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media type="file" key="Epic Deepish House by Daniel 1.mp3"


 * media type="file" key="Dan's Boobass Song.mp3"

Class Listening Exercise:** Listen to the audio examples on the House beat page linked below. For each song, create a description for the following concepts:
 * Tempo or Speed of song
 * Instruments or Timbre
 * Analogue or Samples
 * Type of Percussion used
 * Synthesis tools used ( looping, Slicers, FX)
 * Mood or Spirit of the piece


 * Tempo: 120ish**

Voice, samples, clapping on 2 and 4, 4/4 time, looping, high-hat, bass, kick drum every beat

Technotronic - Pump the Jam 1989


 * tempo 120ish**, bass drum heavier, high pitched popping sounds (acid house), analog device TB303

Played at a club called The Warehouse (nightclub, where the name "House" comes from)

Acid Trax - by Future


 * 120ish**, Chicago House, clap every 2nd and 4th beat, high-hat on the offbeat, heavy bass drum every beat, adds a lead track, constant loop

Right Kind of Love by The Loop Doctor


 * 120ish**, Deep House, more ambient, more underground and less commercial, "swirling synth", "strong rolling bassline", more mellow, still has bass drum, clap, high hat, synth pads

Faith by JD


 * 130ish**, Hard House (British, harder sound to it) sawtooth wave synth, very repetitive, Hard House often has high-pitched vocals,

French Fries


 * 120ish**, Garage, more funk, latin feel, once again driving bass drum, upbeat high-hat

You Give Me Love by Keith Thompson


 * 120ish**, Speed Garage

Baby When You Hold Me - Undaground Playaz

Notes on Fruity Loops:

1. Sequencer: creates the "riffs" of the song Transport Bar:
 * 1) top left: beats per measure, standard --
 * 2) Top right slider: swing feel
 * 3) Graph editor: controls resonance, cutoff, panning, etc
 * 4) Piano Roll - worthless simplified version of piano roll
 * 5) Click the little light next to the track to mute it
 * 6) Left nob controls panning
 * 7) Right nob controls track's volume
 * 8) Bottom left drop down menu for instruments

> 01. These little buttons switch between the pattern in the step sequencer, and the entire song in the playlist. > 02. Little slider to slide through the song.. :P > 03. Play, Stop, and Record. > 04. Adjusts tempo, just click and move the mouse up or down. > 05. Selects a step sequencer pattern. Adjusted like tempo. > 06. Playlist editor. (F5) > 07. Step Sequencer. (F6) > 08. Piano Roll (F7) > 09. Browser. (F8) > 10. Mixer. (F9)