DAW Audio Composition Project – February

Summary

What I did was I made a song using Soundtrap (instead of GarageBand) inspired by the soundtrack of an “old” anime using the lingering melody in my head and the entire day of the Super Bowl LVI.

Audio File Formats and Definitions

AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format): stores see standard CD-quality audio; similar to WAV (Higher Quality)

WAV (Waveform Audio File Format): CD audio; can be saved with different sampling and bit rates; similar to AIFF (Higher Quality)

MP3 (Audio File): Used to store audiobooks and music on a hard drive; Close to CD-quality sound; the higher quality sound comes from higher bit rates which also take up more storage space

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface): music data: notes played, when notes are played, how long each note is played, and the velocity of each note played; used to be able to exchange and use information between software and hardware programs; no actual audio data

All the audio file format information is found at: fileinfo.com

Song Used As Template

GarageBand Tracks

(Couldn’t fit everything but these are all the tracks)

My Composition

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ecJSUdbwsvPXPmJxSVxzmsMgj0zJdZR/view?usp=sharing

Feedback

Hank – Said the composition was really good.
PJ – Said the mixing was good (dynamic?) and no tracks were peaking.
Jackson – Said it sounded like a boss battle; the break is a little too low and should add more.

What I Learned & Problems I Solved

I don’t remember what I learned but I do know that it was fun trying to figure out what works with the song and try to make something that really fits with the style of the genre.

Tutorial that helped:

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