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If you are interested in getting involved with music-related projects of OLPC, take the initiative and include yourself in the list of the [[people]] working on similar issues.
If you are interested in getting involved with music-related projects of OLPC, take the initiative and include yourself in the list of the [[people]] working on similar issues.

== List of music for use with the XOs ==

Below you can find a list of music that could be included in our libraries. We are willing to find freely licensed copies of this music to be included in the XOs and the school server. Feel free to recommend music, which could be associated with the OLPC project and its educational mission.


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== Music teams ==
'''Classical'''


===Music content===
<blockquote>
''Western'':
* Britten : ''Young People's Guide to the Orchestra''
* Peter and the Wolf : with narration. music is available (us/sr split)
* Saint-Saens : ''Carnival of the Animals'', words by Ogden Nash
* Other:
*: Jacque Hibert : ''Divertissement''
*: Gershwin : ''An American in Paris''
*: Mozart : ''Eine Kleine Nachtmusik''
*: Aaron Copeland : ''El Salon Mexico''
: contact @ sony (cf joel & martin)


==== Available formats of free music ====
''Indian'':
* Stark


*'''Midi'''
</blockquote>


Before computers got big enough and fast enough to handle real-time multi-track sound recording and playback, but small enough to put into synthesizers, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) made it possible to encode music as a low data rate stream of commands (to select instruments, for example) and events such as note on, note off, pitch bend, and others. MIDI was originally most suited to keyboards and guitars, where a string is activated by striking or picking, and then the sound evolves without any further intervention until it is cut off by dampers or releasing the string. Later additions to MIDI made it usable for string and wind instruments, by sending a stream of loudness commands. However, the wide range of timbre of an acoustic instrument could not be duplicated. MIDI has considerable advantages for students. For example, the tempo of a piece can be changed without changing pitches or expression. Any track can be silenced to create a do-it-yourself equivalent of Music Minus One, where the student plays the missing track to a complete accompaniment.
'''Pop'''


Although MIDIs are no longer the center of electronic musicmaking, there are many MIDI files still available on the Net, and a variety of Free Software for recording, playing, and editing MIDI files, and converting them to other formats.
<blockquote>
''Music sharing''
*Jamendo


:[http://www.musicrobot.com/ MIDI file search engine]
''Remixed''
*DJ Spooky
</blockquote>


:[http://www.mididb.com/ MIDI DataBase] Rock Pop Themes Rap Dance Punk Blues Country MIDI Search
== Music projects and activities ==
<p>Public Csound is available for use on the laptop.</p>


:[http://www.classicalarchives.com/ The Classical Archives] MIDIs and some MP3s
<p><b>Available Interfaces</b></p>
<p>There are a variety of interfaces to Csound. There is a C based API, a Python API and a Csound Server that currently allows for communication via TCP/IP. The Csound Server is the recommended method for interacting with Csound on the XO. Csound can also be run from the command-line. </p>


and many more.
<p>More Information on the Csound Server can be found here:</p>
<p>http://rhythmicdesign.com/CsoundXO/</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p>http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/csoundserver;a=tree</p>


*'''Sound files'''
<p>More information on Csound:</p>
<p>http://www.csounds.com/</p>


There are numerous [[File formats|formats for sound files]], including .wav, .mp3, and ogg Vorbis. The MP3 format is the most widely used for sound and music. Since it is encumbered by patents, many Free Software sound programs use the Free ogg Vorbis format instead. Among the well-known sources for MP3 files are iTunes and e-music. The [http://www.vorbis.com Vorbis.com] Web site has a [http://www.vorbis.com/music_links/ page of links] to sources of free files in ogg format.
<p><b>Audio Applications</b></p>

*'''Sheet Music'''


The Free Software application for creating musical scores and printing sheet music is Lilypond. There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_OCR music OCR programs for capturing music from scanned pages and converting to MIDI or other formats, and utilities to convert between MIDI and several score formats. The process generally requires manual editing, since music notation is complex, and can be difficult to interpret and to lay out in a pleasing as well as functional manner.
<p><i>FMSynth</i> - a basic FM synthesis emulator built using Csound and the Csound Server.</p>


You can find a [http://icking-music-archive.org/oth_mus_archives.php Directory of music score sites] here.
<p>Sources:</p>
<p>http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/olpcmusic;a=tree</p>


== Groups curating free music ==
==== Groups curating free music ====
=== Free Music Project ===
===== Free Music Project =====
The ''Free Music Project'', sponsored by the [http://freeculture.org Free Culture society], is putting together a collection of iconic music from cultures and genres around the world. Their initial target is the OLPC audience of children and teachers; see [http://freemusic.freeculture.org freemusic.freeculture.org] for details.
The ''Free Music Project'', sponsored by the [http://freeculture.org Free Culture society], is putting together a collection of iconic music from cultures and genres around the world. Their initial target is the OLPC audience of children and teachers; see [http://freemusic.freeculture.org freemusic.freeculture.org] for details.


