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http://www.siteproweb.com/voiceover1 Your commercial needs a voice to grab the ear and script that will get results!
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I got a tune port a couple months ago. I returned it after the person at the store didn’t realize how old my computer was. I needed more memory. What other recording device is out there that is easy to play a riff and record and loop and edit on. I am not too good with multi track mixer boards. It is kinda difficult. Just looking for a down and dirty easy way to be able to record easily
Audacity is a free recording program.
http://www.audioskull.com/audacity
links to other recording software/hardware
http://www.audioskull.com/s
Nov
22
I Want To Make Some Music Cause Im Bored.
Music Maker 15 has a free trial version but I found it a little complicated for my taste.
Came across an article by some music teacher about music making software that you might want to look at.
I believe most most of the free software is only for a trial period or it is going to be limited in some other aspect…good luck.
Nov
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Just trying to get an idea of what’s out there as I don’t really know. Basically something that’ll run with Mac and produces reasonable quality stuff. Also if you could recommend an audio interface that would work well with it or that is just good anyway I’d really appreciate it.
For software I would advise you to purchase Ableton Live. You can download a trial version I believe from their website at http://www.ableton.com. For an audio interface, M-Audio has midi keyboards which function as an audio interface as well, so you have two devices for the price of one. I prefer to have my audio interface and midi keyboard seperated though. Edirol, which is owned by Roland, have some nice audio interfaces and midi keyboards. I personally prefer Edirol over M-Audio, but that is of course just my opinion. For an audio interface, the UA-25EX is very nice and for a midi keyboard with plenty of controllers, I personally like the PCR-300 very much, but if this would be too little keys for you, you could purchase the PCR-500 or PCR-800 even. Having a good audio interface is not enough though, you will need proper speakers for monitoring as well. You get a very good price and sound quality balance with the KRK speakers. The KRK Rokit Powered 5 Generation 2 are cheap and provide great sound quality. If you have a larger room to record your work or you have more money to spend, then purchase the KRK Rokit Powered 6 Generation 2.
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Does anyone know a music editing software to delete vocals of a song
Sound Forge
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I am currently trying out various Linux distros on an old PC that i have upgraded. I am surprised at how much alternatives to expensive software there are out there and how good they are. I am a student and mostly work with media software (audio production, photography, office applications, etc). I have XP on my main computer and have been very hesitant in changing over to Vista. Thats been my main reason for getting so interested in open source.
So my question is has anyone changed over to exclusively open source and if so how was the transition? Also what field do you work in, applications used etc? Were you surprised with the software?
And to those who have dabbled in it is there anything you can’t do with open source that is really essential to your work field. So much so that you couldn’t make the changeover? Any formats that you couldn’t work with that made it not an option to changeover?
Any pros and cons you would like to point out?
I would really like to make the changeover for good but i am still uncertain. I am pretty much using open source all the time now but keeping XP as a backup in case theres something i cant do. So far there is very little i can’t do. Any thoughts?
i run XP still and do run vista because i have no choice without driver for XP so i moved to Solaris10 its unix and its free, i can do most of the things i need on it and then some.
http://sunfreeware.com has a large amount of free programs to run but anything open source is not like windows it requires compiling the programs or starting them from command line.
open source is great because any updates or bugs are squashed quickly unlike windows where you need to wait for them to declare it as a security fix or update..WTF
I run linux and Unix from vmware workstation on Vista so i can jump between the 3 and it really works well for me.
Nov
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You are a musician, right? Not a computer geek. I know you want to bust on to the online music promotion scene but you don’t know where to start. It is tough because you know lyrics and sound, not megabytes and gigabytes. But that is o.k., you still have hopes of succeeding with your independent music promotion dream.
Everyone knows that there is money to be made online, especially musicians and artists. The problem is for most people is that they don’t know how to build a site, design a site, maintain a site and most importantly everything else that goes along with online music promotion on the internet. Not to mention placing streaming video, slideshows and MP3s on your website.
