Hot Stuff for 2007:
Technologies for a New School Year
Fort Smith Elementary Music Educators
Qu i ck Ti m e ™ an d a
TI F F ( Un co m pr e ss ed ) d ec om p r es sor
ar e n ee de d t o s ee t h is pi ct u re .
Deborah Barber
ATU Music Lab
August 14, 2007
Qu i ck Ti m e ™ an d a
TI F F ( Un co m pr e ss ed ) d ec om p r es sor
ar e n ee de d t o s ee t h is pi ct u re .
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Editing MP3s & WAVs
WAV
• Example: Name that tune
• This WAV was edited using the free
program Audacity.
• Open program. File > Open
• Locate MP3 (not AAC or M4P) OK
• Click (insert cursor) where you want the
file to end or begin (if not at beginning)
MP3
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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Edit > Select > Start to cursor (or…)
Delete
Now choose a place to end your clip
Insert cursor (I beam)
Edit > Select > Cursor to end
Delete
Envelope tool
Sculpting volume
Export
WAV for PPT
MP3 for CD
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Option:
• I use QuickTime Pro ($29)
• Allows me to edit MP3s, .mov files,
• And make some cool listening thingies
• http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/intro/beethoven.htm
MP3s in the Classroom
• First we will explore iTunes
• Use to import, organize, play, & burn
• To import (encode) a track or whole CD
• Insert CD
• In iTunes choose whether to import whole CD
or one or more tracks.
Playlists
Playlists are
great for
organizing
lessons or
units.
You can repeat
a song, by
adding it again.
You can burn
playlist to CD.
Portable MP3s
• Portable external drive
2 gig
• MP3 player
30 - 80 gig
Qui ckTime™ and a
TIFF (U ncompr essed) decompressor
are needed to see thi s pi cture.
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTi me™ and a
TIFF ( Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see thi s pi ctur e.
I sometimes use my iPod instead of inserting music in a
PowerPoint. Frees up processor and I can easily control
Volume. I also use mine as an external hard drive. :-)
Uses same speakers as the computer.
Techie Terms
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Upload - send to server
Download - receive
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MP3 Browser - app for viewing webpages
DRM - Digital Rights Management
Compression - reduces size of file
Define:term in Google search box
• http://www.mum.edu/helpdesk/beginners/terms.html
ArkMEA - Nov. 1 & 2
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At ATU
Elem. On Nov. 1
Tech on Nov. 2
Boston Brass master classes Nov. 2
Concert at 3:30 PM
in the Classroom
• Even if youtube is blocked at
school, you can download file at
home and bring it on a portable
drive or data CD.
• Locate file
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
• Copy URL
are needed to see this picture.
• Go to http://vixy.net
• Choose format type (.mov),
paste URL. Wait.
• Save As… & put it where you
“Comedian’s Gallop”
will be able to find it.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Marimba Ponies
lfa.atu.edu/music/barber