{
  "id": "roger-nichols-drum-replacement",
  "title": "The Roger Nichols Drum Replacement Method",
  "course_url": "/learn/courses/roger-nichols-drum-replacement.html",
  "audience": "advanced",
  "lesson_count": 35,
  "mapped_checkpoint_count": 35,
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-1",
      "lesson_number": 1,
      "title": "1 Why Roger invented Wendel",
      "assignment": "Listen to “Hey Nineteen” and describe the pulse, snare sound, and kick-and-bass relationship. Explain why the Gaucho team wanted control of drum sound and placement.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Identify the intended expression and point to two audible details that support your interpretation.",
      "standards": [
        "interpret"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Distinguish a choice of drum sound from a change in when a hit occurs."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Identify the intended expression and explain how specific musical elements and production choices convey it.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-2",
      "lesson_number": 2,
      "title": "2 What had to be built",
      "assignment": "Draw the path from a recorded drum hit through conversion, memory, playback, and studio output. Calculate the storage for ten seconds of mono, 16-bit audio at 50 kHz.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Label the parts, connections and direction of flow. Use the model to explain one result or predict the effect of a specific change.",
      "standards": [
        "model"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "The calculation should give 1,000,000 bytes before file overhead. Explain why silence before a sample’s attack makes the audible hit late."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Identify the parts and connections, then use the diagram or sequence to explain or isolate a problem.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-3",
      "lesson_number": 3,
      "title": "3 Understand the Street Life example",
      "assignment": "Compare Drums alone, Drums plus Clap / Snare, and Drums plus a Wendel replacement on Clap / Snare. Write down which snare sounds remain in each version.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "The original snare remains in Drums throughout this comparison. Describe what the added layer changes."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-4",
      "lesson_number": 4,
      "title": "4 Set up the snare lesson",
      "assignment": "Open Street Life — plugin demo, select Clap / Snare, and insert Wendel Jr. Solo the source briefly, then listen with the kit. Save a practice copy.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Both the selected track and insert window should identify Clap / Snare. Check that just one replacement processor is active."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-5",
      "lesson_number": 5,
      "title": "5 Choose a Wendel Jr snare",
      "assignment": "Compare 1923LUDWIG, 3X13DAMP, and 5X14WROOM on the same passage with both tunings at zero. Choose a snare and describe its attack, body, and decay.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Match listening levels and explain how the choice fits the kit and song."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-6",
      "lesson_number": 6,
      "title": "6 Make each intended hit trigger once",
      "assignment": "Count the intended snare hits in a short passage. Adjust Sensitivity and Ignore to correct missed and extra hits, then test a fill and a quieter passage.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Keep separate counts of missed and extra triggers. Confirm that closely spaced intended strokes survive."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-7",
      "lesson_number": 7,
      "title": "Wendel-izer front-panel walkthrough",
      "assignment": "Find Pre, Expand, both Release controls, Attack, Ratio, and Band Levels. Set the lesson baseline, select a snare, and play the passage.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Identify which controls affect detection and which affect the expression of detected hits."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-8",
      "lesson_number": 8,
      "title": "Wendel-izer front-panel listening exercise",
      "assignment": "Compare Ratio 1 and 4, then restore Ratio 1 and compare Expand 1 and 0.8. Keep the passage, sample, and listening level consistent.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Describe what happens to accents and ghost notes. The Band Levels faders set amplitude regions."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-9",
      "lesson_number": 9,
      "title": "7 Use Wendel-izer for sound variation",
      "assignment": "Use Single mode to compare two assigned snares. Make one restrained reinforcement and one deliberate change of snare character.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Keep source timing and detection settings consistent. Explain the tonal difference at similar loudness."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-10",
      "lesson_number": 10,
      "title": "8 Control Wendel-izer detection and balance",
      "assignment": "Compare three Sensitivity settings on the same passage. Adjust Holdoff if ringing causes retriggers, then test a fill.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Choose the setting that catches quiet intended strokes without adding bleed-triggered hits."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-11",
      "lesson_number": 11,
      "title": "9 Blend the new snare with the mixed kit",
