May 12, 2008
new audio recorders are here!
The Studio has 2 new digital audio recorders available for checkout. They are M-Audio MicroTrack II recorders.
You can learn more about the recorders on the M-Audio website.
Interested in trying one out? Reserve one today!
Posted by Michelle at 11:16 AM
February 08, 2007
New Studio Microphone
The Studio has a new high end MXL-USB 006 Condenser Microphone for in house recording projects.
Make Studio room reservations by email, phone, or walk-in to make use of this new equipment.
Posted by tbrady2 at 08:53 PM
January 09, 2007
Studio Short Courses - Spring 2007
We are pleased to announce that our short course schedule for spring 2007 is posted and registration is open. We continue to offer our iLife series. Additionally, we have a Final Cut Pro class and a ProTools class. We have expanded our Photoshop classes and now have 4 different classes available.
Our classes are generally an hour long and are taught hands-on using laptops. They are free for UTK students, faculty and staff.
view our classes and schedule online
Posted by Michelle at 08:48 AM
November 08, 2006
New USB Keyboard
The Studio has recently added a USB Keyboard (piano) to the lineup of checkout equipment we offer.
Posted by Michelle at 02:28 PM
October 04, 2006
New Audio Recorder
The Studio has recently added a new digital audio recorder to the lineup of checkout equipment we offer.
Contact us to schedule a certification today so you can check it out. Don't forget video camera and digital camera certifications is avialable online.
check out the M-Audio site for more details
Posted by Michelle at 11:05 AM
August 23, 2006
Studio Short Courses Fall 2006
The Studio offers a series of one-hour, hands-on classes to UT students, faculty and staff. Check out our schedule of courses for Fall 2006. We have updated our iLife classes using iLife 06 and have added an iWeb class. We continue to offer a Photoshop class and a Final Cut Pro class. Sign up for one today to jump-start your next digital project.
Posted by Michelle at 08:32 AM
June 15, 2006
Apple Pro-Apps Seminar
Apple will be giving a Pro-Apps Seminar on June 27.
They will be focusing on Final Cut Studio and Aperture.
The event will be held 1pm-4pm in the Hodges Library Auditoriu. Please bring any questions you have.
Posted by Michelle at 08:42 AM
November 18, 2005
Safari Tech Books Online
If you have not been to the databases area on the library website you're missing out on some great materials available to you.
In particular, you should check out Safari Tech Books Online. This is a group of tech e-books. There are books about many software titles found in the studio at this location. You can search by topic. For instance, if you need to learn about cropping video in final cut pro or how to take red-eye out of a picture in photoshop you can find it here. Check it out if you get the chance.
Posted by Michelle at 09:56 AM
November 08, 2005
Checkout Podtropolis
Have you seen Podtropolis yet?
Welcome to Podtropolis, we are the first, best, and only tracker for iPod content. Our streets are filled with loads of high quality content for your iPod including movies, television programs, music videos and of course music. All video is encoded in iPod compatible formats (H.264, MP4, M4V) so you do not need to bother with conversion.
Posted by Michelle at 12:51 PM
April 19, 2005
Transom.org - Power to the People, Again
Transom.org is an experiment in channeling new work and voices to public radio through the Internet, for discussing that work, and encouraging more. Learn about how Transom works and how you can submit your work for consideration.
Transom: A Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio
Posted by admin at 06:23 AM
April 01, 2005
HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a low-cost recording studio
Apple's new mac mini has spawned all sorts of ideas on how to make it do more than just compute. Use it as the heart of low-cost recording studio, or in the dash of your car, or as a part of your home av gear.
Posted by admin at 09:00 PM
September 22, 2004
Using iTunes as an Audio Processor
Derrick Story has posted an article on how he used Volume Logic, an iTunes plugin ($20) to process audio digitized from an open reel tape.
Browse Related Subjects
Computer sound processing
Music -- Data processing
iTunes
Posted by admin at 06:35 AM
August 02, 2004
Apple Seminars Online (free)
Topic: Servers/Networks
A Blueprint for Tiered Storage (online seminar)
Steve Duplessie, recognized independent expert on storage technology, discusses the practicalities of tiered storage & set-up of a solution that works.
For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/tieredstorage/apple/index.html?s=203
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Servers/Networks Biotech is in our DNA. (online seminar) Michael Athanas, Ph.D., of The BioTeam will show how to install a fully provisioned informatics cluster on one or more Xserve servers using iNquiry. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/biotech/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Product Info Break Through the Barriers to Digital Photography Success. (online seminar) Digital photography provides exciting ways to deliver new content and gain greater control over the finished product, while saving time and money. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/prophoto/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Product Info Color Management for Your Digital Workflow. (online seminar) This free online seminar helps demystify color management and gives you the knowledge you need to incorporate it into your workflow. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/colormgmt/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Servers/Networks Computational Clusters for Bioinformatics. (online seminar) Elizabeth Kerr, Ph.D., Director of Science and Technology Markets at Apple, moderates this informative webcast discussion of the Apple Workgroup Cluster. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/biocluster/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Product Info Guitarists and the Mac: A Conversation with Pat Metheny (Online Seminar) Join Pat Metheny in this free online seminar and learn how the Mac can help you take your music to the next level. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/guitarists/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Keynote Improve Your Presentation Skills. (online seminar) Watch this free online seminar and find out how to improve your presentation skills. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/presenting/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Servers/Networks Information Lifecycle Management. (Online Seminar) Steve Kenniston, an Enterprise Storage Group analyst will offer insights as to how to manage vast amounts of data while keeping your overhead low. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/ilm/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Product Info Keynote: Presentations that Meet your Creative Standards (online seminar) Take this free online seminar and find out how Keynote allows you to create superior presentations you would expect from a professional creative tool. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/keynote/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Digital Media Perfectly Focused - Digital Photography on Mac OS X (Online Seminar) This seminar will show you why you should take the plunge to digital--and how to get started with your own digital photography workflow on Mac OS X. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/perfectfocusinosx/apple/ Topic: Product Info Unwire Your Business (Online Seminar) Take this free online seminar and find out how Apple's wireless and mobile solutions let you take your computing environment with you wherever you go. For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/wireless/apple/index.html?s=203 Topic: Support Why Hire a Member of the Apple Consultants Network (Online Seminar) Learn about the services provided by and advantages of hiring members of the Apple Consultants Network. For more information visit http://www.seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/hireacn/apple/index.html
Posted by admin at 10:48 AM
Giles Turnbull has written an article "GarageBand for the Musical Newbie" on O'Reilly's MacDev Center. There are some good screen shots and useful commentary on some of GB's features. Garage Band is coming soon to The Studio and scoring motion picture sketches and shorts will be easier than ever. I've been tinkering with GB and will soon post some thoughts on the software and how I think it will benefit The Studio community....
