{
  "id": "midi-production-2026",
  "title": "MIDI Production: From First Performance to MIDI 2.0",
  "course_url": "/learn/courses/midi-production-2026.html",
  "audience": "advanced",
  "lesson_count": 24,
  "mapped_checkpoint_count": 24,
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "midi-01",
      "lesson_number": 1,
      "title": "A performance is not a recording",
      "assignment": "A three-sentence explanation of MIDI, audio, and project files, plus your organized working folder.",
      "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": [
        "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works."
      ],
      "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": "midi-02",
      "lesson_number": 2,
      "title": "Find your way around the ArtistPro studio",
      "assignment": "A screenshot showing the ready instrument and a note naming the browser used.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-03",
      "lesson_number": 3,
      "title": "Record, export, and reopen",
      "assignment": "One .mid, one .apstudio, one audio render, and a reopen checklist with actual results.",
      "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": [
        "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works."
      ],
      "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": "midi-04",
      "lesson_number": 4,
      "title": "Ports, channels, and one clear route",
      "assignment": "A labeled route diagram and a clear explanation of one potential loop.",
      "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": [
        "Identify the parts and connections, then use the diagram or sequence to explain or isolate a problem."
      ],
      "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": "midi-05",
      "lesson_number": 5,
      "title": "Read a note before changing it",
      "assignment": "The edited MIDI file and a note describing the two independently changed properties.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-06",
      "lesson_number": 6,
      "title": "Velocity, pressure, sustain, and pitch",
      "assignment": "An expressive MIDI version and a short explanation of velocity versus pressure.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-07",
      "lesson_number": 7,
      "title": "Tempo, grid, and the sound of timing",
      "assignment": "Original and edited MIDI files plus one measured onset change.",
      "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": [
        "Retain the source, make the intended edit, and audition the boundaries and the finished passage."
      ],
      "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": "midi-08",
      "lesson_number": 8,
      "title": "Swing, humanization, and intentional variation",
      "assignment": "Two controlled comparisons, with timing and velocity changes kept separate.",
      "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": [
        "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action."
      ],
      "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": "midi-09",
      "lesson_number": 9,
      "title": "Program drums as a performance",
      "assignment": "A two-bar pattern, a variation, and a drum-map note.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "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": [
        "Retain distinct rhythmic, melodic or harmonic ideas and explain how the digital tools helped produce them."
      ],
      "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": "midi-10",
      "lesson_number": 10,
      "title": "Sampling: the source is part of the instrument",
      "assignment": "A sampler comparison and a complete sample-source entry.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep a permissions and credit record with the assignment. Cite the relevant source, identify who can approve the intended use, and name any missing permission before sharing.",
      "standards": [
        "rights"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Identify the material, rights, permitted use, credits and unresolved permissions; support the clearance decision with sources."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Identify the material, rights, permitted use, credits and unresolved permissions; support the clearance decision with sources.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "midi-11",
      "lesson_number": 11,
      "title": "FM: change the spectrum at the source",
      "assignment": "One custom voice, one performance and a before/after description of a single controlled change.",
      "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": [
        "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action."
      ],
      "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": "midi-12",
      "lesson_number": 12,
      "title": "Layering, registers, and the mono check",
      "assignment": "A two-layer project and a written mono-compatibility observation.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "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": [
        "Show which musical ideas were selected and how their order, combination or development creates a larger work."
      ],
      "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": "midi-13",
      "lesson_number": 13,
      "title": "Higher resolution, with an audible purpose",
      "assignment": "A feature-specific compatibility checklist and a clear resolution explanation.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-14",
      "lesson_number": 14,
      "title": "Per-note expression and MPE",
      "assignment": "A short listening comparison and a feature-specific expression routing note.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-15",
      "lesson_number": 15,
      "title": "Discovery and Profiles: agreement before control",
      "assignment": "A completed capability worksheet that separates claims from actual tests.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "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": [
        "Identify the source, check its authority and relevance, and distinguish a verified fact from an unanswered question."