      "assignment": "Bring the replacement layer up gradually alongside Drums. Compare the kit alone, kit with the unprocessed layer, and kit with replacement.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Listen for flams, hollow tone, excessive decay, and loss of vocal clarity. Save the chosen layer level."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-12",
      "lesson_number": 12,
      "title": "10 The anatomy of a convincing drum sound",
      "assignment": "Audition three kick or snare samples with the full arrangement. Describe attack, body, pitch, room sound, and decay for each.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Add a labeled sketch explaining the sound behavior you observed, and cite the relevant lesson or source. Separate a listening observation from a physical measurement.",
      "standards": [
        "sound"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Choose the sample that solves a named problem. For kick, explain its relationship with bass."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Connect the observed sound to its physical or digital cause and use a labeled sketch or graphic to explain it.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-13",
      "lesson_number": 13,
      "title": "11 Timing phase and the science of layering",
      "assignment": "Compare original and replacement separately, then together. Try another sample or small tuning change if their blend loses weight. Preserve the original timing.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Add a labeled sketch explaining the sound behavior you observed, and cite the relevant lesson or source. Separate a listening observation from a physical measurement.",
      "standards": [
        "sound"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Explain how polarity inversion differs from a time shift. Check the blend on several hits and in mono."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Connect the observed sound to its physical or digital cause and use a labeled sketch or graphic to explain it.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-14",
      "lesson_number": 14,
      "title": "12 Tune the sound without losing the drum",
      "assignment": "Set Tuning A and B equally and compare −2, 0, and +2 semitones. Match output levels, then try a small A/B difference on a fill.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Describe the change in attack and decay as well as pitch. Check kick tuning with bass."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-15",
      "lesson_number": 15,
      "title": "13 Wendel Jr complete control guide",
      "assignment": "On a practice copy, deliberately create a false trigger, a missed close hit, and an unintended cartridge change. Identify the cause and repair each one.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Use Sensitivity, Ignore, and Cartridge select for their distinct purposes. Save the restored version."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-16",
      "lesson_number": 16,
      "title": "14 Wendel-izer dynamics and level regions",
      "assignment": "With one sample selected, compare multi-parameter dynamics on and off. Then change Ratio and Expand separately while listening to accents and ghost notes.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Explain how the dynamics change while confirming that intended notes still trigger."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-17",
      "lesson_number": 17,
      "title": "15 Wendel-izer Mix Blend and Output",
      "assignment": "At Blend 1, compare Mix 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 1. Then hold Mix at 0.5 and compare Blend 0.5, 1, and 2. Match loudness with Output.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Identify which control changes both contributions and which changes only replacement level."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-18",
      "lesson_number": 18,
      "title": "16 Wendel-izer samples variation and audition",
      "assignment": "Build a pool of two related snare samples. Compare Single, Round robin, Random, and Fill A/B on a roll, keeping a Single version for reference.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Check both sample assignments and explain whether the variation sounds natural or distracting."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-19",
      "lesson_number": 19,
      "title": "17 Wendel-izer analysis and timing workflow",
      "assignment": "Analyze the trigger track’s source WAV and set Source start in session to its actual position. Listen through a backbeat, quiet passage, and fill.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "All three passages should stay aligned. Reanalyze after changing detector settings or the source."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-20",
      "lesson_number": 20,
      "title": "18 Separate drums when only a mix is available",
      "assignment": "Export a short region from Drums, run Drum Separation in the Mac companion, and import result.json with all four WAVs. Listen to each returned part.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "The parts should align with the selected region. Identify spill, missing hits, or damaged attacks."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-21",
      "lesson_number": 21,
      "title": "19 Project B complete the stereo drum separation",
      "assignment": "Separate the complete Drums clip. Mute Clap / Snare, then compare the original stereo kit with the four unprocessed parts at their imported levels.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original and edited versions. Identify the changed passage and audition its entrance, join and ending.",
