Digital Hymnals: Exploring the Capabilities of QuickTime Pro

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QuickTime-based “digital media syllabary”
for assembling digital hymnals
vocal coach videos background slides
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text caption files ASL Movies
audio files music notation slides
2D sprite animated keys
Learn to create and produce each
component... then assemble!
music instrument MIDI

QuickTime-based Media Lab
as cyber-scriptorium...
a.k.a. A digital hymnal
“QuickTorium”

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The Rise of Digital Hymnals:
Exploring The Capabilities of
QuickTime Player Pro
July 4, 2014

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The Concept:
Digital Hymnals Digital Passionals
DigiCatechist
QuickTime Pro-based mobile multimedia lab

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DigiCatechist
Directed Learning: Moral teaching selected from
catechism. Develop and illustrate through digital media

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Creating a cottage industry
around digital hymnals:
Audio and video production
Custom sound sampling (church instruments, choir)
Graphics and 2D computer animation
Video Compressionists
Text captioning and ASL Signers
MIDI transcription and composition
Music instruction (choral/instrumental)

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Why we design digital hymnals
“off the grid”
To develop creative habits in composition, avoid
the temptation of google image search for a
few months, to find the sacred in and around us
and our community and family

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Cultural Transformations
Conscience Creators
Content Consumers Content Creators
Desktop Publishing Digital Audio Digital Video
Internet
1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2k 2k10
Digital Media Revolution Timeline

Present Day
Hardware/software
offerings

Cardiphonia.org
The Word transformed: Prayer, Song, and Art for the Beauty of the Church
The Rise of Digital Hymnals
Posted on August 7, 2011
“... there are now a number of groups beginning to
experiment with posting their songs and materials
online in a different kind of digital hymnal altogether
... one that you can take with you wherever you are ...
for free. Where you can access mp3’s, lead sheets,
and other information from the web. “

Digital Hymnals Today:
Many individual efforts
QQ Q Q Q Q Q Q
advancing towards accord

Operating System QuickTime Version
Mac OS 8.6 – 9.x, Mac OS X (10.1.5-10.2)
Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. 6 - 6.4
Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later
Windows 2000/XP
Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later
Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
D-hymnal Sprint Coach says:
7
7.3
“By carefully repositioning one foot back,
slow starts can be transformed into quick times”

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Software based digital hymn and music playback with additional multimedia features
QuickTime Player (free)
includes built-in instruments (church organs, pianos, strings)
QuickTime Player Pro ($29)
allows content creators to edit, augment both sound track data
and visual track data;
QTPro edited Movies can be viewed with the free QuickTime
Player
QuickTime is already ‘out there’ on millions of computers (and
can be downloaded from Apple’s website, too)

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“SANCTUS” chosen for demonstration purposes. QuickTime Player Pro is the
media engine. Your digital hymnal’s name could be: “Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Digital Hymnal”, “First UMC Youth Ministry Digital Hymnal”, etc.
QuickTime is modular: A digital hymnal can be created from available off-the-shelf
digital audio and visual components that you compose yourself
Every published hymn now available online for consideration: Let’s compile our
ultimate sacred playlist
Create digital hymnals for: Daily Masses; Youth Ministry; Choir Rehearsals;
Retirement Communities; Christian Day Care Centers. Highlight a specific
composer or period

QuickTime Pro Overview
Movie length: 5:32 Track count: 12
Size: 780 x 479
data size data rate
background 143.8k 443.0 bytes/sec
slides 417.0k 1.2k bytes/sec
effects 11.7k 36.0 bytes/sec
video 4.0 MB 12.4k bytes/sec
sound 1.2 MB 3.8k bytes/sec
caption text 8.0 k 25.0 bytes/sec
QuickTime compositions reknowned for high quality, modest bandwidth

Pixar short films slide
digital finnegans wake
use of animation to communicate non verbally
entertain as secondary character

“Media forms have changed very little in the past decade, we continue to communicate
information via text, motion video, animation, photo images
QuickTime Player has from its inception been capable of handling all the above media
forms in many industry standard formats and codecs
One can think of QuickTime as a digital media syllabary, and an
effective tool for communication. An effective tool for
communication does not have an expiration date.”

