Computer Impact Music.ppt

Computer Impact: Music By Chip Bowman William Knight Music Sub-Categories PRODUCTION Old School Recording New Ways to Record File Extension Quality Mp3 Revolution DISTRIBUTION Evolution Towards a CD The CD Mixing CD’s Emergence of MP3 P2P File Sharing Old School Recording Only way to get music recorded was to be signed by a Record Label Company. Steps: 1)Get Signed (really hard) 2)Record Tracks 3)Record label creates a vinyl record New Ways to Record Software programs allow users to record their own music without going to Record Label Companies. Steps: 1)Record Music using Sound Recorder 2)Convert from .WAV file to .MP3 using decoder 3)Listen to music New Ways to Record (cont’d) Artists can also record straight to .MP3 format using different software Ex. Audio Surveillance File Extension Quality Common File Extensions: .WAV – Older File extension (takes up a lot of space) .CDA – CD quality file extension .MP3 – A popular file extension (takes up little space) Can you hear a strong difference between CDA MP3? MP3 Revolution MP3’s are good sound quality MP3’s take up very little disk space Many MP3’s can fit on an iPod and other MP3 players MP3’s are easily converted using a decoder MP3’s are the #1 file extension being shared on P2P networks Distribution Renaissance – Only performed live. 20th Century – The ability to record music an play it back revolutionizes composition. Mid 20th Century – Music is mass-distributed on vinyl records. 8-track and Cassette tapes make music portable. CDs are introduced, quickly become the medium of choice for music distribution. The Compact Disc Diameter: 120 mm Thickness: 1.2 mm Made of Polycarbonate plastic; cheap to produce, easy to repair. Red Book Standard CDs hold 650 MB or 74 minutes of music. License held by Phillips Mixing CDs As simple as moving files from folder to folder Create list of music Insert blank CD-R Click “Burn” Enjoy! MP3 and MP3 Players Music extracted from audio CDs as .mp3 files Audio quality degr