A short homework jingle for Berklee's excellent course on Ableton Live.

4 tracks (including one Percussion)
4 sections - rise, pivot, climax, cool down

Clips used:
Rise
1a) Souly C Min
1a) + Arp Build up C Min
—---- Pivot
2) Arp Bells C Minor
—---- Climax
3a) Souly C Min / Arp Bells C Minor / Shaker Chance
3b) Arp Bells C Minor / Arp Glissando C Minor upside down 12 semis down  
—---- Cool down
4 Arp build up C Minor /  Shaker Chance
Arp Build Up C Minor

Homework - Ableton class 1

This is a rough draft of a song to show off some project management ideas I teach.

1) We have a two week cadence, so that's reflected in meter.
2) We 'burn down' work in the short term, so the melody descends.  Some 'burn up' work as the whole project continues.
3) We may work as one team, or add a harmony as other teams join the project.

So, I give you 'Agile Sonification!'   How would you map the sound of your work using musical metaphors?

Agile Soni 1412a

My AI cyborgs digested a manual to one of my favorite Semi-Modular Synths (East Beast).  Sound.Analyze(); // this was their output.
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This was an exercise for a fun class I took from Berklee - AI for Songwriters.  I learned a lot about the art of the prompting AI.  We did a lot of songs in various tools, but this one was to be created without human edits other than sifting through a pile of iterations in Suno. This song was inspired by terms from my beloved East Beast synth module.

[Verse 1]
(glitchy, robotic voice)
⚡ Signal lost—resend—resend
⚡ Voltage drop—patch drift bends
⚡ LFO pulse—clock sync—HOLD
⚡ (Step…step…sequence…control.)

Patch Bay Transmission

An experiment for two classes.  AI with virtual modular instruments - VCV rack plus a little Arturia virtual ARP 2600 soft synth.  Best of all worlds!   Lyrics are inspired by the manual of a semi-modular synth - "East Beast"

Bit of Each 25a

Set sail to explore the sector with a joyful song in Klingon (with an accent).  AI 4.5 and human polish.  (not affiliated or endorsed by CBS).
~ tlhIngan Qapla' yIchegh / Klingon, return to battle for success! ~
This song uses phrases to cover most letters of the Klingon alphabet.

Cockpit-yIchegh

French Horn -> Korg DS8 -> Yamaha SY77/SY85 -> Reason --> Ableton Push + Rewire.  Many many iPad synths.

I teach agile project management and software development.  EdTech geek and graduate student.

AgileBill4d

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