Dwight School Song is a fully original composition by myself. As an experienced and sophisticated senior at my high school, I was awarded the opportunity to direct and compose the 10-year anniversary song. All tracks were initially recorded in MIDI instruments, then I have professional string players and drummers to collaborate playing the MIDI I’ve initially composed. See the original lead sheet next page.

I contributed even more to the mixing and mastering of this track. The DAW I used for mixing was Ableton Live. It provides premium quality effects and studio quality plugins. Mixing this piece did not require complex techniques. Basic EQ and compressors satisfied the quality of the final mix. Due to the dense texture of the mix, I had to pay close attention to the frequency spectrum in case instruments overlapped and caused undesired frequency peaks.

After each track was mixed and balanced and the volume and panning were modified, I exported all tracks to Logic Pro for Dolby Atmos mastering. This was my first time experiencing Dolby Atmos, the spatial feeling of sound was never anticipated from my headphone. I allocated specific directions for each instrument, and the outcome was astonishingly expansive.