{ "id": "roger-nichols-recording-method", "title": "The Roger Nichols Recording Method", "course_url": "/learn/courses/roger-nichols-recording-method.html", "audience": "advanced", "lesson_count": 32, "mapped_checkpoint_count": 32, "rows": [ { "id": "01", "lesson_number": 1, "title": "Plan the session and learn the workspace", "assignment": "Save your own copy of Exercise-201, close it, and reopen it. Play a short passage and find the play and stop controls, each track’s input and output, and the listening-volume control. Write a short recording plan: what you will record first, what you will overdub, and what you need before starting.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Your project is named Exercise-201 and saved as a separate copy.", "The same tracks and audio return when you reopen it.", "You can point to the play and stop controls, track inputs, track outputs, and listening level.", "Your recording plan names the instruments, recording order, and equipment you need." ], "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": "02", "lesson_number": 2, "title": "Noise, sound and recording formats", "assignment": "Listen to the original, hiss, and hum examples. Describe the difference between them. Draw the path from microphone to speakers and list where you would check for noise. Note the recording format, session format, and export format.", "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": [ "Describe the hiss and hum you hear.", "Draw the signal path and explain where you would start checking for noise.", "Identify the audio-file, session, and export formats.", "Explain why input gain and listening volume have different jobs." ], "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": "03", "lesson_number": 3, "title": "Create the microphone exercise", "assignment": "Create a mono track named Mic Test. Select your microphone input, make a short recording, then save and reopen the project.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original recording, setup details and playback check. A proposed setup or supplied recording does not demonstrate your own capture skill.", "standards": [ "capture" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "The Mic Test track is mono and uses the intended input.", "Note the sample rate and recording format.", "The track and routing return when you reopen the project.", "Name the microphone, interface input, and any required phantom power." ], "assessed_focus": "Select and connect the equipment, record the planned material, and replay it to verify the capture.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "04", "lesson_number": 4, "title": "Record and compare microphone response", "assignment": "Record the microphone comparisons described above. Keep each take and explain what changes when you move the microphone. Without recording equipment, compare the supplied demonstrations and write listening notes for each position.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Include a labeled placement sketch and microphone information from its manufacturer. Record whether you made the capture yourself, observed a demonstration, or analyzed supplied audio. Practical microphone operation requires a witnessed capture.", "standards": [ "mic" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Keep the recordings, or identify the demonstrations and times you compared.", "Turn record arm off before listening back.", "Describe the change in bass, clarity, and room sound at each position.", "Note the input level and listen for distortion in the recorded take." ], "assessed_focus": "Compare microphone behavior, justify placement and connections, and check the result against the recording purpose.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "04B", "lesson_number": 5, "title": "Compare Shabby Road microphone models", "assignment": "Compare two microphone models on the same phrase at similar listening levels. Save the one you prefer, then switch it off and on to explain what it changes.", "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": [ "Name both models and their comparison-gain settings.", "Use the same phrase for both models.", "Save and reopen the preferred setting.", "Explain how a modeled change differs from moving a real microphone." ], "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": "05", "lesson_number": 6, "title": "Trace the channel strip", "assignment": "Draw the channel’s signal path. Show where an insert processes the sound and where a send feeds a reverb return. Play the track and demonstrate each route.", "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 drawing matches the route you hear.", "Explain the difference between track level, send level, and listening volume." ], "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": "06", "lesson_number": 7, "title": "Prepare the supplied recording session", "assignment": "Set up the stereo Drums track to record from Bus 1–2. Arm it, start a short recording, then stop and listen to the recorded track. Explain what arming does and what starts the recording.", "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": [ "Drums is stereo, receives Bus 1–2, and feeds the stereo output with its fader at unity.", "The drums play once, without feedback or a doubled source.", "The correct audio reaches the intended track." ], "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": "07", "lesson_number": 8, "title": "Record the incomplete first drum take", "assignment": "Record the first drum take through 00:55. Listen back, locate the mistake, and keep the take for comparison with the next recording.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original recording, setup details and playback check. A proposed setup or supplied recording does not demonstrate your own capture skill.", "standards": [ "capture" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "A new recording appears on Drums.", "The recording ends at 00:55.", "The recorded take still plays when its source feed is muted." ], "assessed_focus": "Select and connect the equipment, record the planned material, and replay it to verify the capture.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "08", "lesson_number": 9, "title": "Record and retain the complete second take", "assignment": "Record the complete second drum take without overwriting the first. Compare them, select the second for overdubs, then save and reopen the project.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Both drum takes are kept.", "The second take is selected for overdubs.", "Both takes and their markers return when the project reopens." ], "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": "09", "lesson_number": 10, "title": "Gain structure and headphone balance", "assignment": "Make a comfortable headphone balance while keeping the recording input level unchanged. Explain when a performer would need a different mix from the control-room speakers.", "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": [ "Changing the listening mix does not change the recorded level.", "Identify input gain, track fader, master level, and headphone volume.", "Watch the input and output meters and avoid clipping.", "Show which outputs share a mix and which can carry a separate cue mix." ], "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": "10", "lesson_number": 11, "title": "Overdub bass and organ together", "assignment": "Record bass and organ together on separate mono tracks. Listen to each new track on its own, then with the drums. Save and reopen the project.