"Jazzdrumclub" DTM Room
Even if you have never touched an instrument
Enjoy playing on drums
aims for.
1. "Clarify the destination"
2. "Clarify the necessary foundation"
3. "Clarify the combination of basics"
"Express your emotions and will with sound"
Points to learn musical instruments
A. Clarify what you need to play.
1. Technology for processing pitch
2. Technology for processing rhythms
3. Technology for processing dynamics
4. Technology for processing harmony
These four points are the skills required to play an instrument.
On the drum
"2. Rhythm" and "3. Dynamics" processing
It is a point.
Especially on the drum
"3. Dynamics processing"
It is an important technology.
" Technology that accurately expresses strength and weakness
What training is suitable for that? '
Always be aware of.
B. Is basic technology important?
Basic technology is wide and deep music expression
be connected.
But how it is reflected
If you don't know
The purpose is to acquire technology
I lose interest.
Also, one way to hold the stick
"One way to hold all expressions
It does not mean"
How to combine multiple technologies
Is important
C. Choose a teacher
A good performer is not always a good teacher.
A good teacher is sure to learn
It is a teacher who can be extended.
Top pro
Naturally born qualities
Many have become professionals.
What makes such people good teachers
Actually rare.
What is a good teacher
It is a person to know the suffering that can not be
The solution depends on the learner's condition
A teacher who can show you the appropriate solution.
Now the information on "How To Play Drums"
It is overflowing on the net.
Most information for beginners
What doesn't help
Just showing the finished form
The learning process is ambiguous
Why stumble
Because it is not clear.
At "jazzdrum club"
The leaders all over the world
Select carefully
From a viewpoint that is easy for beginners to understand
please translate
It is provided as "Video Lesson".
In
Like “David Garibaldi” and “Peter Erskine”
There are also drummer seminars that have a history
Most of them are those who have studied and practiced teaching.
The important technical skill in playing drums
It's extremely slow and accurate timing
Dynamics from the weakest to the strongest
Techniques that can be controlled
It is.
So let's get started!
Online lessons are available in the "DTM room".
"Lesson content customized according to your needs as a student"
We will provide.
Would you like to learn together to realize your "want to do"?
Equipment required for DTM
You need a computer to do "DTM".
Further audio interface
It is convenient to have a MIDI keyboard.
I don't know what to choose,
When I looked it up, it was expensive! Feel
Many people will quit .
The most reasonable here
We will teach you how to choose the equipment.
1. Computer
Windows is recommended if you are not particular about it
If the performance is about the same
Windows machines are cheaper.
I use both
Certainly the graphic is "Mac"
Is beautiful.
However, in terms of using software, the mouse
Click "Right / Left"
It enhances work efficiency.
Also, in terms of maintenance, the range of choices is
It's wide, so it's a great budget.
Speaking of cars, "Benz cars"
In addition to dealers, "private factories" can also be used
It looks like a Japanese car.
What is a good CPU?
What is HD good for?
7200 rpm is recommended for recording performances.
Since there is "SSD" now, the transfer speed is faster with "SSD", but if there is a problem that it can not be read
"SSD" when it wakes up
That data retrieval is difficult
Let's know.
Boot disk should be "500G" or above, if possible
"1T" is good. This is because the library data of the sound source software has a large capacity.
To a drive other than the boot disk
You can also save just the library.
But it's a hassle when something goes wrong.
Especially if you are not familiar with PCs
It is better to have a margin.
How big is the RAM
Is it good?
Notebook or desktop
I want to record a performance at a performance venue and edit it at home
I want to use it for live sound
Such a person is a notebook.
I also used a notebook for a long time
The difficulty is "heat".
Cooling equipment is essential under the PC.
If the price is the same
Desktop has more RAM
You can also increase the capacity of HD.
So if you do n’t need to move
The desktop is more profitable.
Where is the manufacturer good
Japanese manufacturers such as NEC, Toshiba, Dynabook, etc. may have adopted their own mechanism to improve convenience for business purposes, and it has often been a problem in the past.
Since then I have avoided it.
Basically BTO-Build To Order-
There are few defects.
I have used EPSON direct for a long time,
Now it's "Dell".
Music software puts a heavy load on arithmetic processing
Avoid low-priced CPUs such as "Celeron".
It works even with 32bit,
The current mainstream software is 64bit
"Core ™ i3" or higher if purchased
Let's make it 64bit.
The software works by setting the RAM to 8G or more.
It will be faster.
The direct shop is cheap to buy a PC,
Partially in the direct shop
You can replace it with a better one.
If you can afford it
First of all, let's increase the RAM to 8G or more.
Work efficiency is improved and waste can be avoided .
2.Audio Interface
Why you need it
A sound board is pre-installed on the PC
It is equipped. Control audio input / output
It is something to do.
This is the voice management of'ZOOM'and'SKYPE'
Also for listening to music on iTunes and Spotify
Will be used. That looks good, but
When used for recording with music software,
You can see that the sound you hear is different from the performance.
If you apply multiple effectors to the sound processing
The operation will also be unstable.
Therefore, strengthen the system so that such a thing does not happen in the audio interface.
I need it.
Types of AUDIO Intereface
There are different types depending on how you connect to your PC.
Now if it supports USB 2.0-3.0
There is no problem.
Also, with the accuracy of digitizing sound
There is a difference in price, but CD level accuracy
"44.1 kHz, 16 bit" is sufficient.
Number of inputs and usage of Audio Interface
D: Microphone input 8, line input 8, output 8
Authentic
It can be used for recording with multiple microphones.
