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Choosing A Computer And Operating System. Your computer and its operating system (OS) play a huge role in how you make music. Audio production software uses a lot of computing power, so it’s best to get yourself a laptop or desktop computer with at least a Core i5 processor, a minimum of 8GB RAM and a solid-state drive. There are many music programs beyond Audacity which you can download for free, and which will allow you to mix and edit your own music. This tutorial shows you where to get these programs, like ROC, Myna, FreeSound and FlashKit, and how to use them for your own projects.

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As more and more of our daily web activity consolidates into the predictable feeds of a few major platforms, it's always fun to find web stuff that takes advantage of modern browsers in unexpected ways. This little web toy is a great example. It lets you make music just by typing.

Typedrummer was created by Philadelphia-based developer Kyle Stetz. The site maps each letter on your keyboard to a sample from a drumkit. You type something in the box—your name, 'Hi Mom,' a dark secret from your past—and you've made music. Somehow, pretty much anything ends up sounding decent. With patience, things can even end up sounding good. Here are two niceexamples.

You can use parentheses for faster triplet rhythms, and Stetz recently added a secondary set of electronic samples for people to play with, but other than that, the offerings are refreshingly limited. Stetz says he'd initially planned a huge feature list—multi-tracking, different tempos, symbolic notation for changing rhythm—but decided to scrap them for simplicity's sake. 'I wanted this to connect with people who don't see themselves as musicians,' he says. To his great credit, the site leaves very little room to feel intimidated. You can't really mess it up.

Applications like GarageBand have done an admirable job making music creation easy. Indeed, if you think about the original formulation of computers being 'bicycles for the mind,' music-making software is one of the great success stories. Typedrummer is an example of just how accessible musical interfaces can be. Built around something everyone already knows how to do, it almost tricks you into a creative act. It's like a digital harmonica, except it transforms typing instead of breathing.

The link has been shared widely around the web, and Stetz has been delighted with the response. 'It's such a simple little site, but it gives people a chance to create something they never thought they'd be able to,' he says. Even if that's overstating it a bit, giving people opportunities to make things—even small, inconsequential things—is always worthwhile. Sure, Typedrummer is more of a middle-of-the-workday diversion than a fabulously expressive instrument, but who cares? You might call it snackable creativity. Instead of filling our idle moments with mindless consumption, wouldn't it be better to fill them with mindless creation?

Rather than carrying around a separate MP3 player or PMP, it's worth considering the iPhone as a music player so you can carry your iTunes library with you. If you've never synced music to your iPhone, follow this iTunes tutorial to see how simple it really is.

Setting Up iPhone Music Transfer

Before following this iPhone syncing tutorial, go through this simple checklist:

• Keep iTunes up-to-date Ensure that you have the latest iTunes software version installed on your computer before plugging in your iPhone. iTunes should automatically check this when it is run, but you can also force an update check by clicking the Help menu and choosing Check for Updates (Mac: click the iTunes menu tab, followed by Check for Updates). Once you have made sure iTunes is up-to-date, close the program again.
• Don't have iTunes installed? If not, you can download the latest version from the iTunes website.
• Remember, iTunes only performs a one-way synchronization Keep in mind that iTunes only performs a one-way synchronization to your iPhone and not both ways. This means any songs found on your iPhone that aren't on your computer will be deleted.

Connecting the iPhone

Follow these steps to see how to connect the iPhone to your computer and select it in iTunes.

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1. Using the dock connector that came with your iPhone, plug it into your computer – this will most likely be the USB port.

2. Run the iTunes software.

3. In the upper left part of the iTunes window, click on the iPhone icon, just to the right of the media menu.

   You'll be able to see your iPhone in the left iTunes window pane, under the Devices section. You can select any of the media types if you expand the section with the little triangle.

4. If you can't see your device, then check out out this guide on fixing iTunes Sync Problems for more information.

Automatic Music Transfer Method

The easiest way to transfer music to the iPhone is by using the automatic sync method:

1. On the iTunes window now showing your device, click on the Music menu tab in the left pane.

2. Ensure the check box next to the Sync Music option is enabled – click this check box if not.

3. To enable the transfer of all your music, click the radio button next to the Entire music option.

4. If you prefer to select only certain songs from your iTunes library, then you'll need to click the radio button next to Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres. You can specify the playlists, artists, albums, and genres below - scroll down and click on the stuff you want to sync.

5. Finally, to start automatically syncing music to your iPhone, click the Apply button to commence the transfer process.

Setting up Manual Transfer Mode

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If you don't want iTunes to automatically transfer music to your iPhone, it's possible to configure the program for manual syncing. This method offers more control over what iTunes syncs to your iPhone. Before you can do this, you'll first need to switch from the default automatic mode. To see how this is done, follow these steps:

1. Near the top of the main iTunes screen, click on the Summary button in the left panel.

2. Click the check box next to the Manually manage music option to enable this mode. Finally click the Apply to save the settings.

Transferring Music Manually

Now that you have changed iTunes' sync mode to the manual transfer method, you can start selecting the songs and playlists you want to copy to the iPhone. Follow this quick tutorial to see how to select and drop music onto your iPhone:

1. In the left iTunes window pane, locate the Library section. Underneath this, click on the Songs option. You can also select Albums, Artists or Genres, then click through to find songs and videos that match.

2. You can now easily drag and drop songs from the main iTunes window to your iPhone via its icon (in the left pane under Devices). If you've got a lot of songs to manually transfer, then hold down the [CTRL] key (for Mac use the [command] key) and choose your songs – this will then enable you to drag the selected group of songs to your iPhone in one go.

3. As an alternative to manually dragging songs to your iPhone, consider using iTunes playlists. These are easy to setup and will save you heaps of time when syncing. If you have previously created iTunes playlists that you want to sync to the iPhone, just drag and drop these in the same way onto the iPhone icon in the left pane.

Tips

• If you've already got iTunes installed, but discover it fails to run or has problems updating, then it's worth downloading and re-installing an up-to-date version from the iTunes website – it may just fix the problem! After this step you may need to restore your iTunes library from a previous backup.
• iTunes helps you to see how much storage space is remaining on your iPhone. It's recommended to check this before transferring songs and you can use the capacity meter near the bottom of the screen to help you.