This group is working with Antenna Alliance and [[Jamendo]] to curate global collections for children.
This group is working with Antenna Alliance and [[Jamendo]] to curate global collections for children.


=== Antenna Alliance ===
===== Antenna Alliance =====
The [[Antenna Alliance]] is helping produce and record free music by offering free recording space and technical support to groups that record freely licensed music. See their [http://www.antalliance.org site] for further details.
The [[Antenna Alliance]] is helping produce and record free music by offering free recording space and technical support to groups that record freely licensed music. See their [http://www.antalliance.org site] for further details.


=== Tempostand ===
===== Tempostand =====
TempoStand is a group testing out using CC-BY-SA music for all of their remixes and as backgrounds for other productions, out of India. All the music on their site is cc-by-sa: [http://tempostand.com/ Tempostand.com]
TempoStand is a group testing out using CC-BY-SA music for all of their remixes and as backgrounds for other productions, out of India. All the music on their site is cc-by-sa: [http://tempostand.com/ Tempostand.com]


===Sources of Curated Music===
===== Sources of Curated Music =====
*DJ C
*DJ C
*Miss Fairchild
*Miss Fairchild
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*[http://www.apnidhun.com ApniDhun] (various groups)
*[http://www.apnidhun.com ApniDhun] (various groups)


== Sources of free music by format ==
====Spreading the music====


Below you can find a list of music that could be included in our libraries. We are willing to find freely licensed copies of this music to be included in the XOs and the school server. Feel free to recommend music, which could be associated with the OLPC project and its educational mission.
===Midi===
Before computers got big enough and fast enough to handle real-time multi-track sound recording and playback, but small enough to put into synthesizers, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) made it possible to encode music as a low data rate stream of commands (to select instruments, for example) and events such as note on, note off, pitch bend, and others. MIDI was originally most suited to keyboards and guitars, where a string is activated by striking or picking, and then the sound evolves without any further intervention until it is cut off by dampers or releasing the string. Later additions to MIDI made it usable for string and wind instruments, by sending a stream of loudness commands. However, the wide range of timbre of an acoustic instrument could not be duplicated. MIDI has considerable advantages for students. For example, the tempo of a piece can be changed without changing pitches or expression. Any track can be silenced to create a do-it-yourself equivalent of Music Minus One, where the student plays the missing track to a complete accompaniment.


*'''Classical'''
Although MIDIs are no longer the center of electronic musicmaking, there are many MIDI files still available on the Net, and a variety of Free Software for recording, playing, and editing MIDI files, and converting them to other formats.


<blockquote>
* [http://www.musicrobot.com/ MIDI file search engine]
''Western'':
* Britten : ''Young People's Guide to the Orchestra''
* Peter and the Wolf : with narration. music is available (us/sr split)
* Saint-Saens : ''Carnival of the Animals'', words by Ogden Nash
* Other:
*: Jacque Hibert : ''Divertissement''
*: Gershwin : ''An American in Paris''
*: Mozart : ''Eine Kleine Nachtmusik''
*: Aaron Copeland : ''El Salon Mexico''
: contact @ sony (cf joel & martin)


''Indian'':
* [http://www.mididb.com/ MIDI DataBase] Rock Pop Themes Rap Dance Punk Blues Country MIDI Search
* Stark


</blockquote>
* [http://www.classicalarchives.com/ The Classical Archives] MIDIs and some MP3s


*'''Pop'''
etc. etc. Google for more


<blockquote>
===Sound files===
''Music sharing''
*Jamendo


''Remixed''
There are numerous [[File formats|formats for sound files]], including .wav, .mp3, and ogg Vorbis. The MP3 format is the most widely used for sound and music. Since it is encumbered by patents, many Free Software sound programs use the Free ogg Vorbis format instead. Among the well-known sources for MP3 files are iTunes and e-music. The [http://www.vorbis.com Vorbis.com] Web site has a [http://www.vorbis.com/music_links/ page of links] to sources of free files in ogg format.
*DJ Spooky
</blockquote>

=== Music software ===

==== '''Public Csound'''====

:is available for use on the laptop.

:<b>Available Interfaces</b>
::<p>There are a variety of interfaces to Csound. There is a C based API, a Python API and a Csound Server that currently allows for communication via TCP/IP. The Csound Server is the recommended method for interacting with Csound on the XO. Csound can also be run from the command-line. </p>

::<p>More Information on the Csound Server can be found here:</p>
::<p>http://rhythmicdesign.com/CsoundXO/</p>

::<p>Sources:</p>
::<p>http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/csoundserver;a=tree</p>

::<p>More information on Csound:</p>
::<p>http://www.csounds.com/</p>

:<b>Audio Applications</b>

::<p><i>FMSynth</i> - a basic FM synthesis emulator built using Csound and the Csound Server.</p>


::<p>Sources:</p>
===Sheet Music===
::<p>http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/olpcmusic;a=tree</p>


The Free Software application for creating musical scores and printing sheet music is Lilypond. There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_OCR music OCR programs for capturing music from scanned pages and converting to MIDI or other formats, and utilities to convert between MID and several score formats. The process generally requires manual editing, since music notation is complex, and can be difficult to interpret and to lay out in a pleasing as well as functional manner.


