WINDOWS XP DIGITAL MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS
ABOUT THIS BOOK CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: PLAYING MUSIC ON WINDOWS XP PART II: MAKING WINDOWS XP YOUR DIGITAL JUKEBOX PART III: GOIN’ MOBILE: TAKING YOUR SONGS ON THE ROAD PART IV: QUIET IN THE STUDIO PART V: THE PART OF TENS ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE THE WHATS AND WHYS OF DIGITAL SOUND THE BENEFITS OF DIGITAL SOUND THE TRADEOFF OF BETTER SOUND (AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO COUNTERACT IT) FASCINATING FILE FORMATS WAV MP3 WMA AAC REAL MIDI JUST THE FACTS STORING AND MOVING THE GOODS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HARDWARE PROCESSORS AND MEMORY SOUND CARDS SPEAKERS PORTABLE AUDIO PLAYERS THE SOFTER SIDE OF AUDIO MEDIA PLAYERS DOWNLOAD PROGRAMS EDITING PROGRAMS LAW AND ORDER: MP3 PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING LEGAL SETBACKS OTHER DRAWBACKS OF P2P COPYING AND BURNING FILES GETTING THE RIGHT COMPUTER PROCESSING PROCESSING RAMMING IT THROUGH WANNA GO FOR A DRIVE? HEADING TO THE HARDWARE STORE SOUNDING OFF SAME DISC, DIFFERENT BOX SEEING THE LIGHT SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE MAKING THE CONNECTIONS DEALING A NEW HAND OF CARDS FIREWIRE AND USB SPEAK, SPOT! EXPANDED FEATURES NETWORKING GETTING SOUND OUT OF WINDOWS XP FINDING THE CONTROLS TYPES OF USABLE MEDIA WHAT IS WINDOWS XP MCE? THE SIMILARITIES THE DIFFERENCES MY MUSIC MY RADIO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT HARD DRIVE MEMORY PROCESSOR SOMETHING IN COMMON PLAYBACK ORGANIZATION PLAYLISTS RIPPING BURNING VISUALIZATIONS PLAYER APPEARANCE OTHER FEATURES PLAYING YOUR FILES GETTING ORGANIZED HITTING THE LIBRARY LABELING YOUR MUSIC OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL COMMANDS WRITING YOUR PLAYLIST FEEL THE BURN RIPPING YOUR FILES VISUALIZE THE MUSIC SKINNING THE PLAYER OTHER FEATURES PLAYERS ON THE FIELD ITUNES WINAMP REAL PLAYER MUSICMATCH WHAT CAN I MAKE, AND WHERE CAN I USE IT? MUSIC CDS DATA CDS KEEPING IT IN-HOUSE BIGGER AND BETTER TOOLS RECORDING CD LABELING THAT’S WHAT YOU GET ANALOG TO DIGITAL MAKING THE CONNECTION CHECKING THE LINE LEVELING IT OUT CLEANING UP APPLES AND ORANGES CHOOSING THE BEST VIRTUAL RECORD STORE FILE FORMAT FILE PROTECTION SELECTION SOFTWARE PRICE SHOP ’TIL YOU BOP SIGNING YOUR NAME ON THE DOTTED LINE CHECKING OUT THE SELECTION THE SEARCH ENGINE LISTINGS RADIO WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? FREE SAMPLES WHY WOULD BANDS GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE? GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM RUNNING IT THROUGH THE PIPELINE THE STATION’S FORMAT TUNING IN YOUR SOFTWARE BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! TURN UP THE RADIO ONE-STOP RADIO SHOPPING LIVE365 RADIO@NETSCAPE SHOUTCAST YAHOO LAUNCHCAST MAKING YOUR OWN INTERNET RADIO STATION GETTING STARTED PROGRAMMING ONE, TWO, THREE TYPES OF PLAYERS HARD DRIVE PLAYERS FLASH MEDIA PLAYERS MP3 CD PLAYERS A THREE-ALBUM TOUR PLAYING YOUR SONG CHANGING YOUR SETTINGS THE LINEUP OF PLAYERS FLASH PLAYERS MP3 CD PLAYERS COMMON PITFALLS AND PROBLEMS STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT MY CONTROLS AREN’T WORKING! MY PLAYER DOESN’T TURN ON! MY COMPUTER DOESN’T RECOGNIZE MY