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>Jim Cara's Digital Music Newsletter
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>This Issue
>* Prodigy Internet Chosen as Top ISP in 2 leading magazines! *
>(1) Music In Education
>(2) DSP/FX Version 2.0 Ships
>(3) WinSpeakerz Design Program
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>MUSIC IN EDUCATION
>Thanks to the people at Harmonic Vision,
>manufacturers of Music Ace.
>They have created a fantastic program for
>interactive music instruction.
>They also are on a music education
>awareness campaign.
>
>Did you know.....
>* Music lessons have been shown to improve a
>child's performance in school
>
>* 93% of Gallup Survey respondents agree that
>music is part of well-rounded education
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>* 88% believe that music helps a child's overall
>intellectual development.
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>*96% believe that music-making is an activity which
>can be enjoyed all throughout life.
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>*55% of the nations school districts either have
>no music specialist or are served by a part
>time music teacher.
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>For all of our writers out there, Harmonic
>Vision suggests a story.
>"What's the state of music education in
>your community, and how is technology improving
>upon it?"
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>You can find out more about Harmonic Vision,
>and Music Ace at http://www.harmonicvision.com
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>DSP/FX version 2.0 is now shipping.
>
>DSP/FX is a PC hardware/software system that
>implements true pro quality realtime effects such
>as reverb, pitch shift, chorus, flange and others.
>In addition to functioning as a traditional effects
>processor with analog an digital I/O's, the 2.0
>version of DSP/FX also performs real-time processing
>of WAVE files.In reviews in the leading recording
>magazines, the quality of the DSP/FX effects has
>been rated up with the best rack mount systems available.
>
>DSP/FX makes a nice companion to any PC based
>recording system.
>It can run side by side with the DAW program (Cakewalk,
>SAW, Sound Forge, Wavelab, Digidesign, etc.),
>allowing you to put effects on while tracking or
>doing your final mixdown.
>With the new WAVE file processing, you can now
>also process individual tracks with real-time output monitoring.
>
>See your closest DSP/FX dealer or call 1-800-778-6761
>to order.
>
>For more info on DSP/FX, including product review
>and user comments, see the DSP/FX website at
>http://www.dspfx.com
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>True Audio announces the release of WinSpeakerz v2.0
>"The Speaker Design Toolbox" for Windows 95.
>
>WinSpeakerz is a loudspeaker simulation program
>which can be used to predict the performance
>of a loudspeaker system before the system is
>actually constructed. By performing simulations
>before taking saw to wood designers can build highly
>optimized speaker enclosures on the first try.
>Just as a pilot can polish his aviation skills
>using a flight simulator, speaker designers can
>polish their skills using this loudspeaker simulator.
>
>WinSpeakerz can shows the precise audio performance
>that can be achieved by any loudspeaker driver
>placed in a number of different enclosure types. It
>can show you the Frequency, Phase, Group Delay,
>Excursion, and Impedance responses of any combination
>of loudspeaker driver and enclosure that you
>specify, whether closed or vented. For Bandpass
>type enclosures, it can show you the Frequency and
>Excursion responses. The frequency scale in the plot
>window is fully adjustable over the range from 1 Hz
>to 100 kHz. The range of each response type is also
>variable over a wide range. This plotting
>flexibility allows users to customize their
>data plots and printed reports for each project.
>
>The new version adds the ability to simulate l
>loudspeaker diffraction loss which causes a loss of bass
>when speakers are placed away from the walls of the
>listening room.
>Also new in version 2.0 is the ability to model a
>speaker's response in an auto cabin environment.
>
>This new feature can also be used to show the effect of the
>listening room on very low bass response.
>One surprising result of these new simulations is the
>ability to design closed box loudspeakers for auto cabin
>use where flat response is achieved to below 20 Hz.
>Unlike speaker design programs which model auto
>cabin effects as a fixed response, WinSpeakerz 2.0
>allows the designer to specify both the corner
>frequency and the Q of the vehicle transfer function.
>The closed and vented box algorithms have been further
>refined to show the effects of a series resistor on the various
>system responses.
>This new feature allows the true effects of speaker cable
>DC resistance to be modeled very accurately.
>
>There are numerous smaller improvements throughout the
>new version, such as the ability to automatically
>generate an array of possible response curves
>and save the array to the 10 system memories
>for review by the designer.
>Version 2.0 now prints shop drawings for each of the box
>calculators. With the addition of a new preferences page
>it is now easier for the user to enter his company
>information (which appears in an engineering title block
>on each printed report).
>
>Along with this release the company has announced
>a change in name from True Image Audio to True Audio
>and a new address on the web. You can now locate
>True Audio at: http://www.trueaudio.com.
>Visitors to the web site can order
>WinSpeakerz or MacSpeakerz (the company's Mac OS product),
>download evaluation versions, and browse our
>new collection of Speaker Topics, technical discussions
>of loudspeaker design topics.
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