ONLINE MUSIC SET AS TOPIC AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT PC MEETING.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - The public is invited to a special meeting of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. PC Group that will feature Bruce Fries, an author and expert on digital music technology. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday in the community room at the Valencia Town Center mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
Fries, the author of ``MP3 and Internet Audio See RealAudio. Handbook: Your Guide to Digital Music Revolution,'' hopes to clear up confusion surrounding MP3 and other digital music technologies. Recently featured on the ``Call for Help'' feature on TechTV, Fries' book has been called the bible of MP3 and has been adopted as a textbook by several universities, including the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , and California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. . Fries' PowerPoint Presentation includes a live demonstration of audio-compression technology on a personal computer. Presentation topics include the fundamentals of digital audio and recording and playing music on personal computers. Also, audio compression Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression. , Internet music and legal issues surrounding online music will be addressed. The demonstration will include MP3 vs. CD sound-quality comparison, working with playlists, automatic cross fading, visualization and other effects. The book explains the benefits of downloadable music and Internet radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. in simple, easy-to-understand terms, and includes more than 100 charts and illustrations, along with tutorials for most popular digital music software. It also includes lists of popular Internet radio stations, downloadable music sites and coverage of issues related to copyright laws and digital music. ``The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook'' will be available at the meeting at a reduced cost, and a signed copy will highlight the monthly drawing. For information about the meeting, call Judy Taylour at (661) 252-8852. |
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