🎤 Recording Ninja – Knowledge Base
Course IV · Levels 10–12 · Missions 28–36
“Capture the magic. Shape the performance. Deliver the final form.”
🎯 Purpose
This Knowledge Base serves as the definitive operational guide for producing, managing, and evolving Recording Ninja, the final course in the Music Production Ninja system.
Audience: MPN instructors, media producers, voiceover artists, designers, editors, and team members working on advanced-level curriculum.
Use Case: Use this as your central reference during scripting, demos, shoot prep, editing, QA, and asset publishing for Course IV.
📦 What's Inside
Each mission includes:
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✅ Mission Template (Hero's Journey format: Problem, Metaphor, Learning Outcomes, Kaoz Agent, and 3-Part Mission)
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🖼️ Slide Deck (16:9, cinematic design with a focus on storytelling, signal flow, and performance)
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🎙️ Voiceover Script Notes (Tone, rhythm, Gonzo vibe, energy level cues)
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🎛️ Tracking + Editing Checklist (DAW prep, mic setup, comping, cleanup, FX chain logic)
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📘 Downloadable Guide PDF (Layered visuals, diagrams, checklists for advanced workflows)
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🧠 Assessment Materials (Quiz items based on each mission’s 3 parts)
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🏅 Badge + Villain Art Assets (Final Kaoz agents, mix of performance and tech themes)
🧭 Course Overview
Recording Ninja is the final gauntlet — where students put everything they’ve learned to the test in real-world tracking, editing, tuning, layering, and performance workflows. The gear, the flow, the finish — it all happens here.
| Mission | Title | Theme | Emoji |
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| 28 | Pre-Production | 🚦 Prepare the Launchpad | 🚦 |
| 29 | Feedback | 🪞 Reflections and Reactions | 🪞 |
| 30 | Performance | 🎭 Capture the Moment | 🎭 |
| 31 | Signal Flow | 🔌 Path of Sound | 🔌 |
| 32 | Recording | 🎙️ One Shot, One Mic | 🎙️ |
| 33 | Comping | ✂️ Choose Your Reality | ✂️ |
| 34 | Editing | 🧽 Clean Room Protocol | 🧽 |
| 35 | Pitch Correction | 🎯 Tune of Truth | 🎯 |
| 36 | Layering | 🧱 Stack the Impact | 🧱 |
🔑 Core Principles (STAGES Framework)
Recording Ninja executes the STAGES framework with pro-level precision:
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Simple – Crystal-clear steps even for complex techniques
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Timeless – Tools and practices that age well
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Actions – Tactile, trackable skills with real output
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Gamified – Mastery, milestone missions, badge system
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Exciting – Real-world examples, “studio session” vibe
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Sequential – Final test of knowledge, layered from prep to polish
🧱 Folder Naming Convention
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