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Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 4 ? Learning to Read Music:Over 40 lessons move step-by-step through learning how to read music. The notes on each string are gradually introduced with exercises and reinforced with popular songs. ... Read more

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Build your own custom guitar at home on your PC or Mac! Variax Workbench provides Variax 500 and 700 owners with their own personal guitar custom shop with the tools to easily create and store the guitars they?ve been dreaming of. Select from a complete list of guitar bodies, choose pickups and placement, and tweak other parameters to design guitar models that are truly unique. This unique combination USB interface and software application allows you to see and hear the physical changes as you apply them to your custom guitar. You can even add alternate tunings! Once you?ve created your custom guitars, model patches can be stored in the included "Tone Locker", downloaded into any of the 12 available positions on your Variax 500 or 700, and even emailed to your friends that own a Variax. Your dream guitar is just a few clicks away! ... Read more

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Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 3 ? Playing Melodies & Fingerpicking : Over 30 easy-to-follow lessons start with reading tablature and playing melodies and then continue onward with the bass-note strum technique and fingerpicking, both Arpeggio and Travis styles. ... Read more

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Rated '10' by Electronic Musician, Midi Quest gives you all the features you would expect to find in a universal editor/librarian and much more. Why struggle with your MIDI gear's tiny LCD or LED screen when you can take full advantage of your computer's large monitor to get a real look inside each of your instruments. Forget about 7 layers of menus and pressing a dozen different buttons to make a minor change to a patch - you can have all of your instrument's settings right in front of you! Midi Quest supports over 500 of the most popular instruments. You can store, organize, and edit the Patches, Combinations, Multis, Performances, Drums, and other data from each of your MIDI instruments and devices. You can't beat the power of Midi Quest when it comes to managing and effectively utilizing your patch collection.Midi Quest redefines the way you use editor/librarians by integrating directly into Sonar, Cubase VST, and Guitar Studio so that you can do all of your patch editing, auditioning, and organization without leaving your sequencer. Not only can you edit patches within your working environment, there is a complete set of automation features so you can send SysEx data at any time.Midi Quest includes an unparalleled list of standard and advanced features such as: 1-click auditioning; hierarchical bank editing and display; and Sonar and Cakewalk track name support. Midi Quest isn't just about making your... ... Read more

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• Supports gear from the following companies:Access
• Alesis
• ART
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Everything you need to know to start playing now! Teaches you how to play the chromatic and diatonic harmonica through an easy-to-understand and enjoyable step-by-step system. Includes licks in the style of your favorite performers plus numerous listening suggestions and musical examples. ... Read more

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Whether you've tried learning before or you're just starting out, Guitar Coach's advanced technology and its abundance of in-depth video, real audio and detailed instruction will get you off to the best possible start and ensure that you make fast progress. This CD-ROM for PCs features: 5 levels of instruction with 25 modules and over 130 lessons ? over 200 video clips including Charanga's famous shots from inside the guitar! ? 50 studies and songs ? real audio accompaniment tracks at both practice and performance speeds ? a tuner and metronome ? and much more. Recommended for acoustic and classical guitar players, ages 10 to adult. System requirements: 486/66Mhz or faster processor ? 4x CD-ROM drive ? 16 bit Sound Blaster-compatible sound card ? SVGA, 256-color monitor supporting 640x480 or higher resolution ? Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP operating system ? 16MB RAM ? 4 MB hard disk space ? Mouse ... Read more

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This multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software, offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play piano or keyboard. Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated keyboard guides the student through fingerings. When used with a MIDI keyboard, interactive feedback points out specific playing mistakes. Each volume includes a metronome, recorder and entertaining accompaniment tracks to play along with. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 4 ? Playing Famous Songs, Scales and Arpeggios:Over 80 easy-to-follow lessons teach chord progressions, scales, arpeggios, pedal use and famous songs in a variety of styles. ... Read more