You can also record the drums as shown in the picture
I can do it.
It is also good for full-scale piano recording.
However, if you want to record one instrument with many microphones,
Because phase interference occurs
Knowledge of recording is required.
Prices for "A" and "B" can be purchased for 10,000 or less.
"C" is from Bandai,
As a guide, "D" starts from 40,000 yen.
Please choose according to your application.
Image A: One microphone and guitar in line
You can connect.
You can record the guitar while singing
This is enough for those who play.
Image B: can record sound with a stereo microphone.
Recording a string quartet
To record your favorite record in stereo
This is enough.
Image C: Connects two microphones and two guitars
You can balance and record in stereo.
An ensemble of two people playing
It is convenient to record at once.
3. Input music device
Types of input devices
What you need when making music is an instrument
If you have an instrument that can be connected to your computer
Convenient.
1: Keyboard-USB connection
2: Controller-USB connection
3: Electronic musical instrument that can be connected via USB
~ Electronic drum
-Electronic Wind Instrument-Wind Synthesizer
1: Keyboard-is required.
If you can't play a keyboard instrument,
Hitting the keyboard with one finger
You can do it.
You can also create performance information that way
The greatness of DTM.
Other than that, when I thought I needed it later
I do not mind.
Sound files without playing any instruments
If you want to make by cutting and pasting
If it's a mini keyboard like image A
It may be enough.
But "Make a song! For those who are thought
Full keyboard size like image B
It is recommended.
Even those who have no experience playing keyboard instruments
While writing a song
You will be able to play naturally.
Also, in terms of operating music software
Use the low-pitched keyboard as a switch
Because it may be used
Being a full keyboard
It also saves time.
Those who have experience in brass band say that there is a wind synth type
It's fun
Experienced drummers use electronic drums
You can enjoy it.
Ilock / iLok
Eye Triple E ・ IEEE1394
Idol-Idle
Active-Active
Agio ASIO
AfterTouch ・ AfterTouch
Undo ・ Undo
Ambience ・ Ambience
Amp Simulator ・ Amp Simulator
Equalizer-・ EQ
Phase ・ Phase
Intel 8080 / Intel 8080
Windows / Windows
Windows machine
Windows machine
Wet ・ Wet
Web file · .wav
AIF ・ .aiff
AAC .aac
AD conversion / AD conversion
SSD SSD
S / N ratio / S / N ratio
Any audio converter Any Audio Converter
MC68000 / MC68000 series
MP3
LFO LFO
Encoding / Encoding
Enhancer Enhancer
Envelope ENV (ADSR)
OMF ・ OMF
Audio recording
Overdubbing
extension
Keyswitch ・ KeySwitch
Quantize
Granular Synthesis
Grid ・ Grid (snap)
Gain ・ Gain
Ghost Note ・ Ghost Note
Chorus ・ Chorus
Control change / CS
Convert ・ Convert
Compressor ・ Compressor
SideChain
Saturation ・ Saturation
Thunderbolt 3 ・ Thunderbolt 3
Sampling rate
GM sound source / GM sound source
Frequency / Frequency
Synthesizer
Scrub / Scrub playback
Standard Midi File ・ SMF
Step recording
Semitone ・ Semitone
St Cent
Software instrument
Time Stretch ・ Time Stretch
Tap ・ Tap
WMA wma file
DAW DAW
DA conversion / DA conversion
Localization / PAN
DTM DTM
DDP ・ DDP
Delay Delay
Digital Clip ・ Digital Clip
Decibel ・ dB
Device block size
Duration ・ Duration
Sync
Nudge ・ Nudge
Normalize / Normalize
Hard disk / HD
Bounce Bounce
Path ・ Path
Buffer ・ Buffer
PQ-Code ・ PQ-Code
BPM ・ BPM
Bit 16bit, 24bit
Bit Depth
Buyesti VST
Filter ・ Filter
Phaser ・ Phaser
Plugin ・ Plugin
Freeze ・ Freeze
BroadcastWavFile ・ BroadcastWavFile
Hertz ・ Hz
Velocity ・ Velocity
Portamento
Marker ・ Marker
Mastering ・ Mastering
Macintosh Macintosh
Mix down
Midi MIDI
Modulation ・ Modulation
Monitoring Delay ・ Monitoring Delay
USB USB
Unix UNIX
Ram memory / RAM (memory)
Real-time recording
Linux
This is a license management method adopted to prevent unauthorized copying and use of software.
It is used in various soft synths including Protools. Since it uses a USB port, iLok will block one port,
Since it consumes less power, it is possible to use a "USB hub".
High-speed transfer standard for connecting a personal computer and a device Before USB3.0, it was preferred when using an external hard disk for recording.
Also known as fire wire. Currently, "USB3" and "Thunderbolt", which are faster than fire wire, are the mainstream.
Depending on the quality of the cable, the transfer speed and sound quality are likely to be affected.
Shows the synchronization status. It is a state in which a synchronization signal can be received, but a free state in which no signal has been received to a state in which it is not operating.
Active_Active is a state in which the knobs and switches of the equipment are turned on and functioning. The inactive state is called inactive. Basically, active ones are often lit or changed to a brighter color so that they look easy to understand.
It refers to the sound input / output device mainly used in Windows. When it means a driver that sounds a computer, connects a microphone, and operates so that it can record sound, it is expressed as "ASIO driver".
It is one of the high-performance drivers with low latency.
One of the control changes specified in the MIDI standard.
