| About
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| OBJECTIVE: |
Pick
up something about MIDI programs,
production, etc. |
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Decide
what you want to do with your
MIDI. |
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| "Aquí
habría comprado Mozart su música." |
Every
musician needs access to a great many
sources of music. An excellent one in
Germany is notenshop.de! |
Check
them out and see what you can find! |
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The
term MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface,
and refers to instruments being "hooked up"
to your computer, or stand-alone synthesizers. There
are many synthesizers out there on the market, and
my own personal preference has been the Roland series.
Korg, Kurzweil, and Yamaha also produce respectable
synthesizers, and can be found at Musician's Friend
per internet. Personally, I wouldn't buy a synthesizer
that had less than 88 keys, simply to keep the keyboard
consistent with regular piano performance. |
I
currently am using a Roland JV-1000, as well as an
MV-30 (ancient one). The following instruments would
be uppermost on my "wish list" and when
the opportunity arises, I'll get 'em! |
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MIDI
programs are different from synthesizers in the sense
that they are functional on a PC, and don't need digital
input from instruments. The majority of the MIDI-files
found in this website under German folksongs were
produced by direct notation. That is, all the little
musical dots were placed onto the score and performed
directly from the program. They were never performed
through as pieces of music. |
When
I originally started this project back in 92, Cakewalk
was fairly new, as were most of the MIDI programs
for PC. Since then, I have had versions of Finale,
Encore, Cakewalk, Mozart, and various others. |
I
would highly recommend investing higher dollars for
a better program, as the majority of the "cheaper"
programs tend to deteriorate in quality rapidly, and
invariably never include all of the detail/refinement
abilities needed for the desired results. |
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program is for the publication of musical scores as
well as for arranging MIDI files. Used by professionals
for preparing scores for publication, it is a highly
recommended program. |
 
MakeMusic! FINALE 2004 Academic
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is the consumer version of the above-mentioned title.
Well worth the price, if you intend to publish or
even just want to provide notation over the internet. |
 
MakeMusic! FINALE PrintMusic! 2004 Consumer Version
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| Cakewalk
has taken their famous SONAR recording software and
enhanced it with over 100 new features that set a
new standard for the studio production environment.
Includes a completely redesigned intuitive user interface,
innovative mixing capabilities, universal bus architecture,
and advanced MIDI routing. |
 
Cakewalk SONAR3 Producer |
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is what you need at home to compose, notate, arrange,
etc. It's my next item up for purchase, and I know
it's well worth the $. |
 
Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 |
The
majority of the folksongs presented in this website
are my own musical renditions , and they are formatted
as midi files or as RealAudio files. The midi files
were notated by hand using Cakewalk Audio Pro. The
RealAudio files were performed live with an Iorio
accordion. |
It
is my wish to gratefully acknowledge the talent out
there in the world today, and to acknowledge my gratitude
for the permissions to use imported midi files. |
The
following midi files can be found in this site, and
it is with sincere appreciation that I acknowledge
the talent displayed in these arrangements. Hats off
to these individuals: |
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Thank
you for visiting these pages!
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TLLP
(c) RCAguilar 2004
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