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 Get Your Gifts From Sweetwater in Time for Christmas!
Get Your Gifts From Sweetwater in Time for Christmas!
The busy holiday season is upon us. To take some of the stress off, and to help you plan ahead, we've prepared the following information so you can make sure to get your holiday gifts in time for the big day!
To ensure Christmas delivery from Sweetwater, use one of the following shipping methods:
- FedEx Express Saver - Can ship as late as December 21.
- FedEx 2Day - Can ship as late as December 22.
- FedEx Overnight (Standard & Priority)- Can ship as late as December 23.
Remember that starting December 13, 2004 FedEx is not guaranteeing ground shipping dates, so we strongly suggest you use one of the above shipping methods to ensure holiday arrival. If you have any questions or concerns about your gifts shipping in time for Christmas, please call us at 1-800-222-4700 today.
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| Subdominant |
In music, the fourth tone of the diatonic scale, or a chord based on the fourth tone of the scale as its root. In the C Major scale, F is the fourth, or subdominant, tone. A simple chord, or triad, based on F includes the notes F, A and C. The word "subdominant" literally means "below the dominant" tone.
Way back in ancient Greece Pythagoras discovered a special relationship between a tonic note and its Perfect Fourth in his experiments with vibrating strings. He found that stopping a string at a point exactly 3/4 along its length produced this tone. Ancient Greeks found the even integer relationships of this interval, the Perfect Fifth and the Octave to be of profound importance. These days we hear these intervals all the time and aren't quite so impressed.
Besides its pure relationship to the tonic, the subdominant tone also has a unique interaction with the seventh tone (the Leading Tone) of the scale. This interval of an augmented fourth, also called a tritone, was long perceived to be most unpleasant. In harmony, the subdominant chord also interacts with the tonic in a unique way. It contains the tonic note (again "C" in C Major); in fact, the C chord is the dominant chord for the key of F. |
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| Two Quick Pro Tools Tips |
The first of these two tips is especially useful to Pro Tools LE users who are running on computers with older CPUs or limited memory. The second may show you why it's a good idea to keep up with the current version of Pro Tools.
1. If you're running so many RTAS plug-ins that they're overloading your computer, here's a way to free up your processor without interrupting your workflow. Use the AudioSuite versions of your RTAS plug-ins to print the effects. Simply stop playback and select the track you want to process. Choose the appropriate AudioSuite plug-in from the AudioSuite menu. The plug-in will read the selected file directly from disk, process the audio file, and write a new file. With "Use in Playlist" selected in the AudioSuite plug-in window, the new processed file will replace the old file on the track. Also, any plug-in settings that are stored in the RTAS version will appear in the AudioSuite version.
2. You can use the new color-coding enhancements in Pro Tools 6.7 as an easy way to visualize song forms (i.e. Intro, Verse, Chorus, etc.) within your session. To enable these color coding settings:
Choose Setups > Preferences and click on the "Display" tab.
Set the Default Region Color Coding to "Marker Locations."
All regions that start on or after a Memory location will be colored the same default color (regardless of track) until the following marker.
When placing a memory location, be sure to select "Marker" in the Time Properties section of the Memory Location window.
If you haven't upgraded to version 6.7 yet you're missing out on dozens of significant enhancements. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for assistance with your upgrade. |
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