PLAYER! LOOKING FOR MUSIC IN ALL THE WEIRD PLACES PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS (PDAS) CELLULAR PHONES GAMING DEVICES HOOKING UP YOUR PORTABLE PLAYER PLUGGING IT IN USB FIREWIRE TRANSFERRING FILES TO YOUR PORTABLE AUDIO PLAYER USB CONNECTIONS FIREWIRE CONNECTIONS LEGAL CONCERNS PUTTING YOUR STUDIO IN THE BOX THE PROCESSOR THE HARD DRIVE DEALING THE SOUND CARDS MULTITRACKING INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL SOUND CARDS THE INPUTS BEFORE THE INPUTS — THE PREAMP BITS AND HERTZ SETTING THE WAVETABLE STUCK IN THE MIDI WITH YOU MIDI BASICS SEQUENCING MIDI OH, THAT KIND OF KEYBOARD MIDI CONTROLLER SYNTHESIZER DRUM MACHINES OTHER INPUT ALTERNATIVES COMMON FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS MULTITRACK CAPABILITY AUDIO RECORDING SOUND EDITING MIDI RECORDING LOOPING USER INTERFACE CONTROL SURFACES PLUG-INS MIXING EXPORTING MASTERING WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? JUST BEGINNING INTERMEDIATE/PROJECT STUDIO PROFESSIONAL LOOP-BASED RECORDING SOFT SYNTHS HOOKING IT ALL UP IS EVERYBODY HERE? REDUCING LATENCY WHERE HAVE ALL THE FILES GONE? REMOVING WHAT YOU DON’T NEED A COMPARISON SETTING UP YOUR PROJECT WHERE’S IT COMING FROM? LEVELING IT OUT BASIC SOUND LEVELS BASIC SOUND EFFECTS THIS ONE GOES UP TO 11 DID YOU RECORD THIS IN A CAVE? THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DELAY JOIN THE CHORUS ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL WHAT ARE MY LIMITS? THE REST OF THE SHOW USING EFFECTS THE CLICK TRACK CLICKING THE RECORD BUTTON LAYER UPON LAYER REPEATING YOURSELF KEEPING A STEADY BEAT WHAT KEY WAS THAT IN? REPETITION UH, I MADE A MISTAKE UNDO SELECTIVE UNDO RE-RECORDING PROCESSING PROCESSING FINDING YOUR PLACE RENDERING TRACKS YOU CAN’T HAVE TWO MASTERS NO, NOT A COLD COMPRESS DEMANDING EQUALITY MAKING THE CUTS YOU’RE FADING IN AND OUT ONLINE DISTRIBUTION OF FILES BURNING DOWN THE TRACKS KEEPING ONLY WHAT YOU NEED KEEPING YOUR LOOKS SIMPLE DEFRAGMENTING YOUR HARD DRIVE USING THE DISC CLEANUP UTILITY USING ONLY THE MEDIA PLAYERS YOU NEED PLAYING YOUR FILES WITH ONE PLAYER KEEPING YOUR SYSTEM FREE OF VIRUSES AND SPYWARE KEEPING YOUR FILES ORGANIZED EMPTYING YOUR TRASH BURNING OFF YOUR FILES IPOD LOUNGE HIT SQUAD SOURCE FORGE DOWNLOAD COM VERSION TRACKER ZDNET DOWNLOADS ANALOG X VORBIS ARCHIVE ORG THE ROOTS CHARLIE HUNTER SMASHING PUMPKINS THE OFFSPRING STEVE COLEMAN CHUCK D AND PUBLIC ENEMY COUNTRY JOE THE GRATEFUL DEAD PHISH WILCO ACHY BREAKY HEART WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGY IN THE WINDOW? I’M TOO SEXY MUSKRAT LOVE GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE MY HEART WILL GO ON SHE BANGS ICE ICE BABY TOO SHY THE BMW SLIMP3 LT LASER TURNTABLE PHILIPS MCI250 WIRELESS BROADBAND INTERNET MICRO HIFI SYSTEM BELKIN IPOD BACKUP BATTERY LAKS MEMORY MUSIC WATCH C CRANE FM TRANSMITTER GROOVE BAG TOTE SPEAKER PURSE FOR IPOD SONIC BOOM BAG PLUSDECK 2 CONCERTS CONFERENCES DVDS VIDEO GAMES GIVEAWAYS USED CD STORES PROMOTIONAL OFFERS SATELLITE RADIO DIGITAL CABLE “BONUS” TRACKS USING GOOGLE ORGANIZING YOUR CATALOG SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ORDERING MUSIC RESEARCHING ARTISTS ORDERING CONCERT TICKETS CUSTOMIZING YOUR SOUNDS CREATING SHEET MUSIC TALKING TO ARTISTS DISCUSSING MUSIC WITH FANS