Featured this week are two programs on a Palm PDA - Notepad which is a sequencing program that records up to 4 tracks and Theremini which is a live MIDI instrument. Sounds are produced by touching the screen with the stylus. The PDA is connected to a Roland Sound Canvas which can produce hundreds of instruments and sound effects.
Opening music, “Swedish”, Palm IIIx and Roland Sound Canvas, Notepad by MiniMusic,
http://www.minimusic.com/
Terrzetto by Franz Wasner; three part harmony - flute, harp, and synthbrass
“Theremini”by Pete Moss on Palm IIIx and Roland Sound Canvas - various songs and sound effects played live.
“Jingle Bells”, Palm IIIx and Roland Sound Canvas, Notepad by MiniMusic,
http://www.minimusic.com/
Closing music, “Invention”, Palm IIIx and Roland Sound Canvas, Notepad by Minimuisc,
http://www.minimusic.com/
Equipment list:
- Recorder = Apple iBook G3 running System 9.2 and SoundEdit 16
- Griffin iMic
- RadioShack Unidirectional Dynamic microphone 33-3001 (voice)
- RadioShack 4-channel battery powered mixer
- Palm IIIx
- Roland Sound Canvas
- Sony Minidisc MZ-R37 used for automatic gain control and headphone monitoring while recording
I recorded the show live in real time to my iBook and saved the file as an AIFF at 44khz., 16bit stereo. I used iTunes to set the ID3 tags and convert the AIFF file to a 64 kbps, 22khz. MP3 file.