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original recording, setup details and playback check. A proposed setup or supplied recording does not demonstrate your own capture skill.", "standards": [ "capture" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "Bass and Organ record from their intended buses and begin together.", "The drum takes remain unchanged.", "Pan Organ about halfway right and listen through the stereo output.", "Both new parts play separately and with the drums after reopening." ], "assessed_focus": "Select and connect the equipment, record the planned material, and replay it to verify the capture.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "11", "lesson_number": 12, "title": "Overdub stereo Rhodes", "assignment": "Record the stereo Rhodes part. Listen to its left and right channels and check it with the existing arrangement.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the original recording, setup details and playback check. A proposed setup or supplied recording does not demonstrate your own capture skill.", "standards": [ "capture" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "The new Rhodes recording has two channels.", "Its input is Bus 5–6.", "The earlier tracks and takes remain unchanged." ], "assessed_focus": "Select and connect the equipment, record the planned material, and replay it to verify the capture.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "12", "lesson_number": 13, "title": "Overdub guitar and vocal", "assignment": "Record guitar and vocal on separate mono tracks from 00:55 to 05:05. Listen to each and then both in the arrangement. Save a portable copy and reopen it. Explain when you would record the performers in separate passes.", "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": [ "Guitar and Vocal remain separate mono tracks.", "Pan Guitar about halfway left.", "Earlier recordings remain unchanged.", "Both new recordings cover 00:55–05:05.", "The parts play correctly after saving and reopening.", "Keep a portable session file that opens with its audio." ], "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": "13", "lesson_number": 14, "title": "Punch in without pre-roll", "assignment": "Record replacement passages at 01:50–02:10 and 03:35–03:50. Save and reopen the project. Listen to each complete phrase and across the beginning and end of each edit.", "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": [ "Both replacement passages cover the intended times.", "Audio outside the replacement passages is unchanged.", "Keep the original takes as well as the replacements.", "Listen for clipped words, clicks, and unnatural joins." ], "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": "14", "lesson_number": 15, "title": "Punch with pre-roll and post-roll", "assignment": "Record a punch-in with pre-roll and post-roll. Listen to the music before and after the replacement and identify where recording begins and ends.", "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": [ "The new recording starts and ends at the selected times.", "Pre-roll and post-roll let you hear surrounding music without replacing it.", "Reset pre-roll and post-roll to zero after the exercise." ], "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": "15", "lesson_number": 16, "title": "Quick Punch and recover the missed first note", "assignment": "Use Quick Punch, then extend the recorded region to recover the first note you missed. Listen to the recovered entrance with the surrounding phrase.", "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": [ "The underlying recording includes audio from 04:30 or earlier.", "The region first starts at 04:40; extend it to about 04:35.", "The earlier note comes from the same recording." ], "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": "15B", "lesson_number": 17, "title": "Loop record, compare takes and build a comp", "assignment": "Record and keep three loop takes. Choose passages from at least two takes to make a comp. Explain your choices, listen across every join, and save and reopen the project.", "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": [ "Keep all three takes, including any partial take.", "The original takes remain available after editing.", "Compare the same passage from each take.", "Explain the musical differences you hear.", "The comp uses passages from at least two takes without shifting their timing.", "The comp and original takes remain intact after saving and reopening." ], "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": "16", "lesson_number": 18, "title": "Mute percussion regions and preserve fills", "assignment": "Choose where the percussion should play and where it should drop out. Mute selected regions while preserving the fills, then explain how the changes support the arrangement.", "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": [ "Mute individual regions without muting the whole track.", "Keep the original audio.", "The selected fills remain audible." ], "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": "17", "lesson_number": 19, "title": "Clean the sax and audition edit boundaries", "assignment": "Clean a gap between sax phrases. Listen across both edit points in the mix, then use Undo to restore the original and compare.", "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": [ "The edit changes the gap while keeping the original audio available.", "Keep the phrase attacks and decays intact.", "Note any clicks or abrupt changes at the joins." ], "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": "18", "lesson_number": 20, "title": "Reveal the remaining mix tracks", "assignment": "Bring back the remaining parts and listen to the complete arrangement. Hide one track without silencing it, then make it inactive and explain the difference.", "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": [ "Each intended part plays once.", "Hiding a track changes the display; making it inactive stops its participation in playback.", "Track names match the parts you hear." ], "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": "19", "lesson_number": 21, "title": "Build the balance and stereo image", "assignment": "Build a balance and stereo image for the song. Explain two choices by playing the passage before and after each change.", "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": [ "Avoid clipping.", "Keep stereo sources in stereo.", "Explain how the level and pan choices serve the 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": "20", "lesson_number": 22, "title": "EQ balance and remove unnecessary low end", "assignment": "Use EQ on a midrange instrument. Find a high-pass cutoff that removes unwanted low end without thinning the part, then compare it with bypass in the full mix.", "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": [ "Note the