{ "id": "midi-virtual-instruments", "title": "MIDI & Virtual Instruments", "course_url": "/learn/courses/midi-virtual-instruments.html", "audience": "student", "lesson_count": 33, "mapped_checkpoint_count": 33, "rows": [ { "id": "MVI-U01-L01", "lesson_number": 1, "title": "One performance, two sounds", "assignment": "Three sentences explaining MIDI, audio and project roles; one unchanged musical feature and one changed sound feature.", "practice_steps": [ "Import first-steps.mid, or enter the first four events from the table. Set 96 BPM.", "Choose a pitched instrument and play the phrase. Keep the note events unchanged.", "Choose a contrasting instrument and replay. Describe attack or release rather than only good/bad.", "Save the original MIDI and record both instrument names in your project notes." ], "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": [ "MIDI role accurate", "Audio role accurate", "Unchanged feature identified", "Changed sound described" ], "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": "MVI-U01-L02", "lesson_number": 2, "title": "Build one playable route", "assignment": "A route drawing and a saved project with three notes; state whether input was drawn, on-screen or physical.", "practice_steps": [ "Create one instrument track and select a built-in pitched sound.", "Enter or play notes 60, 64 and 67 separately at moderate velocity.", "Label the note input, instrument, track audio and output in a simple route drawing.", "Save a project named MVI-U01-route-v 01 and reopen it before continuing." ], "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": [ "Playable three-note track", "MIDI and audio distinguished", "Output identified", "Saved state reopened" ], "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": "MVI-U01-L03", "lesson_number": 3, "title": "Record a phrase worth keeping", "assignment": "Editable performance or native project, audio render and a short instrument/tempo record.", "practice_steps": [ "Make an original 8–16-note phrase, using First Steps only as practice if needed.", "Listen once without editing; name one intended focal note.", "Save the editable project and export MIDI if available. Export audio including the final tail.", "Name the files consistently and record tempo, instrument and preset." ], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the editable digital sketches as well as listening copies. Identify a rhythmic, melodic or harmonic difference between the alternatives.", "standards": [ "ideas" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Original phrase retained", "Editable version saved", "Full ending exported", "Instrument and tempo recorded" ], "assessed_focus": "Retain distinct rhythmic, melodic or harmonic ideas and explain how the digital tools helped produce them.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U01-L04", "lesson_number": 4, "title": "Prove the handoff opens", "assignment": "A completed handoff record with actual results and a correction for any failed check.", "practice_steps": [ "Fill in the handoff template with real filenames and instrument dependencies.", "Save a copy, close the working project and reopen the saved copy.", "Play the exported audio in a separate player and check its beginning and ending.", "Reimport MIDI where supported; record each test as passed, failed or not available." ], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Project reopen tested", "Audio independently played", "MIDI exchange status honest", "Dependencies documented" ], "assessed_focus": "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U02-L01", "lesson_number": 5, "title": "Ports are not channels", "assignment": "Two fault explanations and a labeled one-route diagram.", "practice_steps": [ "Draw controller or editor → input/track → instrument → audio output. Label MIDI versus audio.", "Solve Route A in the route cards: sender channel 2, receiver channel 3 only.", "Solve Route B: two enabled routes from the same controller to the same receiver.", "Mark one unnecessary route to disable in the fictional setup and predict a successful retest." ], "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": [ "Port/channel distinction", "Route labels correct", "Mismatch diagnosed", "Retest prediction specific" ], "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": "MVI-U02-L02", "lesson_number": 6, "title": "Change one property at a time", "assignment": "Before/after values, editable revision and a two-sound observation.", "practice_steps": [ "Copy the phrase and choose one note. Write its number, start beat, duration and velocity.", "Transpose only that note by twelve semitones; listen, then restore it.", "Double only its duration. Listen with a sustained sound and a percussive sound if available.", "Keep a named edited version and explain which changes the receiver made audible." ], "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": [ "Four properties identified", "Pitch test isolated", "Duration test isolated", "Receiver behavior explained" ], "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": "MVI-U02-L03", "lesson_number": 7, "title": "Give the phrase an accent", "assignment": "Baseline/revision, named focal note and evidence of how the instrument responded.", "practice_steps": [ "Duplicate your phrase as flat and shaped versions.", "Set a consistent moderate velocity in the flat version.", "In the shaped version, emphasize one focal note and soften the ending; keep pitch and time fixed.", "Render both and explain whether the accent affected level, tone or both in your actual instrument." ], "evidence_requirement": "Identify the intended expression and point to two audible details that support your interpretation.", "standards": [ "interpret" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Pitch/time controlled", "Accent intentional", "Ending shaped", "Response described accurately" ], "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": "MVI-U02-L04", "lesson_number": 8, "title": "Release, bend