      "standards": [
        "edit"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Switch between the original and reconstructed kit. Keep start positions and relative levels unchanged."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Retain the source, make the intended edit, and audition the boundaries and the finished passage.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-22",
      "lesson_number": 22,
      "title": "20 Project B replace and blend the kick",
      "assignment": "Insert Wendel Jr on Drums — kick. Compare 1960LUDWIGKICK, 20inKICK, and 22inKICK, then test replacement mixes of 0, 0.35, and 1.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Check quiet and fast kicks, attack timing, and the bass relationship. Record both tuning settings."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-23",
      "lesson_number": 23,
      "title": "21 Project B replace and blend the snare",
      "assignment": "Insert Wendel-izer on Drums — snare. Choose one sample and compare Mix 0, 0.5, and 1 with Blend 1, then compare equal A/B tuning at 0 and −1.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Retain ghost notes and check cymbal and room tails with the complete kit."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-24",
      "lesson_number": 24,
      "title": "22 Three ways to combine original and new drums",
      "assignment": "Make three versions: reinforcement over the intact kit, partial replacement inside the reconstructed kit, and fully wet kick and snare inside that kit.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Draw or describe the audible tracks in each version. Check that the original stereo kit is muted in the two reconstruction versions."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-25",
      "lesson_number": 25,
      "title": "23 Evaluate a separated snare before replacing it",
      "assignment": "Count snare hits in an original passage, its separated snare, and the triggered result. Compare the full mix before and after at similar loudness.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Decide whether the separated part works as audible sound, a trigger, or neither. Explain the decision with listening examples."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-26",
      "lesson_number": 26,
      "title": "24 Troubleshooting and final assignment",
      "assignment": "Complete Projects A and B. Save original, replacement-only, and blended comparisons, settings, and a short explanation of the final musical choices.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Add a brief annotation to each selected item: your role, the task, a decision you made, the result and one skill to develop next.",
      "standards": [
        "portfolio"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Use the course’s 100-point rubric: triggers 30, timing 20, sound and blend 20, dynamics 15, and comparison and explanation 15."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Select relevant work, identify individual contributions, and explain the process, result and next learning step.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-27",
      "lesson_number": 27,
      "title": "Read Wendel-izer meters while it plays",
      "assignment": "Watch Wendel-izer’s Input, Mix, Blend, region, and output meters during a backbeat and fill. Compare each path by listening.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Identify replacement and original-path activity. Check actual output headroom on the DAW’s level meters."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-28",
      "lesson_number": 28,
      "title": "Read Wendel Jr while it plays",
      "assignment": "Play the kick example with Cartridge select fixed at 1. Compare Replacement mix 0, 0.35, and 1 with matched listening levels.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Relate Trigger, Ignore, and A/B indications to the notes heard. Check for missing strokes and unexpected cartridge changes."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-29",
      "lesson_number": 29,
      "title": "Wendel Jr controls and musical decisions",
      "assignment": "Compare Sensitivity 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6, then Ignore 30, 50, and 80 ms. Test equal tuning and a small A/B difference.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Keep a record of intended, missed, and extra hits. Choose settings that preserve the fill and groove."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-30",
      "lesson_number": 30,
      "title": "Wendel-izer input and timing decisions",
      "assignment": "Set Pre first, refine Sensitivity, then test Holdoff on fast strokes. Compare Attack and the two Release controls one at a time.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Explain which adjustment changes trigger reliability and which changes the response to soft and loud strokes."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-31",
      "lesson_number": 31,
      "title": "Wendel-izer dynamics and level-region decisions",
      "assignment": "Begin with Band Levels −36/−24/−12 dB. Compare Ratio 1, 2, and 4, then Expand 1, 0.9, and 0.8 with multi-parameter dynamics enabled.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Keep thresholds ordered and listen for the relationship between accents and ghost notes."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-32",
      "lesson_number": 32,
      "title": "Wendel-izer sample and tuning decisions",
