Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Steinberg Cubase, Limewire, Waves Audio

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Laura Reid

Document Summary

Midi music (musical instrument digital interface): deals with music and synthesized sound. Does not handle voices or noise well: no sampling/quantizing when storing midi files, midi files hold info about music or sound. Which instrument is supposed to be represented. Length of note: adv: files are more compact/small easier to edit/change, disadv: no high quality vocals, 3 mins midi music: 10 kb, 3 mins uncompressed waveform: 15 mb, midi files. Cakewalk, cubase, finale used to create/edit midi music. Staff view working with notes on a sheet of music. Disadvantages doesn"t work for voice, can"t incorporate into website (need to convert to wav or mp3: midi uses notes while mp3 uses sound waves. Audio can be streamed: download vs. Need special server to needed to post file. Posting sounds on the web: have a link to music plays only when user clicks on link, have the music embedded in web page. Tag false plays when user clicks play.