It is a function that gives movement to volume, pitch, modulation, etc. by pressing the keyboard and then pressing the keyboard further.
It is a function to undo the operation performed and undo it. With DAW software, you can undo from dozens to infinity. It is used when "I accidentally muted the sound" or "I don't like the work result".
The spread of sound and the feeling of air. When the performance is performed in a club or in a concert hall, the sound echoes and the size and texture of the space are different.
It is added to the performance of the recorded instrument. Ambience is a term that refers to the expanse and sound of space.
A plug-in that reproduces the sound of a guitar or bass connected to an amplifier in a DAW.
In addition to the types of amplifiers and microphones, you can easily make various settings that take ambience into consideration. You can get very close to the sound recorded through an actual amplifier.
If you record a distorted sound with an actual amp and also with an effector, you can't change it to a clean sound later, but by using an amp simulator, you can
It is a great advantage to be able to change the type and degree of distortion after recording.
The unit "Hz_Hertz" is used for the frequency. What is "Hz_Hertz"? How many times does the air vibrate per second? It represents the number of times
The larger this number is, the higher the frequency is, the higher the sound is felt.
The frequency that humans can hear is said to be "20Hz to 20,000Hz".
It is the role of the equalizer to process the level of each band and frequency.
◆ Parametric equalizer With the parametric equalizer, you can freely change the frequency point to be edited, and you can also finely adjust the width range before and after the point ~ (Q) ~.
◆ Graphic equalizer The frequencies that can be changed are fixed, and adjustments are made within that frequency.
When one instrument is recorded with multiple microphones, the sound omission and the way the tone is heard may change depending on the state of this phase.
This is a common phenomenon in multi-microphone recording, such as recording drums with multiple microphones or piano recording with multiple microphones.
An 8-bit microprocessor developed by Intel, announced in April 1974. It is the successor to the company's 8008, but the instructions are not compatible. The 8080's instructions were later extended and inherited by Zilog's Z80 and Hitachi's 64180. It was used in many of the early personal computers and competed with Motorola's 6800 and Mos Technology's 6502 (Apple, Commodore, NES, etc.).
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows) is a product group of operating systems (OS) developed and sold by Microsoft. By incorporating the ease of use that was possible only with expensive workstations (desktop computers with performance superior to high-end personal computers) before the release of Windows into standard personal computers, we have increased our market share to the general public.
Windows 95, released in 1995, became popular, and since the 2000s, it has been installed in all devices, including smartphones, servers, and supercomputers, as the most popular operating system in the world. Windows-based OS, Windows CE, is used for game-only machines, Dreamcast, Xbox, and even arcade games.
A Windows machine is a computer that has Microsoft Windows as its operating system (OS).
Windows itself is the name of the OS, but since PCs equipped with Windows are manufactured by many manufacturers, the name Windows machine is used when referring to terminals equipped with Windows collectively.
The computer system on which Windows runs is basically a computer compatible with IBM PC / AT, which is a personal computer developed by IBM.
As IBM released its specifications, many manufacturers entered and became a big market.
When the effector is applied, the state of the actual sound without the effector is called "dry", and the state with the effector applied is called "wet".
A WAVE file is a standard audio data file format used in Windows.
The sound quality and data capacity vary depending on the sampling frequency (fineness of the sound waveform) and the number of bits (how many bits the data is represented).
Sampling frequency: 44.1kHz, 48kHz
Number of bits: 16bit, 24bit
Is common. The CD is "44.1kHz & 16bit". The larger the number of bits, the better the sound quality.
You don't have to worry about it unless you record high-fidelity live instruments and make high-quality discs (Blu-ray Audio, SACD hybrid, SACD).
Basically, it is a digital data of the state that can be heard as it is produced without compression.
The extension is ".wav".
There are several types of audio file formats, including MP3 (.mp3), WMA (.wma), and RealAudio (.ra). WAVE is one of them.
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format, read below) is an audio file format developed by Apple. AIFF is mainly used on Macintosh and Amiga, and the extensions when stored in a file are .aiff and .aif.
Since it is the same uncompressed data format as Wave data, the sound quality is basically unchanged.
Advanced Audio Coding (abbreviation: AAC) is one of the audio coding standards that performs irreversible digital audio compression along with mp3. Generally, AAC is said to have higher audio quality than MP3 at similar bit rates.
This is the specification of music files sold in the iTunes Store.
AD conversion converts a continuous analog signal into a digital signal, measures the size of the signal at each time determined by the sampling frequency (sampling), and converts the result into a binary number (quantization).
SSD is an abbreviation for Solid State Drive, which is a storage device similar to HDD. It refers to a drive (storage medium) that uses semiconductor device memory.
HDDs have been used for many years as a medium for storing large amounts of data, but in recent years, SSDs have become larger in capacity and are rapidly becoming widespread. SSDs are used and used in exactly the same way as HDDs, but they have the following advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages of SD Strong against impact, heat generation, low power consumption Very fast read / write speed No operating noise
It is smaller in size than HDD and has various light shapes, which contributes to the miniaturization of PCs.
Weaknesses of SSD The capacity is still low The price as a capacity unit price is still high It may suddenly break down and you may not be able to read the data, making it difficult to rescue the data
It's increasingly used as a computer boot disk, but I'm not using it because it's not yet perfect to retrieve data in case of trouble.
I think you should avoid the risk that you will never get what you have made.
Occasionally, HD, especially those with a USB connection, will not be readable. However, data rescue is almost possible unless it is physically destroyed or heated.