But there is no need to worry, you are not going to have to spend thousands on hiring someone to do this for you. You can learn how to do it yourself and save yourself tons of money. You don’t have to be super technologically savvy to achieve any of the above mentioned things. Fortunately, there are music promotion resources for people just like you that will guide you along the way.
If you already have your website up and running, then you are off to a good start. There are going to be a few more things you must do to incorporate the must-haves into your site. First you are going to have to know how to use streaming audio and media. Streaming audio allows you to add music to your site for your fans to enjoy. The same concept applies to the streaming video. Your independent music promotion will skyrocket once these features are added.
There are five simple steps to follow when setting up audio files on your site. First, set up the recording hardware. Then record the material as a .WAV file. Next, remove any background noise, especially if you were recording live. Then, compress the file into MP3 format. And lastly, post it on your page! Not as hard as you imagined, right?
Streaming video is your next step online music promotion and your website. Streaming video is a sequence of moving images that are sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed by the viewer as they arrive. First you will need the appropriate software, which is up to you to choose. Create a video file in media format, upload the file to the server and then embed the video into the site using an HTML tag.
Both of these music promotion resources are simple to incorporate into your site. There are many other possibilities for improvement when it comes to your site. Do some research. Get in contact with someone of some products that will aid you in the learning process of online music promotion and you should do great!
Ty Cohen
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/the-not-so-tech-savvy-musician-104312.html
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Getting a music video that you have saved on your computer’s hard drive on to your new iPod is not as simple as you might think. Apple has done an excellent job of making it difficult to put non-iTunes products onto their devices. The goal, of course, is to force you to buy your videos from iTunes and increase their bottom line, but there are, of course, ways around this problem. You just need some specific software and a little bit of patience.
The Specs
The first step towards getting that music video onto your iPod is making sure it is in the right specs. The iPod supports MOV, M4V, and MP4 formats, and the video must be no more than 768 Kbps, 30 fps, and 320-by-240 pixels. If your video has an audio track, it must be AAC-LC and must be 160 Kbps or smaller. If you downloaded the video off of the Internet, it is probably in the correct format, although some downloads are WMV format. However, if the video came from a video sharing site, you may have a video that is in MPG or AVI format. You are going to have to encode the video to use on your iPod.
Encoding the Video
You will need to use QuickTime 7.0.3 (or a later version) as the codec to code your video. This is available to download for free from the Apple website. It may take quite a while to encode the video, so if it is a large file, you may want to let it work overnight, or your computer will be out of commission for a while.
The File Transfer Using QuickTime Pro
One of the easiest ways to get the video to your iPod is to use QuickTime Pro. It combines the codec you need with a simple uploading interface that makes it easy to get the file into iTunes and onto your iPod. This program works with Windows or Mac. It is not free, however, but it is the easiest to use. You will pay $30 for it, and you will have to pay $30 again when Apple upgrades the program.
With QuickTime Pro, all you need to do to upload the video is open the movie, select “file” and then “export,” and choose the option for “Movie to iPod.” The program will then automatically create a 320-by-240 M4V file with the correctly coded audio tract and place it on your desktop. The default settings in the program work well for most music videos, but you can fine-tune them if you want to change the way the video displays.
There are other third-party programs you can use to convert the video to the correct file format, but this one works the best. If you are going to try a free program, be sure to practice with a small video first to make sure there are no bugs in the program.
Getting the Video onto the iPod
Once the video is converted to the correct file format, you will need to import it to iTunes. To do this, open iTunes, choose “Movies” and choose “File” and then “Import.” Select the movie, click on it once, and select “Advanced, Convert Selection for iPod.” This will create a new file in your iTunes library. Once the new file is there, simply sync your iPod with iTunes the video will download to the device.
If you do all of these steps and find that the file has no sound, there is a problem with the original music video file. This is called having a muxed sound file. If the format on the original video is MPEG1 Muxed or MPEG2 Muxed, it will not play sound on your iPod. The only fix is to find a third party application that can convert this file to an AAC-LC file.
Amy Nutt
http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/how-do-you-add-music-videos-from-your-hard-drive-to-your-ipod-745837.html