Artist Spotlight
Jamie Leger
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John Mayer meets John Legend meets Sublime (A fusion of Alternative/Pop Rock, Soul/Groove, and story-based lyrical content) Leger's unique flavor caters to a diversity of musical tastes. "Pop sensibilities…add to the sophisticated R&B / jazz infused …
 

Audio Dictionary

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AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an uncompressed digital audio format, compatible with Macintosh computers.
The peak of a waveform is the amplitude. This applies for a sound wave or signal. The amplitude of sound waves are measured by its peak pressure. Amplitude of electrical signals are measured by voltage peeks.
Abbreviation for amplifier.
A device that amplifies the input signal.
Converts an analog signal into digital audio and stores the new signal into computer memory.
An inter-net based file playback method that requires the audio file be completely copied to hard disk – before playback.
An external device that receives an analog signal, and sends it to your music software in its digital form.
The process of mixing your tracks down to a stereo pair, removing noise disturbances, song arrangement, and adding space between songs. Mastering is the final phase of producing an album or song. In a digital audio workstation this is done
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An audio waveform is a transmitted sound or signal. It is graphed to show the activity and frequency response of a recorded sound. The Waveform = what you can see on a graph From the Audio = the vibrations you
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In a recording studio, an amplifier enlarges analog or digital signals. Amplifiers increase the volume of musical instruments for live or recorded performance. Amplifiers also control the volume of signal sent to loudspeakers. (i.e Home stereo. car stereo, etc.)
Within the audio signal chain, the signal in one audio track - travels through a channel. An audio channel is the pathway from the transmitting source to a recorder.
Audio recording is the process of writing analog audio signals to magnetic tape, or to a digital medium.
Stands for Artist and Repertoire, aka talent scouts: Usually a higher level job. A&R people are the liaison between labels/record companies and the artist. Their duties include-finding talent, matching artists with songs, setting up an artist with a producer, and
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Stands for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. It is one of 3 performing rights organizations in the U.S. which licenses and distributes royalties to it’s members’ copyrighted works, as well as offer's resources and complimentary information to it's
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