I think it's still early (2020) to use SSDs as the main.
It represents the ratio of "recorded target sound" to "noise including environmental sounds".
Abbreviation for "S_signal" and "N_noise".
Any Audio Converter is easy to operate. Easily convert various video / audio formats to MP3, WAV, OGG, WMA, M4A and more.
Also, videos such as AVI, WMV, ASF, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, QT, M4V, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, VOB, DAT, MPG, MPE, M2TS, MTS, OGM, DiVX, AMV, DV, etc. You can also extract audio from files and convert it to MP3, WMA, etc.
You can also convert online videos such as YouTube videos and Nico Nico videos to audio files.
Any Audio Converter is completely free.
MC68000 (MC Rokuman Hassen) and 68000 are MPUs developed by Motorola (currently NXP Semiconductors) in the United States (MPU is a term used by Motorola to refer to a microprocessor and stands for microprocessing unit).
On average with a typical program, 68000 code could be done per instruction more often than Intel processors, and the code size was smaller. Also, due to the registers and the advanced internal design at that time, it was superior to the 8086 in terms of execution speed over the Z80 series, which is the CPU of the windows machine. In addition, the 68000 was able to support up to 16MB of continuous memory space, so it can be used in software that requires a large amount of calculations such as images, videos, and music.
The result was better than the Z80 series. Therefore, there is a history that Mac. Has come to be used for the production of music and videos.
However, now that Intel has made great strides in developing Z80 CPUs, it is decided to use Intel CPUs.
MP3 (MP3 Audio Layer-3) is one of the technologies for compressing acoustic data. It also refers to the audio file format created from it. The amount of data is less than Wave data.
The file extension is ".mp3". Due to the similar names of MP3 and MP4, MP4 may be mistaken for a similar Audio Layer-4. However, MP4 is a related standard of MPEG-4, so it is not related.
Sampling frequency: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) / 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz (MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3) / 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 12 kHz (MPEG- 2.5 Audio Layer-3)
Bit rates: 32 kbps, 40 kbps, 48 kbps, 56 kbps, 64 kbps, 80 kbps, 96 kbps, 112 kbps, 128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps, 224 kbps, 256 kbps, 320 kbps (MPEG-1 Audio Layer) -3)
Data can be converted by combining anomalies.
It is often used on the web because the sound quality does not deteriorate extremely even though the amount of data is small.
It is an abbreviation of "Low Frequency Oscillator" and is "Low Frequency Oscillator".
You can change various parameters such as "volume" and "pitch" using a very slow frequency that cannot be heard as a pitch.
The speed of the frequency is adjusted by a parameter called "Rate".
Encoding (English: encode), encoding (Fugoka) is data conversion in a format that can return analog signals and digital data to the original signal.
Generally, the device / circuit / program for encoding is called an encoder, and the device / circuit / program for decoding-undoing-is called a decoder.
In the field of computers (personal computers), encoding also refers to compressing audio and video using codecs.
This is the case when converting from Wave data to mp3 data.
Enhancer is originally a genetic term "a short base sequence of DNA that works to enhance gene expression", but
An enhancer in a music production effector is a type of effector that processes frequencies and makes the outline of the sound clear by emphasizing the high and low frequencies. It is used to improve sound omission, that is, to make the instrument or vocal that you play stand out. If you want to make your solo performance stand out, it is also effective for sources that want to emphasize the low frequencies.
It adjusts temporal changes such as synthesizer volume and filter, A = attack,
Basically, it consists of four parameters: D = Decay, S = Sustain, and R = Release.
Abbreviation for "Open Media Framework". This is a standard for reproducing audio files and video files produced and placed in a DAW with different DAW software.
The extension is ".OMF". You can handle this "OMF" in "Protools", "Logic", and "Cubase". However, just trying to share audio data
MIDI files are not included, so MIDI tracks must be supported separately using SMF.
Recording vocals, guitar, etc. is called audio recording. Record by connecting to the microphone input or line input of the audio interface.
It is to record by superimposing sounds according to what was recorded. Almost unlimited in DAW
Sounds can be layered.
The extension is a character string that is added to the end of the file name (file name) to identify the file type.
The body of the file name and the extension are separated by "." (Period, dot).
The extension is a combination of letters and numbers, historically up to 3 letters, but can be longer.
The extension is arbitrary for the operating system (OS) to identify the file.
Improper extensions will affect the behavior of your system or application software.
In some cases, it is separated by multiple periods, such as .tar.gz, but the system considers the extension after the last period.
This is one of the functions that accompanies the soft sound source. Mainly using the lowest keyboard of the keyboard, using the playing style peculiar to musical instruments
Change the performance.
Taking the saxophone sound source as an example, do not add vibrato, change to a strongly blown tone,
Controls such as are switched with the keyboard.
It is a function that corrects the timing of real-time recorded sounds and adjusts them to measures and beats.
This is one of the synthesizer waveform synthesis methods. The audio waveform is read, the original sound is divided into very fine particles (grains) of several mSec to several tens of mSec, and new sounds are synthesized by rearranging them.
It is also one of the sound processing methods rather than the synthesis method for creating musical instrument sounds. From the sound that retains the characteristics of the original sound
You can even create different sounds.
It is also called a snap depending on the DAW software. When dragging and moving data during editing, if you set it to 1/16 with a snap, the data will be moved in 1/16 note units.
It is a word that expresses the loudness of a sound. It is mainly used to indicate the level of a head amp when recording a live instrument.