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If you?ve been using Reason and want to get more out of your rig, then Reason CSi Master is the product you?ve been searching for! Get ready to master the key operational techniques and cool new features of Propellerhead?s Reason with this interactive CD-ROM. If you?re a new user, the Introduction topic will take you through set-up, first record, edit, and mix. The CSi movie tutorials include not only functionality, but also production techniques, special shortcuts, key commands, and before and after audio examples. Let Reason CSi Master take you to the next level of software and production operation through detailed discussions of software buttons, elements and menu items, production technique demonstrations, shortcuts, and tips. Even the most experienced Reason user will find tips and techniques to take their expertise to new heights! Includes more than 8 hours of movie tutorialsOffers in-depth production techniques, concepts, and definitionsProvides processors uses and tipsIncludes integration and routing tips1. Introduction2. Transport Panel3. Recording4. Editing5. Processing6. Virtual Instruments7. Mixing8. Advanced Tips Michael Prager has been involved with music technology for over ten years and has worked for such companies as Disney Interactive, Steinberg, Spectrasonics, Q Up Arts and Sony Classical. He co-founded VirtualStudioWorx.com which builds and configures computers for musicians. He also has written articles for ... ... Read more

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Are you ready to jump in and learn the basics of Pro Tools LE? This interactive tutorial CD-ROM is the ideal tool for hands-on learning! Pro Tools LE CSi Starter takes you through a basic production from start to finish and shows you how to get down to the business of producing a song. Sit back and watch a DAW pro show you the ins and outs and then switch over to Pro Tools and try it yourself. The CSi Movie Tutorial interface provides an easy-to-use and intuitive learning environment, as well as a title bar that allows you to position it on your screen and easily switch between your DAW and CSi tutorials. Pro Tools LE CSi Starter also includes a quizzing feature so that you can test your newfound skills as you go! 1. Set Up2. Record3. Edit4. Mix Colin MacQueen is a musician, composer, technical writer, sound designer and virtual audio engineer. He has been involved with the music and video industries for years, both in production and as a live performer, as a Digidesign distributor in Spain and as an educator on digital audio-related topics. Colin co-authored Pro Tools Power! and Digital Audio Dictionary and wrote and produced all the movie tutorials for the interactive CD-ROMs: ?CSi Starter ? Pro Tools LE?, and ?CSi Starter ? Cubase SX2?, and the IK Multimedia movie tutorials on ?CSi volume 10?. He was a contributing writer or editor on other CD-ROM volumes in the CSi series. In addition, he has served as an independent composer, producer and sound d... ... Read more

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This multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software, offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play piano or keyboard. Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated keyboard guides the student through fingerings. When used with a MIDI keyboard, interactive feedback points out specific playing mistakes. Each volume includes a metronome, recorder and entertaining accompaniment tracks to play along with. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 2 ? Playing and Creating Songs with Accompaniment:Over 70 easy-to-follow lessons teach how to play and create songs with accompaniment, applying intervals and techniques such as legato and staccato. ... Read more

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This multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software, offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play piano or keyboard. Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated keyboard guides the student through fingerings. When used with a MIDI keyboard, interactive feedback points out specific playing mistakes. Each volume includes a metronome, recorder and entertaining accompaniment tracks to play along with. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 3 ? Playing, Creating & Transposing Songs with Chords:Over 70 easy-to-follow lessons teach how to play and create songs with chords. Covers building chords, F Position, G Position, transposing songs, and even includes a Hanon study. ... Read more

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This multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software, offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play piano or keyboard. Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated keyboard guides the student through fingerings. When used with a MIDI keyboard, interactive feedback points out specific playing mistakes. Each volume includes a metronome, recorder and entertaining accompaniment tracks to play along with. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 1 ? Learning Rhythm & Notes with Songs on Black & White Keys:Over 80 easy-to-follow lessons start off with rhythm and notes, then gradually move on to tempo, dynamics and sight-reading for songs on the black and white keys. ... Read more