I didnt do much this weekend for my Grad Project. My dog just came home from his surgrey and I really didnt have much drive to write or play anything. But this week I will make up for lost time.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated. (did you know)
About 2,4 billion CDs are sold annually. The number of recorded CDs and blank CDs sold has been about equal (did you know)
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980 (did you know)
The average songwriter composes 100 songs every 3 2 months (did you know)
Foundation Questions
1. What is the average time taken to record one song? 2. What is the cost of using a recording studio? 3. What are the processes of recording, like after just playing the song the fixing and stuff? 4. How many songs are on the average album? 5. How many songs does a person write before they should attempt picking a few? 6. What is the number of records on an estimate that are recorded per year? 7. What are the odds of a person getting there ablum promoted to a good stand point? 8. How long would it take for a person's promoting to show progress? 9. When making a CD, how do you go about making the case, the cover, cover art ect.
KEY TERMS FOR GRAD-PROJECTS
BASIC TRACKS: Recorded tracks of rhythm instruments (bass, guitar, drums, and sometimes keyboard).
BALANCE: The relative volume levels of various tracks or instruments.
BUZZ: An unwanted edgy tone that sometimes accompanies audio, containing high harmonics of 60 Hz.
CD-R: CD-Recordable, a recordable compact disc that cannot be rewritten. Once recorded, it cannot be erased and reused
COMPING: Recording composite tracks.
DEAD: Having very little or no reverberation.
FLOAT: To disconnect from ground.
LEAKAGE: The overlap of an instrument's sound into another instrument's microphone. Also called bleed or spill
LOOP: In a sampling program, to play the sustain portion of a sound's envelope repeatedly.
OFF-AXIS: Not directly in front of a microphone or loudspeaker
RELEASE: The final portion of a note's envelope in which the note falls from its sustain level back to silence.
RESISTOR: An electronic component that opposes current flow.
SAFETY COPY: A copy of the master tape, to be used if the master tape is lost or damaged.
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