Increasing the value will increase the volume proportionally, and decreasing the value will decrease the volume.
The unit is dB_decibel.
In performance, by inserting a very weak sound before and after the actual sound, and between the actual sound, the role of supporting the timing and glue of the rhythm
I have. It is often found on funk drums.
By inserting a ghost note when making a performance by step recording on a computer
The drive feeling of a live instrument increases and it becomes more like a live performance.
In the case of a guitar, this is what is called a "karapic".
By slightly delaying the sound in mmSec units and slightly shaking the pitch with the LFO to mix it with the original sound,
It is an effector that creates a spatial expanse. It is especially often used for electric pianos and clean guitars.
MIDI control change is a standard for transmitting various information to MIDI devices.
Control Change (CC) in MIDI is a MIDI standard message that controls expression settings such as volume and localization. The control change message consists of a control number (0 to 127) indicating which element to change, and a value ( 0 to 127) to be set for that element.
Convert is an English word that has the meaning of converting, transforming, exchanging, converting, switching, and so on.
In the field of computers, converting data, signals, etc. from one format to another is called conversion.
Says. Devices, devices, software, etc. that convert are called "converters".
An effector that compresses the loud part and reduces the volume difference from the low volume part.
It is an effector that is indispensable for making sounds, especially when recording live musical instruments. The texture of the sound of the 60's and 70's
The effect of the compressor is great.
It is to decide how much the effect is applied by the sound of the track different from the sound of the target to which the effect is applied.
Originally it is one of the functions of the compressor.
For example, you can use it to trigger the compressor on the base with a kick. In this case, the volume is turned down only at the moment when the kick sounds, and the effect of giving a monotonous bass sound synchronized with the kick sound is obtained. This effect of controlling the volume to avoid certain sounds is called ducking.
The term "sidechain" often refers to ducking, as most sidechains are used for ducking. Other effects that apply side chains include the "side chain equalizer" that divides the frequency band and performs side chain processing.
An effect that creates the natural distortion of tubes and tapes. Until the mid-1980s, the mainstream of the recording industry was to use equipment using vacuum tubes and record on analog tape to create works.
Recording on analog tape causes subtle changes in sound. It is a subtle distortion or deterioration of the high frequency band, but it has the effect of making the human ear feel "warmth and thickness". Saturation is an effector that simulates the characteristics of the frequency change.
Thunderbolt is a high-speed general-purpose data transmission technology jointly developed by Intel with Apple.
It can be used by plugging it into a USB Type-C port.
It is more versatile and has higher performance than USB and has twice the transfer capacity of USB3.0. Even if it is doubled, it takes half the time
It does not mean that it can be transferred.
The sampling frequency (sampling rate) indicates how many times a second is processed, and is expressed as Fs or fs.
The unit of sampling frequency is Hz (hertz), and the sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz (kilohertz) means that the sound is decomposed into 44,100 pieces per second and converted into binary data of signal magnitude. (K represents 1,000 times)
Since digital signals can be reproduced as sound up to half the sampling frequency,
The higher the sampling frequency, the higher the frequency that can be played back, and the better the sound quality.
44.1kHz is adopted for CD, and 48kHz is adopted for DAT and satellite broadcasting B mode.
Recent professional equipment also uses high sampling frequencies (high sampling) such as 88.2kHz and 96kHz.
It has been devised to faithfully reproduce even higher frequency sounds to improve sound quality.
Synthesizers released by each instrument manufacturer Established to maintain compatibility in managing tones,
GM is an abbreviation for "General MIDI", which is a tone standard.
For example, "GM_No1 is a piano" and "GM_No49 is a string" in a bank that stores tones.
There is regularity in the array. By matching this regularity, you can eliminate the problem that the specified instrument changes on the track of the created file even if the instrument model is changed.
However, while hard sound sources can still be expected to have that effect, soft sound sources tend to have a large number of tones, so there are not many soft sound sources that follow the GM arrangement.
The unit "Hz_Hertz" is used for the frequency. What is "Hz_Hertz"? How many times does the air vibrate per second?
The larger this number is, the higher the frequency is, and the higher the sound is.
The frequency that humans can hear is said to be "20Hz to 20,000Hz".
It is the role of the equalizer to process the level of each band and frequency.
It is a general term for musical instruments that synthesize musical tones using electronic engineering techniques. It mainly refers to musical instruments that can create and edit various sounds. Depending on the pronunciation method, "additive synthesis (Hammond organ)" and "subtractive synthesis (minimoog)"
It is divided into types such as "FM sound source (YAMAHA DX7)", "PCM sound source", and "physical model sound source".
When we talk about digital synthesizers, we mean that the transmitter uses digital waveforms instead of analog circuits, and the processing method may be subtractive synthesis.
This is one of the DAW playback functions. You can play by operating the play bar yourself and rubbing the desired part.
Thing. You can check fine noise and change the playback speed freely.
This is the data format for exporting / reading MIDI files of music. It is written as "SMF".
SMF has standards of "0" and "1", and "0" treats all MIDI tracks as one track.
It is a file format, and "1" is a file format that separates each MIDI track and treats it as multiple tracks.
Since it is only performance data, the file size is very small. You can also send it by attaching it to an email.
For real-time recording, which is recorded while actually playing, adding sound with numerical values and steps
Point to. Even people who cannot play musical instruments can enter performance data.
However, if you want the reproducibility of a live instrument, you need to have a detailed knowledge of the performance and expressiveness of the instrument.
A unit that expresses a pitch and has the same meaning as a semitone.