* [http://icking-music-archive.org/oth_mus_archives.php Directory of music score sites]


[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Music]]

Revision as of 20:27, 30 January 2008

Introduction

Welcome to the OLPC Music portal. The following information relate to music-related projects associated with the XO, including both software and content.

Getting involved

We are always interested in getting in touch and collaborating with people who share our passion with music. There are no particular requirements for participating in our project. Your inclination to music and your desire to learn more and share your knowledge make you a perfect contributor to our cause.

If you are interested in getting involved with music-related projects of OLPC, take the initiative and include yourself in the list of the people working on similar issues.

Music teams

Music content

Available formats of free music

  • Midi

Before computers got big enough and fast enough to handle real-time multi-track sound recording and playback, but small enough to put into synthesizers, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) made it possible to encode music as a low data rate stream of commands (to select instruments, for example) and events such as note on, note off, pitch bend, and others. MIDI was originally most suited to keyboards and guitars, where a string is activated by striking or picking, and then the sound evolves without any further intervention until it is cut off by dampers or releasing the string. Later additions to MIDI made it usable for string and wind instruments, by sending a stream of loudness commands. However, the wide range of timbre of an acoustic instrument could not be duplicated. MIDI has considerable advantages for students. For example, the tempo of a piece can be changed without changing pitches or expression. Any track can be silenced to create a do-it-yourself equivalent of Music Minus One, where the student plays the missing track to a complete accompaniment.

Although MIDIs are no longer the center of electronic musicmaking, there are many MIDI files still available on the Net, and a variety of Free Software for recording, playing, and editing MIDI files, and converting them to other formats.

MIDI file search engine
MIDI DataBase Rock Pop Themes Rap Dance Punk Blues Country MIDI Search
The Classical Archives MIDIs and some MP3s

and many more.

  • Sound files

There are numerous formats for sound files, including .wav, .mp3, and ogg Vorbis. The MP3 format is the most widely used for sound and music. Since it is encumbered by patents, many Free Software sound programs use the Free ogg Vorbis format instead. Among the well-known sources for MP3 files are iTunes and e-music. The Vorbis.com Web site has a page of links to sources of free files in ogg format.

  • Sheet Music

The Free Software application for creating musical scores and printing sheet music is Lilypond. There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_OCR music OCR programs for capturing music from scanned pages and converting to MIDI or other formats, and utilities to convert between MIDI and several score formats. The process generally requires manual editing, since music notation is complex, and can be difficult to interpret and to lay out in a pleasing as well as functional manner.

You can find a Directory of music score sites here.

Groups curating free music

Free Music Project

The Free Music Project, sponsored by the Free Culture society, is putting together a collection of iconic music from cultures and genres around the world. Their initial target is the OLPC audience of children and teachers; see freemusic.freeculture.org for details.

This group is working with Antenna Alliance and Jamendo to curate global collections for children.

Antenna Alliance

The Antenna Alliance is helping produce and record free music by offering free recording space and technical support to groups that record freely licensed music. See their site for further details.

Tempostand

TempoStand is a group testing out using CC-BY-SA music for all of their remixes and as backgrounds for other productions, out of India. All the music on their site is cc-by-sa: Tempostand.com

Sources of Curated Music
  • DJ C
  • Miss Fairchild
  • DJ Spooky / Paul D. Miller
  • The Juan Maclean
  • Wayne&Wax
  • DJ/Rupture -- Maga Bo / Filastine
  • Astronaut
  • FGV Brazil -- Axial / Luisa Manda Um Beijo
  • Tempostand (various groups)
  • ApniDhun (various groups)

Spreading the music

Below you can find a list of music that could be included in our libraries. We are willing to find freely licensed copies of this music to be included in the XOs and the school server. Feel free to recommend music, which could be associated with the OLPC project and its educational mission.

  • Classical

Western:

  • Britten : Young People's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Peter and the Wolf : with narration. music is available (us/sr split)
  • Saint-Saens : Carnival of the Animals, words by Ogden Nash
  • Other:
    Jacque Hibert : Divertissement
    Gershwin : An American in Paris
    Mozart : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Aaron Copeland : El Salon Mexico
contact @ sony (cf joel & martin)

Indian:

  • Stark
  • Pop

Music sharing

  • Jamendo

Remixed

  • DJ Spooky

Music software

Public Csound

is available for use on the laptop.
Available Interfaces

There are a variety of interfaces to Csound. There is a C based API, a Python API and a Csound Server that currently allows for communication via TCP/IP. The Csound Server is the recommended method for interacting with Csound on the XO. Csound can also be run from the command-line.

More Information on the Csound Server can be found here:

http://rhythmicdesign.com/CsoundXO/

Sources:

http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/csoundserver;a=tree

More information on Csound:

http://www.csounds.com/

Audio Applications

FMSynth - a basic FM synthesis emulator built using Csound and the Csound Server.

Sources:

http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/olpcmusic;a=tree

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