🎤 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:

  • Mission Template (Hero's Journey format: Problem, Metaphor, Learning Outcomes, Kaoz Agent, and 3-Part Mission)

  • 🖼️ Slide Deck (16:9, cinematic design with a focus on storytelling, signal flow, and performance)

  • 🎙️ Voiceover Script Notes (Tone, rhythm, Gonzo vibe, energy level cues)

  • 🎛️ Tracking + Editing Checklist (DAW prep, mic setup, comping, cleanup, FX chain logic)

  • 📘 Downloadable Guide PDF (Layered visuals, diagrams, checklists for advanced workflows)

  • 🧠 Assessment Materials (Quiz items based on each mission’s 3 parts)

  • 🏅 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
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:

  1. Simple – Crystal-clear steps even for complex techniques

  2. Timeless – Tools and practices that age well

  3. Actions – Tactile, trackable skills with real output

  4. Gamified – Mastery, milestone missions, badge system

  5. Exciting – Real-world examples, “studio session” vibe

  6. Sequential – Final test of knowledge, layered from prep to polish


🧱 Folder Naming Convention

  • Course-04_Recording-Ninja/

    • Mission-28_Pre-Production/

      • Slides/

      • Scripts/

      • Voiceovers/

      • Demos/

      • PDFs/

      • Assessments/

      • Graphics/


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