Audio

Digital DJs and Virtual Vinyl

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Learn to make seamless segues, live effects processing and scratching. Introduction to DJ software and hardware available for checkout at the DMC. Bring your own music on CD or MP3 to mix into a continuous DJ set.

Audio Production and Mastering

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Ready to share your recording, song, or audio project with the world?
First, you need to make it presentable.  Learn how to mix, polish, edit, and master a finished audio product.

Basic Audio Editing

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Learn how to edit digital audio using programs like Audition, Logic, and GarageBand.  Topics will include the basics of working with digital audio, navigating a multi-track digital audio program, and basic audio effects.

Recording and Editing Audio Interviews

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This workshop is designed to walk you through the process of recording, editing, and uploading an oral history or interview.  This is a basic overview of all of the steps necessary to complete a project and will focus on easy to use recorders and software.

Building Musical Software Instruments

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Learn how to design and build software instruments with Pure Data, an open source object-oriented audio programming environment.  This is a beginner-level introduction, and will cover basic principles, inputs and outputs, and some basic synthesis and controller types.

Recording on Location

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Workshop focuses on recording interviews, oral histories and music using portable recording equipment. We will discuss a wide variety of microphones and portable recording equipment.

Recording Audio

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How-to
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Using SoundTrack Pro

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How-to
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Beats and Loops

Description: 
Introduction to beat-based music.  Learn to make your own loops, and how to put loops together to create songs.  Topics will include MIDI controllers, soft synths, quantization, pitch shifting, and basic effects.

Audio Production and Mastering

Resource Type: 
How-to
Description: 

A walkthrough of techniques used for audio production and mastering.

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