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1. Highly Accurate CPU-Controlled Signal Generator October 02, 2009 Toronto, Canada- GAO Instruments (www.GAOInstruments.com ) has released its Radio Frequency (RF) signal generator,a CPU-controlled, highly accurate instrument with a wide frequency range of 300kHz to 300MHz.The RF signal generator is widely used in research,development and production testing of AM/FM receivers, civil-band transceivers and radio remote-controlled devices such as toys and wireless telephones.The innovative RF signal generator,model A0400001,offers excellent AM and FM modulation functions.It provides a frequency synthesizer to enable the output signal to be accurately set;it al... (read more) Author: Perry Keller

2. Music is Vital for Personal Enrichment September 11, 2009 One of the things a lot of us enjoy is listening to music. As a musician and songwriter, a great deal of my time is spent listening to or creating music. Sitting at my synthesizer and spontaneously playing a tune is also one way I relax and unwind after a hard day. Tickling the ivory is great when you want to relax your mind, and physically energize your body. Somewhat like physical exercise, playing a musical instrument releases pent-up anger and utilizes the extra adrenaline the human body produces when under stress. Music is also therapeutic and vital to human beings and allows us to ... (read more) Author: William Doyle

3. Buying Guide for Keyboards September 02, 2009 The Musician in You Any true musician would vouch for the importance of a true blue keyboard or synthesizer. What is making music without a keyboard anyway! Especially in the hi-tech world of today where everything is shrinking, having to make music through ten different organs absolutely makes no sense. The wonder musical instrument, a synthesizer, has a good amalgamation of all the important music instruments that are required to make the best of music. So ideally today, to make music to your ears all you need is a good synthesizer and you are really sorted. There are however many... (read more) Author: Vinnit Alex

4. What is a Synthesizer? August 27, 2009 If you have ever seen a Keyboard Synthesizer, you would have observed that it looks very much like the usual arranger keyboard or musical keyboard. But then that is where the comparison actually ends. A Synthesizer is a far more superior musical instrument and is meant for the professional musician. Though they look like keyboards and most of them have 61 keys, they include sound generating elements which can be used to create professional sounds and patterns. Synthesizers are much more expensive instruments and they give you the capability to manipulate various parameters of the built-in... (read more) Author: Suresh Bist

5. Making Beats Online August 26, 2009 Making beats online is just as practical as using actual musical equipment, and there may even be more benefits. If a drum machine or synthesizer can make beats or be used to produce music, imagine the versatility that a powerful computer will provide. Drum machines and synthesizers are really nothing more than simple computers with sound banks that allow you to arrange the sounds in to patterns. Computers have much more processing power and allow you to do the programming, sequencing, and mixing that used to require several pieces of music equipment. I won't go as far as to say that toda... (read more) Author: dale rogers

6. Electronic Music Artist July 21, 2009 Being an electronic music artist used to place one firmly in the Avant-garde, but nowadays more people are making electric music than ever before. From Djs to synthesizer geeks, Midi composers to indie rockers, playing electronic digital music is for all sorts of different people. The question is, is it for you? I never really considered myself an electronic music artist until recently. I was just sort of an experimental musician. Some of the things that I messed with were electronic instruments, but I also used a lot of acoustic stuff. I was as likely to pick up a guitar as a keyboard, a... (read more) Author: Phillip Terry

7. Computer speech synthesis July 07, 2009 Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech. Most of the text-to-speech software can read text-based files with natural voices using various voice engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna, and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear voice of Anna, and the voice quality of Microsoft Anna is much better than that of Microsoft Sam.... (read more) Author: Martin Lind

8. Computer Generated Music June 16, 2009 Computer generated music has always been a subject that fascinated me. Practically since the beginning of electronics, people have been generating electronic music. In the early days, people experimented with big banks of oscillators, generating songs through laborious and complex processes using analog circuits. The therein, the digital analog synthesizer, and many other interesting instruments came out of this experimentation. What early electronics did for electronic music, however, simply won't compare to what the digital revolution did. Nowadays, computer generated music is incredibl... (read more) Author: Cary Neff

9. Play Station 3 May 23, 2009 Playstation 3 (PS3) Sony Playstation 3, also popularly known as PS3 is a great game console with massive advanced modern features for gaming enthusiasts. PS3 is composed of an impressive multicore 3.2GHz processor technology that was jointly created by three reputable machine companies such as Sony, IBM and Toshiba. It has an RSX Reality Synthesizer graphic engine that is structured similar to NVIDIA?s G70. 256 MB XDR main memory with a similar technology to Rambus RDRAM is also included in this PS3 package to work side by side with GDD3 256 MB video memory. The combinations of hig... (read more) Author: Robert Bell

