Digital Music Making for Teens or A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning

Digital Music Making for Teens

Author: Andy Hagerman

Get ready to move beyond the stage of simply ripping audio from CDs to the more creative ends of digital music production. The sheer volume and variety of computer-based production techniques can often seem daunting. "Digital Music Making for Teens" eases beginning musicians through that first crucial step into the larger world of digital production as it guides you through the process of building musical productions. This comprehensive, hands-on book covers not only the big picture, but also dives deep into each task, showing you how to use multiple tools to get the job done. Combine your need for artistic expression with a solid education and start your music making off on the right track.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	xi
Chapter 1	Sound and Music in the Digital Age	1
	The First Day of Class	1
	My Name Is Andy	2
	Some Thoughts on the Study of Music	3
	The Physics of Music	5
	Volume (Amplitude)	5
	Pitch (Frequency)	6
	Analog to Digital	7
	The Art of Music	8
	Music as an Expressive Form	8
	Elements of Music	8
	Taking Back the Creativity (or the Difference Between Making Music and Copying Music)	10
Chapter 2	For Fun and Profit: The Business of Music	13
	The Challenge: Doing Good Work on a Budget	13
	Composition	15
	Digital Audio Production	16
	Audio for Games	17
	Sound for Picture	23
Chapter 3	MIDI Basics	27
	What Is MIDI, Anyway?	27
	A Tale of Two Keyboards (and Beyond)	27
	The Essence of MIDI	30
	MIDI versus Audio	32
	Before MIDI: A Music Notation Primer	33
	Tempo	33
	Measures and Time Signatures	34
	Notes and Pitches	35
	More Expressive Notation	39
Chapter 4	Exercise 1: Getting Started with MIDI	43
	Getting Started	43
	Setting Up Your Hardware	44
	Opening a File	63
	Playing a MIDI File	67
	Saving Your Work	76
Chapter 5	The Language of MIDI	83
	MIDI Channel Messages	83
	MIDI Voice Message	83
	Channel Mode Messages	93
	MIDI System Messages	96
	MIDI Common Messages	96
	Real Time Messages	97
	Exclusive Messages	100
	Sequencing Basics	102
	Multitrack MIDI	103
	The Big Event (List)	105
	Two Ways to Look at the Music (Staff and Piano Roll)	107
Chapter 6	Exercise 2: Working with Multitrack MIDI	111
	Changing Instruments	111
	Changing Tempo	120
	Fixing Notes	132
Chapter 7	The MIDI Studio	145
	More About MIDI Signal Flow	145
	Synthesizers and MIDI	148
	Monophonic versus Polyphonic	148
	Monotimbral versus Multitimbral	148
	General MIDI and SMFs	150
	Transforming Your MIDI	153
	Control Freak	154
	Transpose	157
	Quantize	159
	Arpeggiate	162
Chapter 8	Exercise 3: Transforming MIDI	165
	Using Cakewalk Home Studio	166
	Quantizing	169
	Grid Mode	179
	Using the Arpeggiator Feature	183
	Cut, Copy, and Paste	186
	Using the Transpose Function	207
	Recording MIDI	214
	Making a Rough Mix	221
Chapter 9	Studio Setup Tips	227
	Getting Rid of Hum	227
	Ground Loops	227
	Lighting Tips	228
	Intelligent Wiring	228
	Protecting Your Gear	228
	Voltage	228
	Good Monitor Health	229
	Your Monitor Speakers	229
	Choosing and Using Nearfield Monitors	230
	Mixing with Headphones	231
	Recording Digital Audio	231
	Making Smart Choices	231
	Digital Audio Recording Tips	233
Chapter 10	Exercise 4: Digital Audio Workstations	237
	Setting Up Your DAW for Audio	238
	The Power of DAWs	245
	DAWs as Pointer-Based Applications	245
	Regions and Files	248
	Oooh, Nonlinear, Nondestructive!	250
	Importing Audio	252
	Naming Tracks and Regions	257
	Getting the Big Picture	260
	The (Multi)track Window	260
	Editing Audio	263
	Cut, Copy, and Paste	263
	Trim	271
	Recording Audio	274
	Making a Rough Mix	282
Chapter 11	Bringin' It Home: Mixing with a DAW	285
	Signal Flow, Signal Flow, Signal Flow	285
	Inserts, Sends, and Buses	286
	Plug-Ins	290
	Processing Your Audio (Part 1: Dynamic-Based Effects)	291
	Processing Your Audio (Part 2: Time-Based Effects)	297
	Processing Your Audio (Part 3: Special Effects)	300
	Get on the Bus-Internal Mixing	308
	Mixing Basics	309
	Groups	310
	Automation	312
	Fades	313
Chapter 12	Exercise 5: Mixing	315
	Using Dynamic Effects	316
	Using Time-Based Effects	320
	Creating a Fader Group	330
	Automating Your Mix	331
	Creating Fades	335
	Using Groove Clips	338
	When You're Done (for Now): Mixdown	346
	The Last Day of Class	355
Appendix A	Setting Up Your Studio	357
	Setting Up Your Audio	357
	Sound Cards	357
	Getting Connected	359
	Setting Up Your MIDI	362
	MIDI Interfaces	362
	MIDI Hardware	363
	The Ins, Outs, and Thrus of MIDI	365
Appendix B	MIDI Notes, Names, and Numbers	367
	Keyboard Note Assignments	367
	Keyboard General MIDI Drum Assignments	368
	Staff Note Assignments	369
Appendix C	The Basics of Digital Audio	371
	Digital Audio versus MIDI	371
	Sample Rates and Bit Depth	373
	Index	379
	What's on the CD	399

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A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning

Author: Anita Cassidy

A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning, Second Edition outlines a systematic approach to guide you through the development of an effective IS plan that is formulated from your company's business plan. This volume outlines a quick and easy approach to completing a plan, offering concepts, techniques, and templates for analyzing, organizing, and communicating the information contained in an IS strategic plan. The process described unites an organization in a collaborative effort resulting in a solid direction that has the support of the entire organization. Establishing this process cultivates the support of management, enabling the necessary investment.