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electric piano recording

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

electric pianos, also called digital pianos have become increasingly popular because of their many advantages. Quality digital pianos now how a sound and feel very close to an acoustic piano. In fact, some digital pianos grand pianos compete with the best sound quality. One of the best advantages of digital pianos is their digital audio outputs, so it is very easy to record music using only your digital piano and computer.

Most keyboards and electric pianos have stereo quarter inch. Most computers have an eighth inch stereo input, so you need an adapter. Once the electric piano connected to the microphone port of your computer, you need software to record with. It ’s free, and supports multiple tracks, plus has many useful effects.

Once you have Audacity, connect the keyboard to adjust the volume. You can adjust the volume using Audacity or keyboard interface. To register, click the Record button and start playing … Click Stop when finished. To record multiple tracks, just click and return together with the track of game that is already registered. If you add tracks as acoustic guitar, vocals, drum, etc. to register, you must use the effect of noise reduction in Audacity. This tool is very helpful in removing static and noise from recordings.
Use your electric piano and Audacity, you can easily record a “full band.

the evolution of music box industry

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

It ‘been over 200 years ago, the music box was invented in 1796. Only in 1815 was that the music industry is finally the section was organized around a company. Manufacturing practices and techniques have permission to start production in 1840. Initially, the quality of manufactured music boxes were very good. In 1890, the machines that have been raised to the disc music box cylinder. Disc boxes quickly became popular and were manufactured. Due to the tremendous need for accurate playback during the war (which is largely the continued development of the phonograph helped), and the great potential of the phonograph, the need for reduced forms of mechanical music.

The years between World War I and World War II was one of the most important technological development and political and social uncertainty. Although many of the Victorian music boxes have been purchased by the British in 1920, music boxes “old hat”. David Tallis in “music boxes: A guide for collectors,” says: “The industry of St. Croix have Breitler SA founded in 1929, Jaccard John de Les Fils founded in 1862 by Jules Jaccard, and lastly Regua SA are the most important contemporary producers.

Today, more than nine-registered companies that make, repair and chimes market in these two cities. In modern times, Japan has its place in the music box. This country now produces music boxes and musical movements, which competes against Swiss companies. Some of the largest, the Columbus Orugoru Company of Tokyo, Tokyo Seiki Sanyko Siek and Organ Company. Today, it is difficult for the music box and antique collectors for high quality music with big boxes of finding movements.

the sound of orchestra

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Symphony Orchestra and violin is the most popular in various musical instruments. This is a small part of a large group of instruments has a significant impact, while the orchestra feels like that. The violin is the smallest of the stringed instruments, but has the highest noise and it is almost three times more than violas and cellos. The bottom string includes the viola is slightly larger than the violin and often used in harmony. The lower the lower strings and is played vertically. He strings as the violin, but in reverse order and a series of octaves lower.

Timber includes flute, clarinet, piccolo, bassoon and oboe. Small is the highest in the woods and is used for solos that are high enough to float above the orchestra many times. The flute and clarinet doubles the strings and in recent times have more melody. The bassoon is the lowest and is used to add color to the strings at the same time has a lot of harmony and sometimes double the string parts.
Brass is also an important part of orchestral instruments and this project a bit ‘and are often used in songs. French horn is one of the most useful brass, easily doubles as the rest of the buyer. trumpet instrument is also known that very large floating above the orchestra for a hearing.
The snares, bass drums, gongs, xylophones, bells, triangles, etc. are also used.