10. Computers in Music April 28, 2009 The majority of synthesizers and electronic organs have a central brain called a microprocessor. This is a tiny computer, but the synthesizer’s controls are designed so that you do not have to know anything about computers in order to operate the keyboard. This is because the microprocessor has been told, by means of a control program, exactly what to do in response to how you set the instrument’s controls and play the keys. It scans the keyboard and the controls, and sends signals to the relevant parts of the instrument, telling it what to do. Everybody these days now have access to a pe... (read more) Author: abner allarey

11. Electric Pianos Versus Electronic Keyboards And Synthesizers April 22, 2009 An electric piano is, as can be understood by the name, an electronic device that can produce sounds just like in a piano. It is basically an instrument that looks like a keyboard with the difference that in any electronic keyboard many sounds can be reproduced among which the piano will be present but in the electric version, you can play only the sound of the piano. It is specially designed so as to produce only one sound. However, nowadays, these instruments can also reproduce the sound of an organ too. A harpsichord is another instrument whose sound is often produced. The name electri... (read more) Author: Mike Shaw

12. Shopping for H Blocker April 03, 2009 Ephedra-free: A new science in muscular performance is the world's first carnosine synthesizer / muscle intensifier. During intense exercise, the release of hydrogen ions are accelerated in the muscle; followed by a simultaneous decrease in pH levels, (a process called 'metabolic acidosis'), which is directly associated with muscle fatigue, weakness and ultimate physical exhaustion. This increase in H+ and decreased pH slows both the production of ATP our bodies natural source of energy and inhibits the actual process of contraction with the muscle. New research indicates H+Blockers ... (read more) Author: mukesh kumar

13. Portable Electric Keyboard: Good Or Bad March 26, 2009 The electric keyboard is a musical instrument, which is played using a piano keyboard and produces sound with the help of electricity. In earlier times, the keyboard was mechanical but these days the electric variety is used more than the traditional piano. The traditional piano is a keyboard instrument, but it is not electronic in any way. Synthesizers, workstations and portable arrangers are keyboard instruments that use electricity. Electric keyboard produces a variety of sounds and this is done by combining, as well as generating, signals of various frequencies. The frequencies are c... (read more) Author: Mike Shaw

14. Ephedra-free: A new science in muscular performance is the world's first carnosine synthesizer / mu March 24, 2009 During intense exercise, the release of hydrogen ions are accelerated in the muscle; followed by a simultaneous decrease in pH levels, (a process called 'metabolic acidosis'), which is directly associated with muscle fatigue, weakness and ultimate physical exhaustion. This increase in H+ and decreased pH slows both the production of ATP our bodies natural source of energy and inhibits the actual process of contraction with the muscle. New research indicates H+Blockers patent pending formulation increases the synthesis of carnosine. Two recent clinical studies have indicated that carnosine... (read more) Author: mukesh kumar

15. Electric And Digital Musical Instruments Using Piano Keyboards March 20, 2009 A keyboard is the part with which some musical instruments are played. The keyboards are the key to these instruments. Musical instruments like piano and synthesizer are two of the musical instruments that are played with a keyboard. The keyboards earlier used mechanical devices to produce sound but the modern keyboards are electronic. Starting from the traditional pianos to the modern day synthesizer all are dependent on the keyboard. The keyboards usually have keys some large and some small by pressing which the sound is produced. Some of the earliest keyboard instruments that were in u... (read more) Author: Mike Shaw

16. Optical Electric Meter Introduced by GAO March 18, 2009 Toronto, Canada - GAO Fiber Optics (www.GAOFiberOptics.com) has added this optical electric meter (GAO2110), which also incorporates an electric synthesizer, to its product line of CATV Meter and Instruments. This meter is commonly used for CATV signals level measure. This optical electric meter provides dual wavelength measure and also integrates both an optical power tester and optical signal receiver into this one device. The meter measures TILT, C/N, trunk voltage, spectrum etc., and scans all channels and stores the signal levels internally. This advanced meter sports a large L... (read more) Author: GAO RFID Staff Editor

17. Jazz MIDI Files - Connecting The Jazz Lovers Worldwide December 09, 2008 MIDI or the Musical Instrument Digital Interface protocol is a standardized and efficient mean of transmitting musical performance information as electronic data. The information, transmitted in "MIDI messages” are the instructions to a music synthesizer how to play a piece of music. MIDI files have compatibility with all major browsers. You can play them on personal computer, mobile phones and PDA. This article provides an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of Jazz MIDI files. Advantages of JAZZ MIDI files They are tiny in size (2-25 KB) and can easily fit to the floppy di... (read more) Author: Anirban Bhattacharya