It is one of the units of pitch. One cent is equivalent to a "one hundredth semitone". One note for 200 cents. 1200 cents is one octave.
The sound source function in the DAW produces sounds from various musical instruments and synthesizers. DTM takes advantage of this to create music along with audio-recorded audio tracks.
This function expands and contracts the audio data to match the tempo of the song. Sound quality deteriorates, so you have to use it well.
This function is used to set the tempo. By tapping the TAP button according to the music, the audio data
Since you know the tempo, you can use that number as the delay number.
The official name is Windows Media Audio, which was originally developed by Microsoft and is the standard music data compression format for Windows. The extension (the symbol after the file name that indicates the file type) is .wma.
If you grab a CD with Windows Media Player, it will automatically be in this format.
Since sounds outside the human audible range are thinned out, the data size can be reduced to about 1/22 while maintaining the sound quality of the CD.
It can be made smaller. Also, there are several types of wma, from standard to higher quality.
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Compared to mp3 of the same music data compression format, mp3 is far more than wma in the number of compatible playback software,
Since mp3 places the highest priority on the data compression rate, wma tends to have better sound quality.
DAW is a computer app and the main tool for DTM.
DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation.
DA conversion is the conversion of digital signals into analog signals, which converts digital signals at sampling frequency time intervals.
Read and connect smoothly.
Since the digital signal can be reproduced as sound up to half the sampling frequency, the sampling frequency is
The larger the value, the higher the frequency can be played and the better the sound quality.
It is the audible position of the sound image. The left is written as "L" and the right is written as "R". In the meantime, adjust the location of the sound.
Desktop music. DTM refers to "music made on a desk", which means making music using a computer. You can record, dubb, edit and mix on your computer without going to the studio. It is Japanese English. In English-speaking countries, "Bedroom production" is used.
A file created by mastering work created for the purpose of CD pressing.
Give this "DDP file" to the CD press company and press the CD.
In the sense of "delaying", it is an effector that transmits the original sound with a delay at the set time.
It may also be used as a parameter to delay the playback timing of a track.
In a digital environment such as a DAW, the input / output sound is too loud, and the sound cracks and becomes noise.
Digital clips can't be cleaned, so the peak recording level is higher than analog recording.
You need to be careful. To avoid this, suppress the volume at the peak called "limiter"
It's a good idea to use an effector.
It is expressed as dB in the unit of volume. The volume suitability standard is 0 dB.
The relationship between decibels and magnification is 2 times at 6 dB, 4 times at 12 dB, 10 times at 20 dB, and 100 times at 40 dB when 0 dB is 1 time.
Also, -6dB is calculated as 0.5 times (1/2), and -12dB is calculated as 0.25 times (1/4).
One of the important things to use your DAW comfortably is to reduce the latency.
When playing the keyboard to play the soft sound source inside the computer
If the latency (sound delay) is small, the sound will be produced almost at the same time when you play the keyboard, but if the latency is large, the sound will be produced a little after you play it. You can't play with that.
To reduce this latency, it exists between the PC and the audio interface
All you have to do is reduce the buffer size.
A buffer is a buffer that sends audio data from a PC to an audio interface.
On the contrary, it is the memory that is used when the sound input to the audio interface is delivered to the PC as a signal.
Just like a bucket relay, audio data is buffered and passed over, so
The smaller the buffer, the faster the bucket of water will be transmitted and the smaller the sound delay.
"The buffer can be made as small as possible, and the sound can be produced in almost real time."
If there is room in the buffer, even if there is a defect in the performance information that will be digitally transmitted, it can be stored in the buffer.
You can block the traces of sound. But the small buffer ensures that the data is constantly
It puts a heavy load on the CPU because it has to be transferred. Therefore, if you reduce the buffer size on a machine with low CPU power, the sound will be cut off or the DAW software itself will drop.
Even on a machine with CPU power, the same risk arises when the number of tracks increases, the number of plug-ins used increases, and the workload increases, such as running a large number of heavy plug-ins.
The length of a MIDI note sound. The original vocabulary of Dulation means "time to sustain the state". In terms of performance, the notes represent the timing of the start of playing, and if it is actually an eighth note, it will be until the next note to be played.
How long you keep the instrument playing depends on the melody claim.
If it is short, it will be "Staccato", and if it is long, it will be "Slur". It is an item of the adjustment.
When transmitting information by digital signal, the transmitting side and the receiving side must be "synchronized" with the same clock.
Digital transmission is not possible. Digital devices use a reference signal called a word clock.
The receiver interprets the signal sent according to the sender's word clock.
Digital signals read the signal at the voltage of the signal. If it is 0 volt, it is 0, if it is 5 volt, it is 1, but
16-digit -16bit and 24-digit-24bit signals are just a series of 0 and 5 volts, so the recipient cannot read the correct information unless they know where the first digit is.
Also, the speed of the transmitted signal will be meaningless unless it is "synchronized" with the same reference signal.
For example, when I make a melody with a humming song, I don't know what kind of melody it is even if I only listen to the humming song. The melody can be clearly understood by clarifying the tempo with a metronome and listening to it by both singers and listeners. It's similar to that.
It is a function to move the note or range specified by clicking to the left or right with the value specified in advance.
This is effective when you want to fine-tune the timing of the recording material. Subtly with a mouse or trackball
It is used when it is difficult to shift.
For audio files with small waveforms, the largest part of the waveform is up to "0 dB (decibel)"
It is a processing method that raises the overall volume by raising it.
