Since digital music is a technological 'product', there are frequent changes to both the available hardware and software. As such, if you know of any information that should be updated or listed on this page, please Contact Vic.

• Life Beyond Vinyl (Handout and Slides)  www.squarez.com  (by Kris Jensen)
• How to Record and Edit Digital Music  (by Vic Ceder)
• A Caller's Perspective on Digital Music  (by Vic Ceder)
• Digital Music for Square & Round Dance Leaders and Dancers  (by Dan Prosser)

• Alternative Patter Music  fortytwo.ws  (by Clark Baker)

• Ceder Square Dance System (CSDS) by Vic Ceder
• SqView  www.sqview.se by Thomas Bernhed
• Callers Caddy  www.callerscaddy.de by David Goebel
• DanceMaster  www.clarkgodfrey.com
• Digital Music Magician  www.dosado.com
• Other Square Dance Software

• Adobe Audition   http://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html
• Goldwave   http://www.goldwave.com/
• Audacity   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Sound Forge   http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/Products/ShowProduct.asp?PID=868
• Cool Edit 96   http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/cool_edit_96.shtml

   Winamp   http://www.winamp.com/

• Cost: Free (download from the Winamp web site)
• Winamp has many "skins" (personalized appearances), and many "plug-ins" (add-on software for special effects, changing pitch, tempo, visualizations, etc.)
• How to use
  • Play music
  • Organize files into a playlist

   AudioGrabber   http://www.audiograbber.org/

• Cost: $20.
• AudioGrabber is a CD-Ripper program. It reads an audio CD in your computer's CD drive, and creates a WAV (or MP3) file for each selected track.
• AudioGrabber is extremely easy to use.

PCDJ   http://www.pcdj.com/

• PCDJ Red and PCDJ FX are professional DJ programs, and can store cue points. PCDJ FX can also do looping, and PCDJ FX can change the tempo without changing the pitch, or change pitch without changing the tempo.

• Keith Rubow's web site  www.krubow.com has information on recording to MP3 files and using MP3 files at tape groups, links to software to do this, including a free Winamp add-on written by Keith called Wplayer. Items for sale include audio patch boxes for recording, and an RF remote control system to control a media player such as Winamp so a tape group can be run from the dance floor.

• US Copyright Law (Sound Recordings)   http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap11.html
• Copyright Issues & the DJ   http://www.proformancedj.com/copyright.htm

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