LO3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysB7oQKwjg

 

 

Korg transfer instructions

1.       Correct song file

2.       Press store then locate 1

3.       Jump to end of recording

4.       Store locate 2

5.       Press track until you reach copy track screen

6.       Move to the bottom left

7.       Turn the jog wheel until you hit 1-4

8.       Move cursor to right hand side until 1 it reaches clip 4

9.       Move cursor over to execute

10.   Press enter then yes

11.   Press track until you reach export

12.   Press enter select usb select ok

13.   Select execute then ok

14.   If error connect midi lead

15.   Press system usb until you reach check drive

16.   Select usb

17.   Open folder to view folder

18.   Go to the korg

19.   Select the wav folder files

20.   Exit usb mode on the korg

21.   To reset press song

22.   Open Cubase import files

23.   Import audio

24.   Select copy to working directory 

25.   Select different tracks

Microphone types and characteristics
History of microphones
The principle behind the microphone is to function as a synthetic ear for the user. By placing it in a given radius of a singular or group of fluctuating sound waves it should receive the waves in an almost identical manner to which the natural human ear would. However there is currently no such thing as perfect microphone which can function at a level equal to or superfluous to the human ear. Many models both budget and high market value including professional level struggle to differentiate the varying wave patterns be it a wind current or a large explosion leaving you with a proverbial audio gumbo.
In 1827 Sir Charles Wheatstone (Depicted on the left) became the first person to adopt the terminology first know the microphone. 1876 saw the beginning stages of the pioneering of what would come to be known as the modern day microphone. The native German Emile Berliner (depicted in the bottom right) devised and produced a prototype microphone functioning as a US telephone voice transmitter. Berliner’s initial inspiration had been inspired after prolonged exposure to the Bell company telephone in which he experienced the desire to vastly improve its function. The bell telephone company impressed by the aspiring inventor’s genius purchased Berliners patented microphone device for a substantial 50,000 US dollars. 1878 saw the initial stages for the induction of David Edward Hughes (Depicted in the bottom left) revolutionary carbon microphone prototype a model that would later be refined and experience global production and adoption in the early 1920`s paving the way for many of the later and modern day developments on David Hughes carbon microphone many studio based producers still rely on Hughes carbon based microphone principle in today’s heavily competitive recording industry. The exceptionally popular expansion of 20th century radio brought about the conception and birth of what would come to be known as the Ribbon microphone which saw final production a and release in 1942 primarily for national and global propaganda broadcasts. Twenty two years later the multinational Bell telephone company’s research team lead by James West and Gerhard Sesseler were granted Paton 3,118,022 for their genius Foil-electroacoustic transducer an inspired electret microphone based on conventional transducer principles taking electrical energy and passing it through a universally adopted linear oscillatory circuit system (Predominately consisting of rods, plates and shells of varying depth and mass) in order to produce direct acoustic energy wave patterns. Increased reliability heightened precision, compact mass and an evenly balanced cost whether you are indoors or outdoors your acoustic environment could affect the sound you are recording.
When recording your sound inside, you may find that the area you are using produces echoes, this is because of surfaces in the room with reflective properties, causing the sound to reflect off the surface and travel around the room in the form of an echo.
Studios are used so that when recording all sound is encased within the recording area itself, the walls are usually lined with foam or carpet as these are very absorbent surfaces and the floor is usually wood as it also has good absorbent properties. Studio acoustics allow fine tuning sound quality to take place, the settings require strategic placement so that the sound may be absorbed to control effects such as reverberation and the acoustic materials that are used in the enclosed space are usually fibreglass and cotton for their unique properties.
When music is being recorded live, instead of using a studio they will use a ‘live room’; this is acoustically absorbent and partly reflective, which allows a varied sound, it is particularly suited to record instruments from the percussion family so that no interference can take place when recording for example a vocalist nearby or the vocalist being picked up on the drummer’s recording. A room with a lot of sound absorbing surfaces is called a dead room this has a high frequency, and little to no reverberation so that all the sound is captured in the most clear manner.


Indoor acoustics
The principles of sound and acoustics;
Sound and acoustics have many principles, such as all properties have some sort of acoustic material inside them, which is likely to absorb, reflect, or transmit the sound. Acoustic material is designed for the purpose of absorbing sound. The studying of sound can be divided into three sections: production, transmission and reception. All of these principles are needed to allow sound to occur. Acoustic principles are now used a lot in concert halls and auditoriums.
When using a studio to record the acoustics are clear, this is because the surroundings have a low frequency and are designed to block out any audio that is not coming from within the studio. Recording in a studio is the opposite to recording in a location such as a hall, when recording it is said that the studio would be ‘dead’ as no other sounds can come in contact with the recording system other than the sounds purposely made within the studio, whereas within a hall you would usually find an echoing effect making the sound perhaps sound more distant or as if the source is travelling.
Many different surface types have different reflective and absorptive properties, for example carpet is greatly absorbent when it comes to sound proofing. Alternatively a very reflective surface for sound proofing would be plastic.

