Audio Productions

Pro Tools

Pro Tools is an audio editing software used by professional studios around the world. This software allows even people who cannot play instruments to create instrumental tracks and serves as a guiding tool to make all types of music. We used this tool in Digital Media in order to learn how to create our own instrumental music. Below is a picture of the Pro Tools software:

The music tracks were made using MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) devices. The primary MIDI device I used was a digital piano. Each piano key would play a different note, with the sound of each note fluctuating based on the chosen preset. Below is an example of a track that I created:

The first few seconds of The Legend of Zelda‘s theme song

 

Reason

Reason is a software used for creating and editing music. It emulates a rack of hardware synthesizers, samplers, signal processors, sequencers, as well as mixers, and automatically configures each rack to work properly. We used this tool in Digital Media in order to learn how to create our own EDM (Electric Dance Music) song. I also used it to create a song during the explorations unit. Below is a picture of the Reason software:

 

8-Bar Song

During the explorations unit freestyle juniors were assigned to create an 8-bar long song in Reason for Digital Media class. Later, all the songs made by juniors were combined into a single track.