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If you're looking for free auto tune software then you've come to the right place. Andy Hildebrand who developed methods for interpreting seismic data, later realized that his creation could be used to detect, analyze, and modify pitch - little did he know how much his invention would shake up music production (read the full story of Auto-Tune on Wikipedia).

FL VST Plugins - where to get them and how to install them in FL Studio.

Derek is the preeminent keyboardist having toured or recorded with Alice Cooper, KISS, Dream Theater; Billy Idol, Platypus and Planet X

Like most people who digitize music, I've often wondered what instrumental versions of my favorite songs sound like. I like listening to drums and getting rid of the vocals is occasionally an aid to my enjoyment.

A lot of people seem stumped when it comes to converting tape recordings to the MP3 format. 'What software should I use?' and 'how do I connect my cassette player to the PC?' are two of the most common questions we receive.

Excerpted from 'The Indie Contact Newsletter'. Before you get a deal, maybe you should consider getting a few reviews under your belt. Find out how you appear to others.

Copyright 2001 by Scott R. Garrigus. Reprinted with permission. In DigiFreq issue 10, I talked about how you can remove the main vocal part from a prerecorded song to be left with only the backing tracks for karaoke and other purposes.

Here, we answer an age-old question.

Want to start recording music, but don't know where to start? This three-part guide will have you making music in no time.

By David Miles Huber This is a really useful place to start with MP3s or even refreshing a few old memories. Many thanks to Dave for this great piece.

To equalize is to obtain a desired overall frequency response through the use of a graphic equalizer.

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A frequently asked question answered. We'll quickly take you through the process.

MP3 conversion can be easily achieved!

Fruity Loops is an amazing program. I have never been a fan of Trackers (maybe I am just a little anti-DOS environment) which has always left me feeling like I was missing out on something.

Never made an MP3 file from a WAV file before? It's easy and we'll show you how.

Courtesy of David Fiedler When first getting into music, it's easy to get overwhelmed by all the terms that get used. You might go to your local music store and get asked how much reverb you like when you play.

MP3 has changed the way people listen to music on the Internet. It wasn't so long ago that the average pop song converted into a Wav file took hours to download on a 28.8Kbs modem connection and ate up around 50 megabytes of disc space. With the same song converted into an MP3 file, download time gets reduced dramatically to around one-tenth the original size while sounding just as good as before.

By Kees van der Velden For sound you need an instrument and a 'musician' (in the broadest sense of these words). If you like to hear a piano sound, you need to have a piano and someone playing it. If you love the sound of breaking glass, the neighbours window will do fine as an instrument and their son, throwing a baseball very wide, could be the great musician to satisfy you.

Please note that this is an old article. For a list of WAV to MIDI converters that often do the job, please check out our new WAV-MIDI page.

One common issue facing people when they discover the MP3 format is how to convert the MP3 format into WAV format.