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With assistance from the Virginia Commonwealth University Wind Ensemble, Ed Lisk demonstrates all of the rehearsal techniques described in his monumental text Alternative Rehearsal Techniques. Each concept is clearly demonstrated by this outstanding university ensemble.

Visit a virtual rehearsal on your PC or Mac where each video clip illustrates a different rehearsal concept, including: warm-up, style, intonation, balance and blend, rhythm, and musicianship. Featured music educators include the late Frederick Fennell, Colonel Timothy Foley, Jerry Junklin, H. Robert Reynolds, Mellory Thompson, William Wakefield, and Garwood Whaley. Bonus items include: course activity forms, letter templates, and resources as referenced in the book Teaching Instrumental Music; letter templates include more than 20 sample letters on topics from recruitment to assessment; resources provide entries for locating clinicians, artists, publishers, and professional organizations; finding school grants; evaluating facilities; determining balanced instrumentation for any size group with an interactive calculator; and more. 49 minutes.

Cubase 4 contains hundreds of advanced features expanding the possibiities in using it far beyond the beginner user's skill set. Once you've mastered the basic functionality of Cubase 4, you're ready to advance into more difficult arrangements using virtual instruments like HALlionone (for drums), Prologue, Spector and Mystic. You'll get deeper into working with imported loops, the Cubase Sample Editor, while mastering the on-board mixer by setting up a Key Command to do tricks like Activate all solos among others. Learn to properly add compression to drums (RMS vs. Peak method), plus expert tips for using EQ on the drums and bass. You'll set up an effects channel, while working with track presets and automation. Once you've built a great recording using all of these things, you're ready for mixing down, where Cubase 4 Advanced will train you to create great mixes using a multi-band mastering effect on the Stereo Buss, how to use a group channel to utilize a compressor across multiple tracks, add a stereo compressor onto the first Group track, create a 2nd group track and routing Bells to it, then adding reverb to that track and much more. If you're ready to master Cubase 4, then you're ready for Cubase 4 - Advanced! 90 minutes.

Cubase 4 represents the cutting edge in digital audio workstations. Designed for professionals from the ground up, Cubase converges extraordinary sounds quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing, and mixing. A first-step into audio production using Cubase 4 can be overwhelming for the beginner, and this DVD makes it easy to learn and start recording rght away. You'll learn immediately how to begin recording audio, MIDI, use Virtual Instruments like the HALionOne synthesizer, understand quantizing and work with the MIDI editors in the Piano roll and Event List screens. You'll even learn to build an Arrangement with on-board synths in Cubase 4 including Prologue Synthesizer, Arpache 5, Arpeggiator, and the Spector Synthesizer. You'll learn how to use (and even customize!) the Mixer, creative sends, assign insert-effects (compressors, EQ, Reverb, Delay), all the way to mixing down your tracks, working with the stereo bus, multi-band compressors and finally, exporting your mix! Take the quickest path to learning Cubase 4 with this great new DVD from Hal Leonard's MusicPro Guides, Cubase 4 Beginner! 90 minutes.

Steinberg's Cubase has been a leading choice among musicians for writing music both on Macs and PCs for over a decade. Now, with Cubase SX 2.0, Steinberg further enhances the virtual studio with tons of new features, plus virtual synths and effects to make your music sound its best. This beginner level DVD gets you started making music immediately by providing both a guided tour and a comprehensive how-to tutorial. Covers: setting up audio and MIDI hardware, understanding the Cubase SX 2.0 interface, sequencing virtual synths, using digital audio plus MIDI tracks, making digital audio recordings, mixing using real-time effects, exporting your song as a digital audio file, and more! 45 minutes.

Steinberg's Cubase SX3 converges extraordinary sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of functions with creative tools that save you time at every link of the production chain, from the initial musical idea to final mastering. Mastering these abilities is critical to getting the most from Cubase SX3, and in this Advanced Level DVD from Hal Leonard's MusicPro Guides series of DVDs you'll learn the skills you need to know to produce advanced arrangements by setting up loops and determining their tempos, creating a Tempo Track, using the Sample Editor (to create an effect) and more. This DVD teaches you to master the Mixer functions including training on Automating EQ, Grouping Tracks, Compression, Delays, mixing Pre-fader versus Post Fader, setting up sends, even adding a second mixer to your projects. A must-have training program for anyone wanting to make the most of using Cubase SX3! Running time: 90 minutes.

Steinberg's flagship music station and production system continues to be a leading choice among serious musicians, composers and producers interested in writing and producing state-of-the art music on both the Mac and Windows-based computer platforms. In this DVD, we'll focus on getting you up and running quickly by introducing you to the Cubase interface and feature set. You'll learn how to record audio and MIDI, set up virtual instruments, work with the Arpeggiator, and build up an arrangement by duplicating and layering tracks. We'll take a close look at the on-board mixer, and how to create and route effects to your tracks. We'll explore automation, and how to mix down and export tracks. Along the way, you'll learn many tips and techniques that will really help power up your Cubase experience and put you on your way to recording and mixing professional audio today! 104 minutes.