can convert it into a .MOV video file. After you’ve converted the file, you can then upload it to YouTube.
Here’s how you convert audio tracks into .MOV video files on iMovie:
Part 1: Add an image and audio file
- Drag an image file from your computer into the project area.
- Drag the audio file into the project area
Part 2: Adjust the image to fit the audio track
To make sure the file is properly uploaded on YouTube, you’ll need to adjust the duration of the image to match the duration of the audio track on your timeline.
- Click the gear menu in the green box
- Click Clip Adjustments and copy the numbers under “Source Duration”. This is the length of your audio track.
- Next, hover your mouse over the thumbnail of the image, and click the gear that appears (not the gear in the green box)
- Select Clip Adjustments
- Enter the numbers from the “Source Duration” in Step 2 into the “Duration” field.
- Click Done
Part 3: Save your file
- Click the Share menu
- Select Export using QuickTime…
- Name your file and click Save
