Soundtrap Review
Soundtrap is a ____, where we can record audio and MIDI notes from any instrument or controller.
What is a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)?
The MIDI controller used in compatability with Sountrap's drum programming tool.
What is the Launchpad Mini?
The total number of notes in Western music. Bonus: How many natural notes and accidentals?
What is 12 notes? Bonus: 7 natural notes and 5 accidentals.
This is the 3rd layer of a song, the part people hum, whistle, and remember.
What is a melody?
Which of the following is NOT practicing proper safety with electricity:
a. Unplugging and turning off the project before fixing wires.
b. Putting your waterbottle on the floor while working on a project.
c. Putting the LED bulb on the 5V and GND inputs on the Arduino UNO.
What is C?
The 5 main areas to explore on Soundtrap.
What is the Timeline, Beat Maker, Piano Roll, Instrument Library, and Mixer/Effects?
In Soundtrap, I am placing a hit on an off-beat step to create rythmic surprise, this is..
What is syncopation?
The MIDI controller used in compatability with Sountrap's drum programming tool AND Piano Roll.
What is the AKAI MPK mini?
This part of the song is the main section, building narrative and establishing the groove.
What is the verse?
Describe the function and concept of the Tri-Tone Keyboard build.
What is playing C, E, and G notes through 3 different buttons with different Hz frequencies to match the pitches of each note?
This feature on Soundtrap displays a keyboard, allowing you to change the pitch on the vertical axis, and adjust the length of the song on the horizontal axis.
What is the Piano Roll?
The four sounds of the Drum Kit.
This chord plays as follows: C + E + G (skip D, skip F).
What is a C Major chord?
The 5 main sections of a song.
What is the Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, and Outro?
True or False: The Arduino UNO is a microcontroller that acts like a USB MIDI device. (Hint: We used an Arduino for our MIDI Piano, was it this one?)
What is false?
I am adjusting the volume, panning, and effects of each track so that they all work together in my song.
What is Mixing?
The 4-on-the-floor pattern in music.
What is a kick on all 4 beats plus the snare on 2 and 4?
This chord plays as follows: A + C + E (skip B, skip D).
What is an A Minor chord?
My song is complete and has three layers, these are..
What are the drums, chords, and melody?
This wire connects the Arduino to the breadboard ground rail. (Hint: Look at your MIDI Piano project)
What is the GND wire?
I recorded notes for my song but they're not timed correctly. This feature on Soundtrap snaps all my recorded notes to the nearest grid position.
What is Quantization?
A song you are listening to is 120 BPM, this is __ beats per second. Is it a ballad, pop, or hip-hop/trap song?
What is 2 beats per second in a pop song?
Describe the difference between major and minor scales.
This is a short melodic idea that repeats and varies, and is usually just 3-6 notes.
What is a motif?
We built the MIDI keyboard, which sends ___ allowing Sountrap to generate the sound from our computers.
What is MIDI? (It sends digital instrutions, telling it which note, how hard, and when to stop playing)