      ],
      "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": "midi-16",
      "lesson_number": 16,
      "title": "UMP and transports without the jargon trap",
      "assignment": "A layered route diagram with one test at each layer.",
      "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": [
        "Identify the parts and connections, then use the diagram or sequence to explain or isolate a problem."
      ],
      "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": "midi-17",
      "lesson_number": 17,
      "title": "Property Exchange and safe configuration",
      "assignment": "A saved instrument-state file and a configuration-change worksheet.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-18",
      "lesson_number": 18,
      "title": "Files, conversion, and the handoff package",
      "assignment": "A complete project folder with a list of its files. Reopen the project and check that nothing is missing.",
      "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": [
        "Identify each file’s purpose, preserve the source material and verify that the transferred or reopened project works."
      ],
      "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": "midi-19",
      "lesson_number": 19,
      "title": "Bring MIDI and live audio together",
      "assignment": "A hybrid or two-source project, plus a monitoring and alignment note.",
      "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": [
        "Demonstrate the relevant controls or file operations and explain what changes at the input and output."
      ],
      "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": "midi-20",
      "lesson_number": 20,
      "title": "Arrange first, then shape the sound",
      "assignment": "Two alternatives and a domain-specific explanation of the chosen fix.",
      "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 the musical purpose, compare the same passage fairly, and support the decision with audible details."
      ],
      "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": "midi-21",
      "lesson_number": 21,
      "title": "Automation, Clock, timecode, and transport",
      "assignment": "A synchronization diagram and a saved automation example or observation.",
      "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": [
        "Identify the parts and connections, then use the diagram or sequence to explain or isolate a problem."
      ],
      "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": "midi-22",
      "lesson_number": 22,
      "title": "A diagnostic path from silence to sound",
      "assignment": "A diagnostic report with observations, not just a proposed cause.",
      "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": [
        "State the problem and expected result, test a controlled change, and use the result to choose the next action."
      ],
      "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": "midi-23",
      "lesson_number": 23,
      "title": "Accessible practice and responsible collaboration",
      "assignment": "An accessible comparison description, source manifest and rubric review.",
      "practice_steps": [],
      "evidence_requirement": "Keep a permissions and credit record with the assignment. Cite the relevant source, identify who can approve the intended use, and name any missing permission before sharing.",
      "standards": [
        "rights"
      ],
      "assessment_criteria": [
        "Identify the material, rights, permitted use, credits and unresolved permissions; support the clearance decision with sources."
      ],
      "assessed_focus": "Identify the material, rights, permitted use, credits and unresolved permissions; support the clearance decision with sources.",
      "alignment_scope": "The named work assesses this part of the standard; consult the official source for its complete scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "midi-24",
      "lesson_number": 24,
      "title": "Capstone: a complete musical handoff",
      "assignment": "The complete capstone package, reopen proof and a self-review or instructor review.",
      "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": [
        "Select relevant work, identify individual contributions, and explain the process, result and next learning step."
      ],
      "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 “A performance is not a recording.” 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 “Capstone: a complete musical handoff” 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": "About 15–18 after a first MIDI project; younger experienced producers may qualify.",
    "prioritySkills": "Expressive MIDI editing; instrument sound design; MIDI 2.0 capabilities; portable production.",
    "priorSkills": "Can edit and export MIDI, reopen a DAW project, and compare two renders.",
    "equipment": "DAW or ArtistPro studio, virtual instruments, headphones; MIDI 2.0 hardware is optional.",
    "expectedTime": "16–24 hours including independent production.",
    "teacherGuidance": "Instructor guide recommended for school use; teacher verifies portfolio and hardware claims.",
    "educationTitle": "MIDI Production to MIDI 2.0 — Advanced Elective",
    "teacherEditionUrl": "/learn/access.php?resource=midi-2026/Instructor-guide.html"
  }
}