frequency, gain, and bandwidth of each band you use.", "After finding where the sound begins to thin, lower the cutoff by about 15 percent and listen again.", "Compare the same passage at similar listening levels.", "Save and reopen the chosen 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": "21", "lesson_number": 23, "title": "Compress the vocal gently", "assignment": "Compress the vocal gently. Use the gain-reduction meter while listening, then compare compression and bypass at similar loudness.", "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": [ "Start with a 2:1 ratio.", "Aim for about 3 dB of reduction on vocal peaks, adjusting by listening.", "Note threshold, attack, release, and output gain." ], "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": "22", "lesson_number": 24, "title": "Build one shared reverb return", "assignment": "Create one shared reverb return. Send the vocal and one other instrument to it, adjust their send levels, and explain how the shared space joins them.", "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": [ "Use one stereo return, 100 percent wet, with a 1.6-second decay.", "The return adds reverb without duplicating the dry signal.", "Save the send levels and avoid a feedback loop.", "Place UNIQUEL-IZER after Studio ’76 and enable a 250 Hz high-pass filter on the return." ], "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": "23", "lesson_number": 25, "title": "Refine balances with the one-dB test", "assignment": "Choose two parts. Move each fader up 1 dB and down 1 dB while listening in the mix. Return to the starting level between comparisons and explain which level you keep.", "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": [ "Compare the original level with both 1 dB changes.", "Keep other processing and master settings unchanged.", "Explain the musical reason for your choice." ], "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": "24", "lesson_number": 26, "title": "Keep useful mix notes", "assignment": "Write three mix notes with times and clear descriptions. Make the changes, replay each passage, and mark the notes resolved or explain what still needs work.", "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": [ "Each note identifies a passage you can find.", "Save the changes you keep.", "Replay the passage before marking a note resolved." ], "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": "25", "lesson_number": 27, "title": "Write and read fader automation", "assignment": "Write a short vocal-level ride. Switch to Read and play it back, then save and reopen the session.", "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": [ "The automation points appear on the intended track.", "Read mode repeats the level move.", "Name the track and the passage you changed." ], "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": "26", "lesson_number": 28, "title": "Edit automation breakpoints", "assignment": "Move one automation point, move a group of points, and raise or lower a segment. Listen after each change and undo one edit.", "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": [ "The points and curve change as intended.", "Moving a group keeps the spacing between its points.", "After erasing automation, check the track’s manual level." ], "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": "27", "lesson_number": 29, "title": "Level vocal phrases throughout the song", "assignment": "Adjust the vocal level through the whole song. Explain at least two rides and play the passages before and after the changes.", "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 rides follow the intended phrases.", "Listen to the whole song after editing.", "Explain how the changes help the words and performance." ], "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": "28", "lesson_number": 30, "title": "Prepare the final mix range", "assignment": "Choose the start and end of the final export. Leave the opening intact and enough time for the last note and effects to fade. Play both ends before exporting.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "Keep the plan in a digital document. Include the intended result, resources, timing and a response to one likely change.", "standards": [ "plan" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "The selected range includes the complete song.", "For the CD exercise, leave 0.25–0.5 seconds before the music.", "Include the final decay and master fade.", "Check for unwanted solos, mutes, or armed tracks." ], "assessed_focus": "Use a digital plan to connect the intended result to available time, equipment, people and a workable fallback.", "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope." }, { "id": "29", "lesson_number": 31, "title": "Export and verify the finished file", "assignment": "Export the final mix and play the downloaded file from beginning to end. Save a portable copy of the editable project and reopen it.", "practice_steps": [], "evidence_requirement": "List the working files and their purposes. Reopen the saved or transferred copy and record the playback result.", "standards": [ "archive" ], "assessment_criteria": [ "The downloaded file opens in an audio player and has the intended stereo format.", "Its beginning and ending match your selected range.", "Listen for missing parts, missing effects, silence, or a cut-off ending.", "The reopened project retains its audio, edits, effects, and automation." ], "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": "30", "lesson_number": 32, "title": "Complete the training and explain the mix", "assignment": "Present your finished mix and editable session. Explain one choice each in recording, editing, EQ, compression, reverb or delay, and automation. Play examples that show what those decisions changed.", "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": [ "Provide the editable project and playable mix.", "Check the files by opening and playing them.", "Use specific passages to explain your decisions.", "Review unfinished exercises and complete them before submitting the final project." ], "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 “Plan the session and learn the workspace.” 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 “Complete the training and explain the mix” 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 after a multitrack course. A 13- or 14-year-old with real DAW experience can enter after a teacher reviews a saved recording and mix.", "prioritySkills": "Multitrack capture; overdubbing and comping; automation; mix judgment and verification.", "priorSkills": "Can open, save, edit, route, and export a multitrack project; can describe a listening comparison.", "equipment": "ArtistPro studio access, Exercise-201 and Street Life session materials, headphones, and recording gear for capture labs.", "expectedTime": "Plan 32–40 hours for 32 practical lessons.", "teacherGuidance": "Teacher edition required for school use; an instructor checks the entry project and practical work.", "educationTitle": "The Roger Nichols Recording Method — Advanced Recording Elective", "teacherEditionUrl": "/learn/access.php?resource=teaching/roger-nichols-recording-method/teacher.html" } }