MIDI data can be stored on a computer hard drive as a .mid file. A multi-track sequencer software application installed and operating on your computer will save the MIDI instructions in an overall project file that is proprietary and utilized by the application itself. The .mid file format will store any MIDI data (either all [...]
The soundcard’s software driver passes digitized data to the software program that is managing the recording digital audio. Some cards are DMA compliant which allows the transfer of data directly from memory to the soundcard, thus bypassing the computers processor. The information is temporarily stored in soundcard or computer RAM. It is then saved in [...]
See the Hardware Section for preparing computer hardware and MS Windows.
First, are you left-handed and your mouse is set for a right-handed person?
In Windows 98 double Click on the My Computer icon
Double Click on the Control Panel icon
Double Click on the Mouse icon
Click once on the Basics Tab
In the middle of the dialog box you [...]
On the MS Windows OS, data is transferred directly between peripheral devices or from the DSP processor to devices, or from the devices directly to RAM without initiating an IRQ and routing through the CPU I/O port and system bus. This also eliminates the need for a large buffering of data.
A DMA controller application [...]
DirectX is a component of the Microsoft windows operating system (95/98/2000/Me) and the Windows Explorer internet browser. It is an Application Program Interface (API) and is a group of drivers used for accelerating hardware processing of audio signals, which in turn reduces latency. It was developed to allow several types of multimedia software applications and [...]
A Driver is a program code that functions as an interface application between the operating system (programming source code) and hardware devices (mechanical and electrical systems). Thus, when hardware is installed in a computer the corresponding Driver must be present or installed simultaneously. The operating system deals with source code in files in order to [...]
Server Applications
There are several different types of applications that can be operated on a Server (private networks and Internet): Directory Server: manages the resources of the network.
Application Server: function as intermediaries between the client-based on-line request and back-end servers by processing, retrieving and storing data for the web server and routing information between applications and [...]
Network / Server operating systems include MS Windows NT/2000/XP, Apple OS, UNIX, Linux, Solaris (Sun Microsytem’s version of Unix), Lynx, BeOS and Free BSD.
Microsoft:
Windows 2000 Server – File sharing, printer, business applications, web applications, Internet connection
Windows NT 4.0 – File sharing, printer, business applications, Web applications, Internet connection
Windows XP Professional – File sharing, Web server, [...]
Mobile, portable and handheld devices are improving their digital audio capabilities. The foremost development has been the support for .mp3, .wma digital audio playback capability. This is primarily a playback application and the actual files must be downloaded from a desktop or introduced into the device from flash or compact memory cards. The next step [...]
GNU/Linux is a Unix-based open source operating system such that the source code is non-proprietary and any one can see how programs are written and either refine or add to the program. It is developed under the GNU (the original project) General Public License such that the source code is copyrighted for public, non-proprietary usage. [...]