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Multimedia articles dealing with MIDI, music, video and more. Under MIDI Articles - The MIDI Primer will take you through the basics of how MIDI works and how to setup a basic MIDI recording studio; Getting MIDI into your Computer walks you through installing a MIDI Y-Cable on your sound card's gameport for MIDI access; and the Introduction to Soundproofing in Home Studio Articles gives you the basics on constructing soundproof walls in your studio. Other articles inside!

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MIDI Articles ( 2 items )
I write the occassional article related to MIDI sequencing, synthesizers, drum machines and other MIDI devices. The articles you will find here are based solely on my personal experience and not because I´ve got some fancy piece of parchment hanging on the wall. I hope you find them useful and informative. If you notice something wrong, please Contact Me and let me know about it. If you have written an article that you would like to see here, send it my way.
Home Studio Articles ( 3 items )
I love my studio. Don´t you? Here you will find articles concerning home-studio construction. Just like the MIDI Articles, these articles are based on my own personal experience. I hope you find them helpful. If you find something to be in error, please let me know so I can correct it. I you have an article you have written that you´d like to see here - send it my way.
Nifty Music Stuff ( 23 items )
Whenever a find a cool music-related product I will post a link to it here. These are generally affiliate links that I make a few coins from if you visit the product link and actually buy something there. Any help feeding my kids is greatly appreciated.

Studio Jargon

Envelope Generator

A device which produces a control signal which varies in level with time. The simplest of these (sometimes called ADSR) has four parameters: Attack Time, Decay Time, Sustain Level & Release Time. Thus it has three time constants and one level constant. Such a device is often found on synthesisers, where it is usually used to control the volume of an amplifier, the cut off frequency of a filter, or the frequency of an oscillator. More complex arrangements involving a series of time and level constants are available, particularly on digital synthesisers. These are called multistage envelopes and may involve eight or more parameters usually in time and level pairs.

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