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Digital Audio Computer Music-Making and MIDI XG
Now more than 10 years old!
This site was originally for users of the good 'ole General MIDI (GM) and Yamaha's superior XG MIDI standard; specifically, the SYXG-50 and SYXG100 softsynths, now discontinued.
Now it's also for musicians using the computer for making music in the digital audio realm too.
But that's not to say TheWhippinipost is abandoning you GM and XG MIDI users. You can still find the comprehensive MIDI XG guide on how to interpret and use XG's specialised commandset to tap into its hidden power.
Mixing music is another area now covered with lots of articles, interviews and tutorials including the popular 10 essential mixing tips.
There's also an overview (plus many reviews) of popular computer music products, including keyboards and midi and recording equipment.
Oh the list just goes on including the ever-popular online music calculators plus a growing bank of online video tutorials for musicians - just get stuck in and discover, learn, tell your friends and enjoy!
Welcome to the all-new and improved TheWhippinpost!
After many years it was finally decided to neatly pack this site up into a database and produce the all-singing, all-dancing dynamic website you see before you.
Question: Is it possible to create realistic guitar distortion using MIDI XG?
Answer: Too right it is!
MIDI isn't a sound, it's a digital instruction to trigger sounds on external or software synths.
This guide to the MIDI standard will help you manipulate and understand those MIDI messages
The polyphony of a sound generator refers to its ability to play more than one note at a time.
Struggling for ideas on how to enter the music industry? Think laterally! That's what Chef Jeff and partners did when they launched AdultIndustryMusic.com - yes, music for porn movies!
Read exactly how they got started including the costs, equipment and recording processes involved.
Optimising your PC for audio work can be critical if you want to reduce your temper-to-creativity outburst ratio!
Frozen music applications, stuttering playback, recording, or the dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) can be minimised with a fully optimised Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
There's always an element of latency, even down to the time it takes your brain to deliver an instruction to your little finger on the best curlin' motion to extract that crusty bogey.
So what have we got? MIDI/audio latency... 32 bit sampling... buffers... analogue to digital audio converter. What's it all about and why are these components important to the computer-musician?
To create an audible rhythm with the delay effect, you should synchronise the delay time to the rhythm of the music.
Below the fold: a Delay Time Generator and Delay and Frequencies Calculator.
These calculators allow you to find the tempo (BPM) of a song from either the length in milliseconds(ms) or from the sample length.
The Play-Order Track in Cubase SX3 is one of those simple tools that just totally enhances the song-making process in Cubase.
With it, you'll likely find new hidden ideas and song-arrangements you'd never otherwise discover, making it a creative as well as a production-booster. But more importantly, you can throw large sections of song around the timeline with total ease... bliss!