It's often used to play the sound of a live instrument that has been recorded at a small level.
A hard disk is a component that stores data on a personal computer. Alias: HDD, hard disk drive.
The computer is responsible for auxiliary storage. It stores everything such as the "OS" that is indispensable for running a personal computer, "software" such as Word and Excel, and "data" created by the user.
Hard disks come in 3.5-inch, 2.5-inch, and 1.8-inch sizes.
It is connected to the computer by a method called SATA connection (serial ATA connection).
The hard disk has a precise structure that is vulnerable to shocks. Rotate the magnetic disk at high speed with the magnetic head
It is an analog structure called reading. Therefore, if it is vulnerable to impact and the magnetic disk is scratched
It usually happens that it cannot be read.
In order to read the data quickly, the magnetic disk must be rotated quickly, and there are 5400 rotations and 7200 rotations. 5400 rpm is often used on laptop 2.5-inch hard disks.
7200 rpm is used on 3.5-inch hard disks for desktops and some 2.5-inch hard disks. (Some of the more expensive laptops have 7200 rpm.)
This means that if you want to record a guitar or song on a low-priced laptop computer, you should use an external 7200 rpm external hard disk or SSD with USB3.0 for recording. It will be good.
It means to write out the created work with sound data such as "mp3" and "wav".
Specifying the location where the file is created when creating the file, such as exporting music data,
Or it is a designated place.
If you change this "Path" in the middle of production, the audio data will be missing when you open the previous production file.
Since it may become, what was set in the environment settings before production
It should not change.
A storage area that temporarily stores data so that it can be recalled immediately.
Increasing or decreasing this area will affect the speed of computer equipment performance.
In the case of an audio interface, it affects the delay of sound.
The code used in the mastering work done to create a CD.
Specify the "beginning" and "end" of the song. The text that contains this information
It is called "PQ sheet".
Abbreviation for "Beat per minutes", which means tempo.
"bit" is a single digit of a binary number, which is a combination of a part of the two words "binary digit".
The audio interface standards 16bit and 24bit represent the number of binary digits.
8bit is "00101100", 16bit is "1000100010001000", and 24bit is "100000010110000110001000". In the audio interface, when analog sound is sampled (binary-quantized),
The number of bits determines how finely the amplitude value is decomposed. Since 16-bit quantizes in 65,536 steps and 24-bit quantizes in 16,777,216 steps, the higher the number of bits, the closer to the original sound.
The higher this "number of bits", the finer the volume can be expressed. Currently, "16", "24", and "32" are used, and "32bit" theoretically does not cause "clip (sound cracking)".
Because it is calculated by square
Express the volume in 16bit = 2 to the 16th power 65,536 steps
24bit = 2 to the 24th power 16,777,216 steps
32bit = 2 to the 32nd power 4,294,967,296 steps.
The number of music bits that are currently mainstream is "24bit".
When recording music on CD media, it is always converted to 16 bits and recorded. The sound quality will change compared to when working in a 24-bit environment.
When incorporating effects and soft sound sources (plug-ins) for use in DAW software,
There are several ways to incorporate it. VST is one of them.
There are two standards for VST, 2.0 and 3.0. In addition, it may be for 32bit or 64bit, so I purchased it but can not use it
Please be careful when purchasing the plug-in.
There are other standards such as VST (Windows / Mac), AudioUnits (Mac), and AAX (Windows / Mac).
This is one of the circuits used to create the sound of a synthesizer, and it extracts a specific frequency component from the waveform generated by the transmitter.
An effector that weakens or strengthens is called a "filter". This is a big function to change the "tone".
There are three types: low-pass filter (LPF), high-pass filter (HPF), and band-pass filter (BPF).
It's basic. There are parameters such as "CUT OFF" and "RESONANCE".
In some cases, only the filter is used as an effector to create sound.
This is effective when changing the frequency characteristics over time.
By modifying the phase to change it and mixing it with the original sound,
An effector that adds thickness and swell to the sound. It makes a stronger change than the chorus.
Program software added to extend software functions. In the case of DTM, this includes soft sound sources, effectors, and amp simulators.
It is a term that refers to the fact that the computer screen freezes and becomes stuck, but in DTM, it also refers to the function of fixing the software sound source of the plug-in software to reduce the burden on the CPC.
It's less CPU-intensive, but you can't make changes to the track while it's frozen.
This is a development of Wav, which is a music file format, and is a file that can incorporate information such as composition, lyrics, albums, and song titles into WAV files.
A unit that expresses frequency. It is expressed as the number of waves repeated per second.
"1Hz" means that the wave is repeated "once per second", and at 1000Hz at 1kHz (kilohertz), "1000 times per second"
It means that the waves are repeated. The larger the number, the higher the "treble range".
On the other hand, if the number is small, it means "bass".
It is one of the parameters of the MIDI standard. The strength with which you hit the keyboard is shown in 0-127 levels.
Velocity changes are a very important factor in expressing live music.
In addition, the velocity switch is a velocity switch that reproduces the tone of A from 0 to 30, the tone of B from 31 to 64, the tone of C from 65 to 127, and so on. Soft sound sources create realistic expressions.
This is a function that continuously changes the pitch when moving from the pitch played on the synthesizer to the next note.
Also known as "Glind".
You can also set the time for changing the pitch. The Roland TB303, which has had a great influence on the techno sound, has this function as a characteristic color.
This is the location information that is attached to quickly manage the composition of music on the sequence.
For example, by attaching it one bar before the bridge or one bar before the chorus
You can move quickly and work smoothly.
