The Cutting Edge Of Music Technology Did U Know?
Check These Out To Better Understand Digital Recording and Samplers
E-MU® Darwin Hard Disc Recorder® Digital Recording - The digital recorder measures the sound waveforms thousands of times each second and assigns a numerical value, or digit, to each of the measurements. These digits are then translated into a stream of electronic pulses that are placed in a memory bank for later retranslation and playback. The following are a list of companies that make digital 8 track machines: Sony, Tascam, Alesis, Fostex, E-mu, Akai and Panasonic. The unit above is digital multitrack hard disc recorder. On this unit you can record mutilple instruments, each on their own track. For example, let's say we record a guitar on track one. This particular unit records the sound information to a hard disk! Some units record the digital information to various types of magnetic tape. Now, on the next track we record a lead vocal, on the next track the drums, etc.. Until we feel the song is complete. You have an unlimited amount of tracks by "bouncing" down to an empty track! See figure below.
(Tascam DA-88 Digital Multitrack) (Tascam DA-30 MarkII) Digital Mastering Decks
After the tracks have been recorded, there are two digital options for creating the "master". (The master is what the CD or cassette manufacturing plant will use to create your recording for the stores.) The two digital mastering options are the DAT (Digital Audio Tape) Machine, and the Recordable Compact Disc Player. These units turn the tracks into a stereo master that can be used for replication. The following are a list of companies that make digital mastering decks: Ricoh, Yamaha, Dynatek, Pinnacle, Sony, Tascam, Marantz and Panasonic.
The Compact Disc
CD players are offer a more uniform frequency response, lower distortion, and inaudible background noise levels, compact disks have the additional advantage of longer life. Since CDs are never physically in contact with any pickup mechanism-digital codes embedded beneath the surface of the disk are read by a laser beam of light-these disks can last indefinitely if handled with care. Specially built CD players can also be used for data retrieval using CD-ROM (Read Only Memory) disks.
E-MU® E6400 Ultra Sampler® General Information - Sampling is the process of taking live sound, and digitizing it in the keyboard. Any sound can be stored on disks, or in the internal memory. Once digitized we can again affect the wave in many different ways. We can effect the wave with envelope generators and filters of edit the wave itself. One can play the wave backwards, loop certain sections of a wave, cut off certain sections. There are vast libraries of sounds available to the user on disk or CD-ROM. One can also purchase audio compact discs of various drum beats and instruments from all over the world. These CD's then can be digitized, looped and used with a computer sequencer for your compositions. The following are a list of companies that make samplers: E-mu, Akai, Kurweil, Ensoniq, Yamaha and Roland. Kurzweil K2600 Rack Sampler
Mr. Droste teaches the following courses at Waubonsee College in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
012MU228 Introduction to the Recording/MIDI Studio 3.0 Hours
A course designed as an introduction to the tools and techniques used in analog and digital sound production and recording. Topics include sound synthesis, audio signal processing, microphone and audiotape techniques, and the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard. Students have access to the recording studio for assigned projects.
012MU130 Applied: Composition/Arranging 1.0 Hour
APPLIED MUSIC: 30-Minute Lessons Private instruction in the student's performance area individually designed for each student's need. Thirty-minute lesson per week for eight contact hours per semester. Student concentrates on technique and repertory commensurate with student's current ability. Repeatable to a maximum of four semester hours. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Mr. Droste also teaches the trumpet and has an extensive website (TrumpetStudio.com) for all levels of trumpet players. Included in this site are equipment ideas, mouthpieces selection tips, MIDI files, method book and recording lists along with helpful articles on the art of trumpet playing.
Mr. Droste was a participant in the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Friends of Fermilab and the Illinois State Board of Education.
Michael Droste Email: DrGruv1@aol.com
