Japanese guestlecture

Two days ago, me and my class got a guestlecture from three japanese sounddesigners and music composers. One of them presented his composed music and the programs that he use. One of these were Sonar X3, which we tested after his presentation. In their studio in the D-bulding, we students were divided in teams of two-four who shared the four available computers in the room.

The assignment was to compose Pyotr Tchaikovskys piano concerto no. 1 with Sonar X3. Me and my team only had the time to compose one quarter of his opus. We got an instruction guide from the teachers on how to navigate in Sonar X3 (adding instruments and how to write down vocals). One of the teachers also displayed this with the studios giant LCD-TV. We used small usb-pianos to add the vocals for respective intrument.

They only had time with us for one lecture out of four that they previosly planned, because these would otherwise collide with our other lectures in Written and Spoken Communikation and in Game Design/Team Projects. It's a shame, because I'm very interested to know on how to create sound effects and music.

However, this was not a mandatory lecture, thus not affecting our grades. And we got a big one -month project to deal with, plus the scientific article and speech in the Written and Spoken Communikation-course.

Nevertheless, it was a fun day for me and the few of us who attended their lecture.