and pressure", "assignment": "Annotated event card and a tested-versus-modeled expression record.", "practice_steps": [ "Annotate the provided event sequence: note starts, note releases and pedal release.", "Where supported, draw a sustain-off point before the next harmony and test the transition. Otherwise predict it on the event card.", "Explain how a pitch-bend range mismatch could change the intended gesture.", "Record which controls you actually tested and which you studied from the card." ], "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": [ "Number/value distinguished", "Release sequence understood", "Expression types distinguished", "Test status accurate" ], "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": "MVI-U03-L01", "lesson_number": 9, "title": "Move halfway, not everywhere", "assignment": "Before/after onset, unchanged baseline and one located musical reason for the chosen version.", "practice_steps": [ "Inspect the timing table and locate an event whose original offset is +20 ms.", "Predict the offset after a 50% correction and compare the table.", "Apply a suitable grid to a copy of your phrase; if strength is unavailable, move one event halfway manually.", "Compare baseline and edit at the same tempo and keep the version that serves your stated feel." ], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original and edited versions. Identify the changed passage and audition its entrance, join and ending.", "standards": [ "edit" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Appropriate grid chosen", "Halfway calculation correct", "Baseline retained", "Musical choice supported" ], "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": "MVI-U03-L02", "lesson_number": 10, "title": "Swing with a stable anchor", "assignment": "Two versions and a timing explanation naming the unchanged anchors.", "practice_steps": [ "Create or import an eight-note pattern with two events per beat.", "Duplicate it; keep events on whole beats fixed.", "Move only the second event of each pair later, using the table if no swing control exists.", "Render both and identify an anchor that stayed fixed and an offbeat that moved." ], "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": [ "Anchors preserved", "Offbeats selected correctly", "Two versions retained", "Timing relationship explained" ], "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": "MVI-U03-L03", "lesson_number": 11, "title": "Variation with a reason", "assignment": "Three labeled versions and a short decision record naming the isolated variable.", "practice_steps": [ "Copy a short pattern into baseline, velocity-test and timing-test versions.", "In velocity-test, create a repeated accent/soft-note relationship without moving starts.", "In timing-test, restore velocity and move one recurring part consistently relative to the pulse.", "Choose one test to keep and describe its musical job and one possible cost." ], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the editable digital sketches as well as listening copies. Identify a rhythmic, melodic or harmonic difference between the alternatives.", "standards": [ "ideas" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Baseline kept", "Velocity test isolated", "Timing test isolated", "Choice and cost explained" ], "assessed_focus": "Retain distinct rhythmic, melodic or harmonic ideas and explain how the digital tools helped produce them.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U03-L04", "lesson_number": 12, "title": "Build a drum performance", "assignment": "Editable two-bar pattern, audio, actual drum map and a sentence about the variation’s purpose.", "practice_steps": [ "Audition your drum instrument and write the actual kick, snare and hat note numbers.", "Import or enter a two-bar pattern and correct any mapping mismatch.", "Keep the first bar and create a final-half-bar variation in the second.", "Play with your bass or a steady click; reduce hits if the return to the downbeat becomes unclear." ], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the editable digital sketches as well as listening copies. Identify a rhythmic, melodic or harmonic difference between the alternatives.", "standards": [ "ideas" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Actual map verified", "Pulse established", "Ending variation intentional", "Context playback checked" ], "assessed_focus": "Retain distinct rhythmic, melodic or harmonic ideas and explain how the digital tools helped produce them.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U04-L01", "lesson_number": 13, "title": "A sample becomes an instrument", "assignment": "A sample-state record and either a playable mapping or a clearly labeled analysis of the supplied pair.", "practice_steps": [ "Import sample-root.wav into a sampler if supported; otherwise compare the supplied pair and annotate expected mapping.", "Assign the original pitch to note 60 and test 60 then 72, or inspect the supplied speed-linked example.", "Record whether pitch and duration both change in your actual instrument.", "Save the project/sample together and add a source entry crediting the course-generated asset." ], "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": [ "Source retained", "Root/test pitches documented", "Pitch/duration behavior described", "Practical or analysis status clear" ], "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": "MVI-U04-L02", "lesson_number": 14, "title": "Shape attack, body and release", "assignment": "Baseline/revision, the changed control and an explanation tied to the part’s role.", "practice_steps": [ "Choose a preset and save its baseline state in a project copy.", "Name the intended role: short pulse, foreground phrase or connected background.", "Change only one available envelope parameter and replay the unchanged notes.", "Save the revision, render the phrase and describe one benefit and one possible overlap cost." ], "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": [ "Role stated", "One envelope variable changed", "Notes held constant", "Benefit and cost located" ], "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": "MVI-U04-L03", "lesson_number": 15, "title": "Hear what an FM modulator does", "assignment": "Controlled comparison and either a saved FM state or a clearly labeled interpretation of the supplied model.", "practice_steps": [ "Predict which example has more audible brightness or complexity, then listen and locate the difference.", "On an available FM instrument, save a copy and identify a modulator from its diagram. Otherwise use the supplied settings as your analysis route.", "Change one modulation control modestly; keep note events fixed and reduce playback level if needed.", "Save the custom state where possible and describe tone separately from loudness." ], "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": [ "Carrier/modulator roles distinguished", "One control compared", "Loudness bias considered", "State or analysis retained" ], "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": "MVI-U04-L04", "lesson_number": 16, "title": "Give every layer a job", "assignment": "Layered project/audio, role statements and a mono-check result or explicitly untested mono status.", "practice_steps": [ "Create two separate instrument parts and name each role in one sentence.", "Compare matching-register and octave-separated versions while keeping rhythm fixed.", "Set a useful balance and mute each layer briefly to test its contribution.", "Listen in stereo and an actual mono sum if available; record the method and any change." ], "evidence_requirement": "Retain the editable arrangement and its starting ideas. Explain how their placement or combination establishes the larger musical form.", "standards": [ "arrange" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Distinct layer roles", "Register comparison controlled", "Mute test informs balance", "Mono method/status accurate" ], "assessed_focus": "Show which musical ideas were selected and how their order, combination or development creates a larger work.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U05-L01", "lesson_number": 17, "title": "More steps, useful movement", "assignment": "Annotated numeric comparison and a musical test proposal with its limits.", "practice_steps": [ "Compare the four-level and sixteen-level values on the card for the same requested movement.", "Identify two requested values that collapse to one value in the coarse model.", "Listen and describe the modeled steps; name smoothing as another possible influence.", "Write one gesture, the required route components and an observable test of whether finer control helps." ], "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": [ "Resolution distinction correct", "Collapsed values identified", "Musical purpose specific", "Simulation limitation stated" ], "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": "MVI-U05-L02", "lesson_number": 18, "title": "Move one voice inside a chord", "assignment": "Two pitch predictions, an audible comparison and practical-test or analysis status.", "practice_steps": [ "Read the starting notes 60,64,67 and predict the result when all rise two semitones.", "Predict the result when only 67 rises two semitones.", "Listen to both examples and describe the different harmonic result.", "If your instrument supports independent expression, test and save it; otherwise annotate the event card and label the work as analysis." ], "evidence_requirement": "Identify the intended expression and point to two audible details that support your interpretation.", "standards": [ "interpret" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Whole-chord prediction correct", "Top-note prediction correct", "Mechanisms distinguished", "Evidence status honest" ], "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": "MVI-U05-L03", "lesson_number": 19, "title": "Agree on what a control means", "assignment": "A capability table with evidence in each column and one unanswered compatibility question.", "practice_steps": [ "Read the fictional controller and instrument cards.", "Choose the shared Profile P behavior and locate evidence in the four columns.", "Mark high-resolution note data as unverified where the host information is missing.", "Write the next observation needed before claiming a complete working path." ], "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": [ "Four evidence states separated", "Shared capability identified", "Missing evidence retained", "Next test specific" ], "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": "MVI-U05-L04", "lesson_number": 20, "title": "Design an expression test", "assignment": "A one-page feature test with requirements, expected behavior, failure evidence and tested/planned status.", "practice_steps": [ "Choose either independent-note bend or a smooth control sweep as the claim.", "List controller, host, connection, instrument and mode requirements.", "Write a short input gesture, expected result and failure signs.", "Add an export/reopen check; execute only if the teacher has a compatible setup, and record actual results separately from predictions." ], "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": [ "Claim bounded", "Required path identified", "Pass/failure observable", "Reopen test included" ], "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": "MVI-U06-L01", "lesson_number": 21, "title": "Name the layer", "assignment": "A layered route diagram and two unsupported claims corrected.", "practice_steps": [ "Label Route C’s gesture, message protocol, packet representation, connection and receiving instrument.", "Explain how UMP carrying MIDI 1.0 messages differs from assuming MIDI 2.0 Channel Voice.", "Mark device enumeration as a connection observation, not an audible-success claim.", "Draw your current classroom route and leave unknown message-format details explicitly unknown." ], "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": [ "Protocol distinguished", "UMP distinguished", "Transport distinguished", "Unknowns retained" ], "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": "MVI-U06-L02", "lesson_number": 22, "title": "Keep the instrument state", "assignment": "Instrument-state inventory, baseline/revision names and a restoration result.", "practice_steps": [ "List the files/settings your sound needs: instrument/version, preset and any sample.", "Save a baseline project or supported preset before editing.", "Change one reversible parameter in a copy; if unavailable, complete the fictional name-change card.", "Restore the baseline and document what actually recovered and what remained only a simulation." ], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Dependencies identified", "Baseline preserved", "Change bounded", "Restoration checked" ], "assessed_focus": "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U06-L03", "lesson_number": 23, "title": "Find what conversion loses", "assignment": "Completed conversion example and an actual export comparison or a labeled paper analysis.", "practice_steps": [ "Map the card’s values using its explicit four-level rounding rule.", "Find two distinct inputs with the same output and describe the information lost.", "Export and reimport a copy of your editable phrase where supported; compare notes, timing and any expressive data.", "Record one preserved property and one loss or untested feature. Keep the reference audio." ], "evidence_requirement": "Record the digital source’s author or organization, location and date. Explain why it answers this question and what it leaves unresolved.", "standards": [ "research" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Conversion rule applied", "Merged values identified", "Preservation checked by property", "Untested features stated" ], "assessed_focus": "Identify the source, check its authority and relevance, and distinguish a verified fact from an unanswered question.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U06-L04", "lesson_number": 24, "title": "Package for another musician", "assignment": "A tested handoff folder and completed file-role/dependency record.", "practice_steps": [ "Collect your project, permitted sources, MIDI exports and an audio reference in one named folder.", "Complete every applicable field in the handoff template; use not applicable rather than invented values.", "Copy the folder to a new approved location and reopen the project from there.", "Check reference playback and MIDI import where supported; record missing dependencies and fix or clearly disclose them." ], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "File roles clear", "Sources/dependencies included or stated", "Start/tempo recorded", "Copied package tested" ], "assessed_focus": "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U07-L01", "lesson_number": 25, "title": "Put audio beside MIDI", "assignment": "Baseline/revision and a timing note distinguishing observed alignment from unmeasured monitoring latency.", "practice_steps": [ "Import guide.wav and response-late.wav at the same zero start, or add an approved original audio part to your MIDI phrase.", "Identify three corresponding intended attacks and estimate their offsets.", "If the difference is consistent, move a copy once; if it varies, document why one shift is insufficient.", "Compare before/after in context and preserve the original placement." ], "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": [ "Audio role stated", "Multiple attacks inspected", "Correction matches evidence", "Latency claim bounded" ], "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": "MVI-U07-L02", "lesson_number": 26, "title": "Fix the right thing", "assignment": "Baseline and two alternatives with a performance/instrument/arrangement/mix classification.", "practice_steps": [ "Build or identify an overlap between foreground and support. Save a baseline.", "Create alternative A by changing only register, entrance or duration.", "Restore the baseline and make alternative B using only support-track level.", "Compare at sensible playback levels and choose a version using one located musical reason." ], "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": [ "Conflict located", "Domains correctly identified", "Alternatives isolated", "Choice supports foreground" ], "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": "MVI-U07-L03", "lesson_number": 27, "title": "Save the movement", "assignment": "Project with one intentional move, audio render and a movement-storage/reopen note.", "practice_steps": [ "Choose one control and identify whether the DAW stores it as host automation or MIDI data.", "Draw or record a short movement around a specific entrance.", "Save and reopen the project; start playback before the move and observe its behavior.", "Export audio and listen outside the DAW. Record whether the editable movement also survives MIDI export if tested." ], "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": [ "Movement purpose clear", "Storage location identified", "Reopen behavior verified", "Render independently checked" ], "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": "MVI-U07-L04", "lesson_number": 28, "title": "Choose a timing authority", "assignment": "A completed synchronization card and a diagram with two verification tests.", "practice_steps": [ "Match the four fictional requirements to pulse, position, transport or sample timing.", "Draw one tempo authority and its follower for the drum-machine card.", "Add a separate position requirement for the recorder card; do not assume start/stop carries it.", "Write two observable tests: repeat a start and locate to a named middle position." ], "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": [ "Four jobs distinguished", "Authority identified", "Start test observable", "Locate test observable" ], "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": "MVI-U08-L01", "lesson_number": 29, "title": "Find the first