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Staring at the menu options for your new DVD, wondering which sound format to select? Michael Miller concludes his series on surround sound by comparing the various formats, so you'll finally be able to choose by a more intelligent method than eeny-meenie-miney-mo.
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Drum tracks form the core of many modern songs. While there are thousands of off-the-shelf drum loops and samples, you may still not find exactly what you're looking for. You may have found a loop with a great kick drum but prefer the snare from another loop. Maybe you like the sounds in a loop but the groove isn't quite right. And if you d ...
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At one time or another you will almost certainly discover a perfect loop that plays at the wrong tempo for your song. The most obvious way to change a loop's tempo is to time stretch it. To make it play slower, you time stretch it or increase the length of the sample. To make it play faster you time compress or shrink it. This works fine althou ...
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If you keep half an ear to the ground about what's new in the computer music field, you'll know that a many sound card manufacturers are releasing 24-bit and even 32-bit digital audio cards. Maybe you're wondering if it's time to upgrade from your 16-bit jobbie, or if you're looking for your first serious digital audio card, you ...
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The equalizer is perhaps one of the most important, if not THE most important, tool in the audio business. It doesn't matter at what stage of the production you are in, equalization will always be a part of it. If you get this part wrong, the other effects might be as perfect as they can be, the mix will not sound good. When I listen to other pe ...
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Equalization is nothing less than attempting to obtain a balanced frequency spectrum. You don't want any frequency to be exaggeratedly loud or retreated behind other frequency ranges. If you run a spectrum analyzer on your music, this will show you the frequency spectrum of your signal. In an ideal world, many people say you'll want it to be fla ...
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Distortion is the bane of audio life. One of the most common problems we get asked about is the appearance of distortion when burning audio CDs. This can be caused by a range of situations so let's look at a few and see how to prevent it.
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Is your music trapped in an inconvenient format? Maybe the files are too big, hobbled by copy protection, or incompatible with your portable player? Good news: Any audio you can play on your computer can be converted to work the way you want.
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If you've got music, multimedia, games, or DVDs on your PC that you'd like to play through your sound system at home, you might be able to hook your PC to your receiver or pre-amp to bring these two worlds together. Learn how to analyze the equipment you've got and make sure outputs and inputs are compatible.
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Make your digital dream an exciting reality as we guide you down the path of all things musical on your PC
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