Originally, when producing records and CDs, there is a situation where multiple songs can be listened to continuously as one work, so in that case it is necessary to correct the setting between songs and the bias of sound quality for each song. The process work performed to raise the sound pressure as the final medium.
The work of entering text related to copyright information such as "song information", "JAN code", and "ISRC" is also performed during "mastering". Nowadays, the sale of each song on the net is becoming mainstream, so after the final mixing work, it is often done to raise the sound pressure and make the sound quality easier to hear. ..
The design concept of Macintosh is very important, such as an intuitive and visual operation interface, the fineness and beauty of the character font displayed on the screen, the accuracy of the iconography displayed on the screen, and the beauty of the housing (main body appearance). It is focused on.
The Macintosh has paved the way for DTP and has become a generalized personal computer, and is still the mainstream platform for typesetting work such as books and magazines, and is a platform (once the only one) that can run cutting-edge design-related software of each era. It has become a mainstream platform for business use such as graphic design, illustration, and web design. Many people like to use it for music (DTM / DAW) and video (non-linear editing / VFX).
Since the OS was migrated to a UNIX / Linux-based OS in 2001 and became "Mac OS X" (= current macOS).
It is useful as a platform on which UNIX / Linux software can run smoothly, and its adoption in the fields of science and engineering has increased significantly. Motorola's MC68000 series has been used for the CPU since its release, but in 1994
We jointly developed PowerPC with IBM Motorola and switched from MC68000 series.
Starting with Mac OS X v10.4 for Intel Macs, the software for Mac OS 9.2.2 and earlier no longer works. Starting with Mac OS X Lion, only Intel-enabled software will work.
If you use Boot Camp on Intel-equipped machines and purchase and install Windows separately, you can switch between macOS and Windows.
Work to arrange each recorded and edited track in a well-balanced manner, adjust the volume and effects, and put them together as a song
That is. On the other hand, the work of recording on each track is called track down.
Abbreviation for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface". MIDI is just performance information, so
Its expandability is attractive, such as replacing the flute sound with a horn.
You may only have the image of connecting a MIDI keyboard to a sound source and playing it, but that is not the case.
Although it is a standard published in 1981, the parameters are expandable, and you can also operate the tone parameters of a hard sound source in real time.
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16 channels = 1 MIDI cable can send and receive data for 16 channels.
Connect to a MIDI device with a 5-pin DIN connector-MIDI cable.
The MIDI message sent consists of multiple bytes (8 bits).
◆ Performance information such as pressing the keyboard + pressing force + pedal on / off is transmitted as 8-bit information.
Currently, the MIDI 2.0 standard was announced in 2020, enabling bidirectional data communication.
Expectations are high for future development.
It is a term that refers to modulation, but it mainly refers to the modulation of frequency and phase with an LFO or the like.
Modulation effector for chorus, flanger, phaser, ring modulator, etc.
Is called. Modulation in composition also uses "Modulation" in English.
When recording a live instrument or song with a DAW, the sound through the DAW can be heard with a delay from the actual play.
It refers to that.
This is also indicated by the word "latency". Even now, computer performance has made remarkable progress.
The resolution of this delay has not yet been resolved.
USB is an acronym for "Universal Serial Bus".
It is one of the standards for connecting peripheral devices to a personal computer, but most of the recent personal computers have
It has a port to which you can connect a USB connector.
One of the features of USB is that it can supply power to operate the device from a personal computer. USB power supply will run out of power for devices that require a large amount of power, but portable HDDs and USB memory devices that require less power do not need to be powered by the AC adapter.
In addition, the "hot plug" function, which allows you to disconnect and insert cables while the computer is being turned on, is also very convenient if you are not sending or receiving data. Another feature of USB is that you can connect multiple devices using a USB hub even if your computer does not have enough USB ports.
The type of USB is USB1.0 / 2.0 / 3.0 / 4.0 and the transfer speed is different. Currently, most of them are USB 2.0 or 3.0. With USB3.0, the transfer speed is 5Gbps, which is about 10 times faster than USB2.0. It became 20 Gbps with USB3.2.
Since it was 12 Mbps with USB1.0, the theoretical value is more than 1600 times, but specifically, even if you connect an audio interface with the specifications of USB1.0, the sound will be interrupted or reduced and it will not be usable. Hmm.
It is okay if it is USB 2.0 or higher.
With USB3.0, you can connect a hard disk and use an external disk for recording.
However, if the computer side is a port for USB 2.0, even if you connect a USB 3.0 device there
It cannot be used at USB 3.0 speeds. It is essential to check the specifications of your computer.
The shape of the connector
There are USB Type-A / USB Type-B / USB Type-C / Mini-USB Type-B / Micro USB2.0 Type-B / Micro USB3.0 Type-B.
Let's check the usage environment.
Unix- (UNIX) is a type of multitasking, multiuser operating system "OS" for computers. It has an overwhelming presence in the field of supercomputers and servers. macOS is also a UNIX-like OS.
Random access memory is a category of memory used by computers. The program uses it as a work area when working on a computer.
The shape is based on a microchip and is sold in 4GB, 8GB, and capacities.
The larger the amount of RAM, the smoother the software will operate. You may be able to add more after purchasing the computer, so it is a good idea to consider it.
Playing a MIDI keyboard to record according to your performance or count.
Linux is one of the Unix-like operating systems.
It is used in a wide range of fields such as supercomputers, servers, personal computers, and mobile phones.
Linux is the leading operating system for collaborative development of free and open source software.