Posted by admin at 08:07 AM
Apple has released updates to iTunes and QuickTime. The new iTunes is certainly a great move from Apple to integrate more seamlessly their iTunes Music Store into the iTunes "personal music library" model. In many ways this new iTunes update demonstrates Apple's philosophy of information architecture (and marketing); as Bono from U2 said in a promo for the iTunes music store, you don't need a PhD in button-pushing to use it. Anyway, some features of iTunes worth noting: Tighter integration of your personal music library and the music store WMA conversion Previews in playlists Sharable playlists via iMix Apple Losless Encoding (AL) Print from iTunes There are some other changes worth noting, particularly some changes to the Digital Rights Management infrastructure. You can read more here. Browse Related Library Resources Multimedia systems -- Encyclopedias
Posted by admin at 06:49 AM
Apple and Digidesign have partnered to offer a "Motivated by Music Tour". This 20 city tour (one stop's in Nashville on May 20) is designed to demonstrate how Apple's software Logic, Soundtrack and Garage Band integrates with Digidesign's ProTools|HD. Related Library Resources
Posted by admin at 07:46 AM
Easy WMA is a program that allows you to convert WMA files to MP3. By doing this you will be able to organize your digital audio assets using iTunes. Under the hood of Easy WMA is FFMPEG, a command line tool, developed under Linux, to convert, record, and stream audio and video. FFMPEG Project Documentation Recording Technology History, Steven E. Schoenherr University of Tennessee Information Technology Acceptable Use Policy
Posted by admin at 06:12 AM
Newsday.com has a story on Garage Band. Although the association with button-pushing and "composing" is a little stretched, the article is a positive review of the software and acknowledges the role of "play" in the creation of content. That's a good thing. Check out an interesting and related interview with Brian Eno from Wired
Posted by admin at 05:43 PM
MUDDA - The Magnificent Union of Digitally Downloading Artists. http://www.mudda.org/index.lasso?page=home
Posted by admin at 07:38 AM
http://arts.ucsc.edu/ems/music/tech_background/TE-16/teces_16.html
Posted by admin at 04:33 PM
http://www.mediacollege.com/
Posted by admin at 04:26 PM
It looks like there is a DRM component on the way for the MP3 format. From C|Net... Read more at http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5167841.html
Posted by admin at 10:04 AM
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Article: Garage Band for the Musical Newbie
April 30, 2004
iTunes and QuickTime Updates
Well, this certainly makes sense to Apple. Now you'll notice a little right-pointing arrow next to your music categories. Selecting this area will take you to related music in the iTunes music store. Now this is certainly a commercial plug, but from another perspective, it can work as a great discovery tool.
Now you can convert (unprotected) WMA files to iTunes' MPEG 4 Audio (AAC)
This is a great feature. Before this I used to store unpurchased music in the iTunes shopping cart, using it as a "wishlist" of songs. Unfortunately, you weren't able to tell iTunes that you only wanted to purchase only one song in your cart. Now, if you find a song you think you might want to buy, drag it to a playlist. This playlist could then work like Amazon's wishlist, which brings us to iMix
This feature introduces a "community-building" feature into iTunes. Once you've constructed a playlist from your iTunes library, you can publish it to the iTunes music store for the world to see.
In addittion to MP3, WAV, AIFF, AAC, you can now use the Apple Losless Encoder for music encoding. AL allows you to import uncompressed audio at half the size of say its WAV or AIFF equivalent.
Now you can print from iTunes. Now you can get rid of the sharpie, and actually print a jewel case for a CD based on your playlist. If the album you purchased off of iTunes music store came with a digitized version of the orginal CD cover, you can print it out.
Computer Sound ProcessingApril 21, 2004
Apple and DigiDesign: Motivated by Music Tour
Computer Sound Processing
April 13, 2004
EasyWMA 1.1.2- Convert WMA files to MP3
How Analog and Digital Recording Works
Copyright InformationApril 06, 2004
The Gamification of Music
March 05, 2004
Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel - Manifesto
"We are determined that we should try and take advantage of this situation and help transform the music business in such a way that artists are on level terms with record companies, receive fair payments and have new opportunities to be their own retailer when they choose. "
March 02, 2004
Basics of Digital Recording
A basic primer on sample rate, word size and error correction.MediaCollege.Com
"MediaCollege.com is a free, not-for-profit resource website providing educational and reference material in the field of electronic media. Topics covered include video & television production, audio work, still imagery & graphics, website design and more."DRM and MP3
"Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own the patents behind the MP3 digital music technology, are in the midst of creating a new digital rights management add-on for the popular format..."