Spend some time experimenting with the sounds available. You can fit a maximum of 7 dudes on the screen at once. This shortlist of 7 will form the basis of their remix recording. You can keep a record of your choices by writing down the sound/icon numbers in each group.
Arranging skills: plan your remix Plan your arrangement so that it has a beginning, a middle and an end. Make sure that your remix incorporates some layering, plus the use of solo and tutti (everyone singing). A typical remix might be structured as follows:
Beginning – use layering to bring in all or some of the parts
Middle – create some interest by using the solo and/or mute buttons to vary texture
End – layer the parts out at the end
Rehearse your conducting skills By clicking on a dude at the right time (ie. on a down-beat) you can bring sounds in and out quite cleanly when performing your remix. Practice clicking on each dude at the right time. You can also try this: solo one dude by clicking on his headphone icon (all the others will be muted automatically), and then gradually bring in other dudes by clicking on their speaker icons one by one.
Get ready to “perform” your mix Mute all of the dudes so that they become your silent ensemble waiting to perform. The quickest way is to solo one dude (this mutes all the other dudes) and then click the final dude’s mute button
Create and Record a 30 second song in Incredibox
http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/application
What will you learn?
Spend some time experimenting with the sounds available. You can fit a maximum of 7 dudes on the screen at once. This shortlist of 7 will form the basis of their remix recording. You can keep a record of your choices by writing down the sound/icon numbers in each group.
Arranging skills: plan your remix
Plan your arrangement so that it has a beginning, a middle and an end. Make sure that your remix incorporates some layering, plus the use of solo and tutti (everyone singing). A typical remix might be structured as follows:
Rehearse your conducting skills
By clicking on a dude at the right time (ie. on a down-beat) you can bring sounds in and out quite cleanly when performing your remix. Practice clicking on each dude at the right time.
You can also try this: solo one dude by clicking on his headphone icon (all the others will be muted automatically), and then gradually bring in other dudes by clicking on their speaker icons one by one.
Get ready to “perform” your mix
Mute all of the dudes so that they become your silent ensemble waiting to perform. The quickest way is to solo one dude (this mutes all the other dudes) and then click the final dude’s mute button
Record and Share your mix!
Email me the link: melissa.keehn@nbed.nb.ca