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About our Music Guru:
Roger Adler is a four-time Emmy nominated composer, producer, and performer. He is an endorser and clinician for the iGuitar by Brian Moore Guitars and his work is recognizable in over 1000 television commercials. Adler performed at the Presidential Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C. as recently as 2005 and his recordings include appearances on the Groundhog Day feature film soundtrack and The Garage Album. He is widely recognized for his role as Music director for the A&E television series "The Best of Comic Relief" starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg and for 16 years as Music Director for the popular series "Wild Chicago." Adler’s recording studio, studioA, is located in the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake, IL. In addition to facilitating the Daily Guitar Jam Widget, Adler produces the popular Podcast Show "Rock Your Computer" which broadcasts to an international audience via Apple's iTunes Music Store.
Click on the links below to read tips, product reviews and more!
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12/19/07 |
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Roger's 'Holiday Buying Guide' |
11/22/07 |
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Roger's 'Holiday Buying Guide' |
10/27/07 |
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Sibelius Mac Music Notation Software |
08/30/07 |
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Over 4 Years of Music on the Mac |
07/30/07 |
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DigiDesign 003 Rack, Ozonic MultiFunction |
06/29/07 |
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Music Notation for every situation! |
05/31/07 |
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Take 'Kontrol' of your Audio |
04/30/07 |
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Rock that Mac with your Guitar |
03/06/07 |
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The Right Fast Track to Garageband |
02/09/07 |
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On location recording = easy! |
01/08/07 |
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On location recording = easy! |
12/29/06 |
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Happy New Year! |
12/20/06 |
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Holiday Gift Guide (Part 2) |
12/09/06 |
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Holiday Gift Guide (Part 1) |
10/31/06 |
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iPod rocks w/FatMan Tubes |
08/28/06 |
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Cool New Speakers |
08/02/06 |
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Get Creative, Wirelessly |
05/06/06 |
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Embracing the Future & iPod Speaker Review |
04/24/06 |
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A Widget Jams, iPod Speakers Rock |
02/27/06 |
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CD & Speakers Reviewed |
02/17/06 |
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MacWorld Expo update |
01/08/06 |
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Start your own PodCast |
12/21/05 |
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Music for Macworld |
11/23/05 |
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Are you a "guitarist with a computer"? |
10/21/05 |
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Join the Podcasting Revolution! |
09/19/05 |
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Deal of the Year & Real World Solutions |
08/13/05 |
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ProTools now 'M-Powered' |
07/02/05 |
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Key Rig for Live Variety |
06/18/05 |
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Affordable Speakers that 'Trigger Finger' |
05/28/05 |
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Edirol Keyboard Controls, R-1 Records |
05/19/05 |
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More Mics |
04/15/05 |
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Drum and Bass & iGuitar too |
03/24/05 |
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iGuitar Keeps Rocking |
03/07/05 |
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iGuitar Rocks! & 'To USB or Not to USB' |
02/05/05 |
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M-Audio's 'Black Box' |
01/29/05 |
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Macworld Synopsis |
01/09/05 |
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In the garage |
12/21/04 |
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Instant Music |
11/23/04 |
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Going FireWire Solo |
11/12/04 |
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Peak Impulse |
10/27/04 |
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Extremely Garageband, Luna, Fast Track |
09/18/04 |
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Jam with your Toast; Teacher/Student Deals |
08/31/04 |
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Avid buys M-Audio; Groove n' Produce |
08/06/04 |
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Be a 'MasterWriter' a Mic that's Right |
07/15/04 |
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Storing the Music you Author |
07/03/04 |
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Printing the Music you Author |
06/09/04 |
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Visit the Archive |
05/07/04 |
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Making Your Kantos |
04/30/04 |
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Making Audio TUBE Warm |
04/23/04 |
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What's it's All About - Part 2 (continuation of 3/27 article) |
04/12/04 |
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Auto Tune Fixes When You're Out of Tune |
03/27/04 |
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What it's All About - Part 1 |
03/20/04 |
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New Antares Products + Digidesign Goodies! |
03/13/04 |
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FireWire HDs for Audio & GarageBand News! |
03/07/04 |
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The Complete A/V Center |
02/24/04 |
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Goodies for Garageband |
02/16/04 |
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DigiDesign MBox Rack |
02/09/04 |
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Double-Header: Sampletank 2 and Metajam |
01/24/04 |
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From Expo to 'the Garage' |