failing stage", "assignment": "A short diagnostic report including evidence that could disprove the first hypothesis.", "practice_steps": [ "Choose Fault A or B and list what is already proven by its observations.", "Identify the earliest unproven stage and propose one discriminating test.", "Apply the test to a teacher-prepared copy if available; otherwise use the card’s returned observation.", "Write expected result, actual observation, conclusion and the next test or repair verification." ], "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": [ "Proven stages identified", "Hypothesis bounded", "Test discriminates causes", "Retest reported" ], "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": "MVI-U08-L02", "lesson_number": 30, "title": "Make your work understandable", "assignment": "Accessible comparison description, source record and a corrected ambiguity.", "practice_steps": [ "Write a caption naming the unchanged material, changed variable and comparison location.", "Add text values and note numbers to an explanation instead of relying only on color.", "List the creator/source and permitted use for every imported asset; identify your own work too.", "Have a peer or teacher follow the description and record one ambiguity you corrected." ], "evidence_requirement": "Prepare the presentation digitally and identify its intended recipient. Explain why you chose these examples and this format.", "standards": [ "audience" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Comparison described in text", "Values/locations usable", "Sources and permissions recorded", "Feedback improves clarity" ], "assessed_focus": "Identify the intended recipient and adapt the selection, format and explanation to that recipient’s needs.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U08-L03", "lesson_number": 31, "title": "Build a piece with evidence", "assignment": "A working project and draft audio with four located decisions and retained edit evidence.", "practice_steps": [ "Plan the three roles and three sections on the capstone checklist.", "Assemble your earlier original phrases into 45–90 seconds; add material only when it serves a role.", "Retain before/after evidence for one timing edit and one expression edit.", "Save one sound decision and one arrangement-space decision. Ask a peer or teacher for one specific musical improvement; apply or test it, and retain the feedback plus a before/after explanation." ], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the editable digital sketches as well as listening copies. Identify a rhythmic, melodic or harmonic difference between the alternatives.", "standards": [ "ideas" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Three roles and a form", "Timing/expression evidence retained", "Sound decision documented", "Arrangement choice explained" ], "assessed_focus": "Retain distinct rhythmic, melodic or harmonic ideas and explain how the digital tools helped produce them.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "MVI-U08-L04", "lesson_number": 32, "title": "Deliver, reopen and defend", "assignment": "Final package, reopen evidence, accessible reflection and bounded MIDI 2.0 readiness note.", "practice_steps": [ "Complete the handoff record and package the final reference, project, permitted sources and evidence.", "Open a copied package independently or with a school-approved reviewer; record actual results and fixes.", "Present a two-minute explanation or equivalent text showing a kept decision, rejected test and next skill.", "Write a MIDI 2.0 readiness note naming a feature, required path and tested or planned status." ], "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": [ "Final audio verified", "Editable recovery status clear", "Decisions supported by evidence", "Readiness claim bounded" ], "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": "MVI-FINAL", "lesson_number": 33, "title": "Final portfolio and practical review", "assignment": "Portfolio evidence references, final handoff/recovery result, practical-skill record and next learning step.", "practice_steps": [ "Locate evidence from the course tasks or modules for each final criterion. Include the original, a justified revision, and the verification result.", "Preserve the listening copy, editable recovery materials and applicable source permissions. Use your teacher-selected DAW.", "Name skills operated independently, skills completed with assistance and skills only analyzed. Arrange required practical opportunities before asking for final acceptance.", "Present your decisions in accessible text or a school-approved recording with a transcript. The reviewer must be able to inspect the evidence." ], "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": [ "Musical form: beginning, development and ending", "Roles and contrasting instrument choices", "Located and justified timing evidence", "Accurately described expression evidence", "Sound choice and space-making arrangement", "Accessible explanation and source permissions", "Working reference and tested editable recovery", "Kept/rejected judgment and bounded MIDI 2.0 readiness" ], "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." } ], "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 “Prove the handoff opens.” 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 “Final portfolio and practical review” 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": "start", "fit": "About 13–18; a suitable first digital-music course.", "prioritySkills": "MIDI versus audio; performance editing; instrument design; portable project handoff.", "priorSkills": "Basic computer use; no keyboard-playing skill required.", "equipment": "Computer with a DAW and virtual instrument, headphones; a MIDI keyboard is optional.", "expectedTime": "20 planned hours.", "teacherGuidance": "Teacher helps with first routing and file saves; later projects can be independent.", "teacherEditionUrl": "/learn/courses/teaching-midi-virtual-instruments.html" } }