Reverberation is similar to echo in the sense that it re-creates an echo of sound that sounds like a ‘humming’ tone of the just played note(s). It is often found in modern day music such as Rock and Electro; it is the most commonly used sound effect in music.
Soundproofing is used to keep sound encased. It is often used in recording studios and cinemas as a means of keeping the outside area quieter. Common materials used for soundproofing a room are: carpet, foam, wood, fibreglass and cotton. These all have uniquely good properties for absorbing sound. However the alternative is for reflective surfaces such as: glass, metal, brick, stone and plastic.

Distortion-A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Delay-Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. Echo-In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener sometime after the direct sound. Wah-Wah-Wah-wah is an imitative word (or onomatopoeia) for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness, sounding much like a human voice saying the syllable wah. Reverberation-Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed. Chorus-In music, a chorus effect (sometimes chorusing or chorused effect) occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly (but never exactly) the same pitches converge and are perceived as one. Phaser-The electronic phasing effect is created by splitting an audio signal into two paths.

Most of you will have used a dynamic mic at sometime or another -- if it looks like a mesh ball on a stick, then it's almost certainly a dynamic model. In live sound, nearly all the mics used are dynamics, and in the studio, instruments such as drums, electric guitars, and basses may also be recorded using dynamic mics. Dynamic microphones have the advantages of being relatively inexpensive and hard-wearing, and they don't need a power supply or batteries to make them operate. So, how do they work?

Capacitor mics have been around for several decades, and although modern capacitor mics do incorporate a few small technical improvements, the sound character has actually changed very little -- some of the best-sounding models were designed over 20 years ago. Basically, the heart of any capacitor mic is a pair of conducting plates, one fixed and the other in the form of a moving diaphragm. When the spacing between the plates changes (as it does when the diaphragm vibrates) the capacitance varies, and if a fixed electrical charge is applied to the capacitor, an electrical signal is produced which faithfully represents the diaphragm vibration. 

There is another type of capacitor microphone, known as the electret mic. Despite inauspicious beginnings, these have now been developed to the point where they can rival true capacitor quality for a much lower price. Instead of applying an electrical charge to the microphone capsule via an external power source, electret mics use a diaphragm made from an insulating material that has a permanent electrical charge. A preamplifier is still needed, but this can be built very cheaply, and will run from a battery in some cases.

 

The compact disc, or CD for short, is an optical disc used to store digital data. The format was originally developed to store and play back sound recordings only (CD-DA), but was later adapted for storage of data (CD-ROM). Several other formats were further derived from these, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video Compact Disc (VCD), Super Video Compact Disc (SVCD), Photo CD, PictureCD, CD-i, and Enhanced Music CD. Audio CDs and audio CD players have been commercially available since October 1982.
Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7 in) and can hold up to 80 minutes of uncompressed audio or 700 MiB (actually about 703 MiB or 737 MB) of data. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from 60 to 80 millimetres (2.4 to 3.1 in); they are sometimes used for CD singles, storing up to 24 minutes of audio or delivering device drivers.
At the time of the technology's introduction it had more capacity than computer hard drives common at the time. The reverse is now true, with hard drives far exceeding the capacity of CDs.
In 2004, worldwide sales of CD audio, CD-ROM, and CD-R reached about 30 billion discs. By 2007, 200 billion CDs had been sold worldwide.^[1] Compact discs are increasingly being replaced or supplemented by other forms of digital distribution and storage, such as downloading and flash drives, with audio CD sales dropping nearly 50% from their peak in 2000.^[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

DVD is an optical disc storage format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions.
Pre-recorded DVDs are mass-produced using molding machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD. Such discs are known as DVD-ROM, because data can only be read and not written nor erased. Blank recordable DVD discs (DVD-R and DVD+R) can be recorded once using a DVD recorder and then function as a DVD-ROM. Rewritable DVDs (DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM) can be recorded and erased multiple times.
DVDs are used in DVD-Video consumer digital video format and in DVD-Audio consumer digital audio format, as well as for authoring AVCHD discs. DVDs containing other types of information may be referred to as DVD data discs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD