HEADSPACE® PRESENTS:
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a Thomas Dolby workshop
“Composing Polyphonic Ring Tones” |
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NEW DATES ADDED:
October 18th 2002--CTIA Wireless Conference, Las Vegas, USA
November 7th 2002--Nokia Mobile Internet Conference, Munich, Germany
See below for details
THOMAS
DOLBY is a renowned musician and an expert in composing for the Beatnik Audio
Engine software synthesiser that’s embedded in the very latest mobile devices
from Nokia
and Danger (aka T-Mobile Sidekick). In this all-day, hands-on workshop he covers many
of the composition and programming techniques needed to get the best sounds
out of this year’s funky new phones.
During this one-day course
you will learn:
- How to configure your preferred
MIDI sequencer to make polyphonic tones (Mac or PC)
- How the BAE wavetable synthesiser
and mixer work
- About the BAE’s General MIDI
soundbank
- SPMIDI--The 3GPP’s newly-ratified
industry standard file format
- How to make a MIP message and add it to your MIDI file
- Differences in implementation
between handsets
(eg Nokia 3510/3585/3590/3650/6610/7210/7650, Danger Hiptop)
- Picking the right instrument
and register for best audibility
- Techniques for making little
speakers sound huge
- Using real-time MIDI controllers
for tweaked effects
- Optimising for smallest file
size/fastest download time
- Using the Beatnik Editor
to simulate a specific handset
- Clearance, Copyright and
Publishing issues
- What’s around the corner
in 2003?
- Bring your own laptop!
When and where?
October 18th , 2002
11-30am--6-30pm
HARD ROCK HOTEL
4455 PARADISE
RD .
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Pre-registration:
$350 per person
Lunch included
November 7th, 2002
11-00am--6-00pm
ARABELLA
SHERATON BOGENHAUSEN
ARABELLASTRASSE
5
Munich D-81925 Germany
Pre-registration:
Euros 350 per person
Lunch included
Maximum 25 people per
seminar (so hurry!) Click here for the
Any questions? email us
August
16th, 2002
8-30am—4-30pm
RADISSON ROYAL HOTEL
HELSINKI, FINLAND
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August
20th or 21st,
2002
10.00am—6.00pm
SOHO HOUSE
21 OLD COMPTON STREET
SOHO, LONDON W1D 5JJ
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