Music is all about hearing. But sometimes, it is just too difficult to hear that specific frequency that is lacking or boosting too much in your final mix. Here is where a visual application of spectrum analyzer comes into great assistance. It lets you "see" the music.As described by Craig Anderton:A spectrum analyzer, whether hardware or software, is a tool that can help analyze a mix, and reveal frequency or dynamics anomalies. It does this by dividing the audible frequency spectrum into hundreds or even thousands of bands (also called ...

by KCLau Pianologist Although I seldom play bass using the keyboard on stage, but I program the bass track for almost every song I arrange. In this post, we are going to discuss how to play or program great sounding bass track by using the MIDI keyboard. Here are some tricks compiled through days of research and my own experience. Play with both hands Do you play the bass track using right hand or our left hand? I used to play it with my left hand because ergonomically, the lower register is on ...

I saw this picture at PTG Blog. The photo shows building in violin and piano shape. But there is nothing around except a big tree in front of the buildings. You have to walk through the "violin stairs" to get into the black piano. Pretty amazing. I am still wondering when can I buy a house that I can fit a grand piano into it. But people already built a piano that I can fit my house into it. [via PTG Blog]

by KCLau American Idol Underground (AIU) is an online community where emerging artists get their music heard and fans discover new music. American Idol Underground leverages the power of the world’s most recognized entertainment brand to help emerging artists promote their music via the Internet. Fluid Media Networks (www.fluidmedianetworks.com), an online music company, created American Idol Underground under a license from FremantleMedia (www.fremantlemedia.com) who, in concert with 19 Entertainment Ltd. (www.19.co.uk), produce television's American Idol. Here's how it works: For a fee, artists submit a song to the American Idol Underground Web site. The ...

Ever wonder how to compose or do a song arrangement from scratch?? You've come to the right place. In this series of posts, I will show you: 1) How to compose a song, the melody and chords 2) How to do a complete song arrangement from scratch I've just received a nice lyric without any melody or chords to go with it yet. And I will show you step by step how I compose a song base on this lyric. On top of that, I will show you how I arrange the song, ...

ChordStudio is a free site that let you create a full length music arrangement with just a few clicks using your computer mouse. 1.click chords from the chord chart 2. select the instruments: guitar, drums, piano, organ etc 3. hit play and your arrangement will play repetitively. This probably just take a few seconds to accomplish 4. tempo is adjustable 5. different verse, bridge and chorus can be arrange using the Page Order field. Image: ChordStudio.com homepage I personally think that this is a great website. It is very simple to use and you can have a ...

I am going to show you how I mix my vocal track in one of my songs. Before writing this guide, I had read many articles and listened to podcast regarding vocal mixing. This article will be a step by step guide with pictures and effects tweaking that I applied to my audio file. Before mixing, let's assume that you already got a very good and clean vocal recorded. About how to record a great sounding vocal track, it will be another post in the future. You will also find ...

Dolby Digital certified Tony who has over 11 years experience in multimedia production made a video teaching how to position your home stereo equipment. This video shows where you should position you sub-woofer, and satellite speakers of your 5.1 surround system. Learn the better speaker positioning that will enhance your theater experience at home. Currently, only DVD support the surround 5.1 system. However, there are some audio DVD that provide music mixed specifically for surround system playback. Click here for more on "Home Theater Setup & Installation: Free Online Video Guide" For your ...

Click on the picture and you will be taken to a site where you can control a virtual cartoon band playing Latin jazz. I think you will like it. Take this as a chance to learn how they construct the rhythm pattern. I love it. I know you will love it too. Technorati Tags: latin jazz, jazz band

I was doing mixing lately on my upcoming album. So I actually did some research on mixing a song. Sometimes when I hear a sound so thin that I really want to fatten it up (sometimes referred as ‘phat’ sound). It was taught in mixing using the visual imaging method. The secret is quite simple: use a delay shorter than 30 milliseconds. Why 30 milliseconds (0.03 second)? Scientific research shows that delay shorter than 30 milliseconds can’t be perceived by the human hearing. There are several tricks you can ‘phatten’ ...