01/15/04 |
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Placing the Mic |
12/29/03 |
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The Year's End |
12/19/03 |
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Top Secret Teaser & Last Minute |
12/12/03 |
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Make a Professional Master of your Music |
12/05/03 |
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Mac Audio & Music Gift Ideas |
11/27/03 |
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IKM Line + Bit & Sampling Rate Explained |
11/01/03 |
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An 'Evolution' in MIDI control |
10/27/03 |
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M-Audio OZONE Midi, Audio-In, Keyboard |
10/18/03 |
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B4 the Mac, an Organ Sound from Before |
10/11/03 |
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New Music Trivia Contest & News |
09/27/03 |
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New Edirol UA-3FX Audio In+ |
09/20/03 |
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USB Controller Makes It Easy |
09/13/03 |
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Letter to Customer about Mac vs.PC |
09/05/03 |
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Major Mac Music Review + DAT Conversion Tip |
08/29/03 |
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Amplitube LIVE |
08/23/03 |
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Sound Studio |
08/02/03 |
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Wire Tap 1.0.0 for OSX by Ambrosia Software |
07/19/03 |
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REASON Software |
07/19/03 |
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ArKaos VMP Software |
06/20/03 |
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JBL Creature Speaker System |
06/20/03 |
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MOOG Modular V. |
06/20/03 |
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Arturia Storm |
06/13/03 |
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Bias Studio LE |
06/05/03 |
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M-Audio (formerly Midiman) Oxygen 8 Midi Keyboard Controller |
05/23/03 |
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Legal and Illegal Music Downloading, Reason version 2.5 |
05/16/03 |
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Abelton Live Audio Sequencer |
05/07/03 |
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The New AAC format Developed by Dolby Labs |
04/25/03 |
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Great Midi Keyboard Controller, the Edirol PCR-30 |
04/11/03 |
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The Edirol UA-700 Audio/Midi All-in-One Solution |
04/04/03 |
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ArKaos VJ |
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The answer is now simple...just use the IK Multimedia StealthPlug. It is a guitar cable and USB converter in one. Just plug one end into your guitar or bass and the other into the USB port on your computer. This makes it easy to play the virtual amp and effect sounds found in GarageBand, Logic and other programs. One thing to remember, this is for inputting the audio from your guitar...it is not a MIDI connection.
At well under $100, it is a convenient way to make any guitar a "USB" guitar. |
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| When recording your guitar track in GarageBand, copy your finished performance to a new track and have it play through a different amp model. Then pan the 2 guitar tracks left and right for a big, stereo, multi-amp sound. |
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| There are many considerations. There are several that are shorter and more portable and designed to use in a mobile way. They also take up less space in your workspace and are ideal for non-keyboard players who just need to play in parts one hand at a time. If you do have "two hand" keyboard skills, you will probably prefer at least a 49 key or 61 key controller. M-Audio makes controllers in all sizes that are excellent. They all have USB built-in so can connect easily to your Mac. They also work with most older Macs, PCs and newer Intel Macs. They even have an 88 key weighted action (like a piano) controller that is top notch. |
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| The ideal solution to your needs is the inexpensive Griffin iMic Audio Interface. It is a USB audio interface. You would plug your audio output from your tape deck (rca jacks-male) into the rca female inputs on the cable that comes with the iMic. You need the FREE software from www.griffintechnology.com called Finyl Vinyl. This simple recording application allows you to record tracks from your tapes (records too) onto your desktop as CD quality files. From there, you can put them in iTunes. At that point you might choose to convert them to MP3 files so they take up less room on your hard drive. It is also simple to then export them onto your iPod. The artist names and song titles will not transfer, you will have to enter manually for each song......a bit time consuming! This is a "real time" job and as such, you may want to only select your favorites to convert. On the other hand, perhaps you have the time to do all of them! |
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| We help you find the right tools to make your music a reality and we want to also give you some helpful advice. Many people ask how to get their music out there for sale and on iTunes. There are 2 excellent ways to do so. One is called CD Baby. They will store your CDs in their warehouse and sell them from their site for only a small percentage of the sale price. They also then get your music on iTunes and other digital download sites. The other way is called TuneCore. For a one time flat fee that is very small, they get your music up on iTunes and other digital download sites. So by all means chase your dreams with your music and feel confident using one of these companies to help you market your music to a worldwide audience! |
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| Let us help you select the "right fit" computer music products to build an effective music teaching solution. We will design around your needs, your budget and your existing computer lab equipment. A general overview below shows a typical computer music lab station and indicates the types of hardware and software required. Please contact our sales department (Bob or Dennis) to discuss your specific requirements. |
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