18. Performed By The Who Teenage Wasteland Offers Hope for Listeners September 17, 2008 One of the most celebrated lyrics from The Who Teenage Wasteland is sung in an emotional, almost breaking voice by guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend during the bridge to the song ‘Baba O’Riley’ from the ‘Who’s Next’ album. Townshend had put together an instrumental synthesizer demo in 1971 which was over 9 minutes in length and consisted of a series of rising and falling arpeggios. He played it for the band after the rock opera he had previously been working on had collapsed and left him an emotional wreck. The Who took many bits and pieces of music from that project along with songs ... (read more) Author: Virgil The Storyteller

19. Synesthesia Releases 'EZ Version' Of Mandala's Virtual Brain Software July 10, 2008 Stepping Stone Approach Brings Electronic Drumming and Music Within Anyone's Reach -- No Computer or Audio Knowledge Necessary Synesthesia Corp. ( http://www.mandaladrum.com ) today announced the release of a new EZ Version of its Virtual Brain software, designed to allow anyone -- even those with no musical or technical knowledge -- to be able to make music using the company's wildly popular, patented high-def drum and synthesizer, the Mandala 2.0. The EZ Version will be available starting Thursday, July 3. 'If you can listen to a QuickTime movie or iTunes on your computer, then t... (read more) Author: Eric de Fontenay

20. Synthesizer Fundamentals: Bells April 08, 2008 While many timbres, like those which come from bowed strings and woodwinds, are readily recreated with synthesizers, percussive instruments are some of the most tricky to create convincing emulations of. Piano and harpsichord are most easily dealt with through sampled instruments, but the enharmonic qualities of bells and xylophone instruments are relatively easier to create. In this context, enharmonic refers to the relative balance of harmonics in a given audio source being unrelated to the fundamental frequency of the instrument. Most instruments have harmonically related overtones (such as... (read more) Author: Dane Smith

21. The Age Of The Electronic Keyboard March 24, 2008 In the world of music the latest entry has been the electronic keyboard. There are global manufacturers of connected software. Electronic technology has been incorporated in synthesizers, portable keyboards, digital pianos, home organs, sound modules, sequencers, drum machines and the like. There are keyboard controllers for classical and theatre organs as well as keyboard communications systems. Whether in the classroom or home it is fun and easy to churn out music with the help of electronic keyboards. The electronic keyboard can be any one of many things - organ, piano, synthesizer or... (read more) Author: Roberto Sedycias

22. Synthesizer Fundamentals:Snare Drum February 29, 2008 Analog synthesizers have regained some degree of popularity in recent years, as electronic dance music has become more widespread and successful. Although analog technology has become replaced by cheaper digital modeling technology with more features, the goal of VA (virtual analog) synthesis is to be able to recreate the warmth and nuances of the highly variable analog circuits of yesteryear. The ability of digital components to accurately model is the subject of great debate and beyond the scope of this article, but a general consensus is maintained that they are becoming more and more diffi... (read more) Author: Dane Smith

23. Shopping for a Piano: Acoustic vs. Digital February 11, 2008 The most serious piano teachers will adamantly point their students in the direction of an acoustic piano. For serious piano studying, I agree with this completely for reasons I will discuss shortly. But for many reasons, a genuine handcrafted instrument may not be the best choice for you. With the affordability, portability, and the many features that come with digital pianos, you may wish to head the other way. Summarily, the question of acoustic versus digital boils down to a matter of authenticity versus everything else. Mostly, the drawbacks of an acoustic piano are matters of practi... (read more) Author: eugene chung

24. Synthesizer Fundamentals: Bass Drum February 03, 2008 One of the most overlooked and powerful tools for creating percussion sounds in this modern age of soft samplers, emulators, and other sophisticated tools is the humble subtractive analog synthesizer. Learning how to generate exciting drum sounds also takes a lot of the mystery out of creating other percussive sounds, such as basses and plucked-string type sounds, as well as providing an exciting way to personalize your music. First, let's make a basic kick drum type sound. Most any analog or virtual/soft analog synth with one or more of the following will suffice: An oscillator,preferab... (read more) Author: Dane Smith

25. Synthesizer Fundamentals: Classic 80's Brass January 11, 2008 Pop music is often described in cycles: retro music becomes cool, then gets reprocessed and digested by listeners, until the next big thing comes along. While the 80's are (some would say thankfully) long behind us, the sounds from classic records from the era have likewise experienced a reincarnation. The second installment in this series aims to show how to most easily recreate a classic sound heard on many famous songs from the 80's through today: the unmistakable sound of analog brass. While a sample-based approach is often most useful for some applications, there are times when you need t... (read more) Author: Dane Smith

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