      "assignment": "Assign two related sounds to enabled slots and audition them. Compare selection modes, then tune both A and B together.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Check sample eligibility, attack, room sound, and decay. Save the sample assignments and chosen mode."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-33",
      "lesson_number": 33,
      "title": "Wendel-izer blend and analysis decisions",
      "assignment": "Compare original-only, replacement-only, and blended states. Save source analysis with the correct start offset, reopen the session, and check alignment.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Demonstrate the operation yourself where equipment is available. Identify the controls used and verify the result; keep proposed operations separate from completed demonstrations.",
      "standards": [
        "tech"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Explain the roles of Mix, Blend, Output, and source analysis. Listen again after reopening."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-34",
      "lesson_number": 34,
      "title": "Separation controls and musical decisions",
      "assignment": "Separate a short drum passage and compare its four-part reconstruction with the original. Then use one separated part to trigger a replacement.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Retain the starting state, the proposed change and its result. Explain what the test established and what you would try next.",
      "standards": [
        "design"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Distinguish an artifact from separation from a problem introduced by replacement."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "lesson-section-35",
      "lesson_number": 35,
      "title": "Listening lab",
      "assignment": "Choose one steady passage and one with quiet or close strokes. Test detection, sample choice, pitch, dynamics, and blend separately, then export the chosen result.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Name the musical aim and two listening criteria. Mark the exact passage supporting your decision; explain one benefit and one cost of the chosen version.",
      "standards": [
        "compare"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Explain the final choice in terms of attack, body, tail, and groove. Include the original comparison and saved settings."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Name the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    }
  ],
  "teacher_assessment": {
    "instructions": "Assess the work named in each row. Record the file or portfolio entry, the criterion, the result and the next action. Use a practical observation for equipment operation. Give feedback on the learner’s decisions as well as the finished result.",
    "levels": {
      "3": "Criterion met, with independent verification or a successful application in another situation.",
      "2": "Criterion met: the required work is complete, accurate and supported by evidence.",
      "1": "Some relevant work is present, but the intended result has not been demonstrated.",
      "0": "The required evidence has not been submitted or demonstrated."
    },
    "self_guided": "Read the evidence requirement before starting. Save the work, check each criterion and revise any missing or unsuccessful part. Use a peer or instructor for tasks that require feedback or a witnessed practical demonstration."
  },
  "teacher_practice": [
    {
      "standard": "teach",
      "task": "Prepare and teach “1 Why Roger invented Wendel.” Demonstrate the task, then have learners complete it independently.",
      "evidence": "A teaching plan, demonstration or teach-back, and learner work showing the result.",
      "criterion": "State the learning objective, teach a workable activity and show how the resulting student work demonstrates the objective."
    },
    {
      "standard": "adapt",
      "task": "Adapt one practical assignment for a learner with limited equipment, a different way of accessing instructions, or a different way of presenting the result.",
      "evidence": "The original task, the adapted route and the shared assessment criteria.",
      "criterion": "Name a specific access or learning need and provide a usable alternative that preserves the intended skill."
    },
    {
      "standard": "assess",
      "task": "Use “Listening lab” to assess the learner’s decisions and finished work. Plan feedback and a second attempt for one unmet criterion.",
      "evidence": "An annotated rubric, specific feedback, revised work and a brief comparison.",
      "criterion": "Score the work against stated criteria, identify the misconception and provide feedback and a suitable next activity."
    }
  ],
  "readiness": {
    "pathway": "specialize",
    "fit": "Usually 16–18 with mixing experience; younger learners need a practical entry review.",
    "prioritySkills": "Trigger timing; sample choice; phase and blend; defending a replacement by ear.",
    "priorSkills": "Can edit drum timing, compare original and replacement in context, and preserve a session copy.",
    "equipment": "DAW, supplied Street Life examples, Wendel Jr and Wendel-izer demonstrations, headphones.",
    "expectedTime": "Plan 28–40 hours for 35 lessons and projects.",
    "teacherGuidance": "Teacher edition required for school use, especially for timing and source-provenance review.",
    "educationTitle": "The Roger Nichols Drum Replacement Method — Advanced Drum Production Elective",
    "teacherEditionUrl": "/learn/access.php?resource=teaching/roger-nichols-drum-replacement/teacher.html"
  }
}