“When the technology of a time is powerfully thrusting in one
direction, wisdom may well call for a countervailing thrust.”

SANCTUS COVER SLIDE
VIDEO:
Sign language interpreter
or
Visual Choral Instruction
or
Spoken Word Message
ALT. TRACK 2 SLIDES
(e.g. CONGREGATION MUSIC)
PRIMARY TRACK 1
MONUMENTS MEN
HOMILY
your theme
Sorenson
or
MPEG4
wired
Flash
or
other
JPEGs
GIFs
PNGs
Flash
video...
See-and-Play Keyboard
MIDI QT instruments
A QuickTime Pro Movie

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QuickTime architecture is scaleable
Each digital hymn can be custom
configured based upon hardware, CPU
and operating system

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Can be a simple MIDI file player only; Can
playback audio files (AIFF, WAV, AAC) through
any P.A. system -or- thru organ speaker system
Can also include visual tracks for: congregation
follow-along singing; chord charts/lead sheets
for choir rehearsal; vocal, piano & organ
instructional video/animation
Public domain hymns from the past 750
years. Latin Mass music. Classical vespers.
Organ, Choral standards from antiquity.

Enable Tracks example: musical score + audio
verse 1

Enable Tracks example: Composing a Presentation
Glo-ry to God! An-gel
hosts are singing. Is-rael's
Holy One, Has for us
be-come Ma-ry's Son,
peace on earth to us
bring-ing,
verse 1
The visuals are not
composed for you hereto,
therefore you compose
the visuals now.

- Organ
Vocal Coach
ASL
Here is where some caption text may go...
(video track)
(video track)
(scanned image-score track)
(keyboard coach-video or animation)

St. Mary’s Catholic Church
123 Santa Maria Ave. McAllen, Texas 77777
Text
Slides
Music track

Slideshow created
with QT 2.5
playing in QTP 6.5.2
A youthful movie c.1994 still has relevant messages that a
mature QT 6.5.2 can appreciate and understand :)

Synched audio tracks or QTVR hotspots
QTVR
Click on a singer to hear that part
QT Movie
1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part

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Vocal Coach
Bach Invention 11 images courtesy: MakePages.com Steven Estrella

- Organ
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“sing with me”
Bach Invention 11 images courtesy: MakePages.com Steven Estrella

QuickTime Pro
allows you to
select and loop
any portion of a
movie...
Listen.
Learn.
Sing.
Replay.

QuickTime Pro
allows you to
select and loop
any portion of a
movie...
Listen.
Learn.
Sing.
Replay.
The potential for a thousand
trained organists in every diocese
is now very real.

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IN CLASS GROUP PROJECT
LISTEN TO SOUNDTRACK MUSIC
ASSIGN AN ORCHESTRA SECTION TO EACH
BUILD A SONG DURING CLASS
CHANGE INSTRUMENT ASSIGNMENTS
REPEAT
TEXTBOOK: Arranging Techniques For Synthesists
Eric Turkel

We recognize the solemn and sacred nature of sanctuary music, as well
as the familiar aural signatures of church instruments
As confidence
increases, musicians
receive God’s call to
play at each service...
Youth Ministry can
record or assemble
and compose a
comparable digital
instrument...
...that can play through
the organ amplifier
system, or through the
sound system.

As music synthesis architectures have become increasingly prevalent, so too has the need for a
standard format for defining musical instruments. Although the General MIDI (GM) specification for
128 instrument presets helps to a small degree, it lacks both the depth and breadth to deliver a truly
consistent playback experience across a wide range of platforms. There exists a need for a
musical instrument standard that allows composers to define exactly how each musical
instrument sounds on a wide variety of playback devices. In January 1997, the MIDI Manufacturers
Association ratified the first industry-wide standard for transporting complete sounds
between synthesizers. The Downloadable Sounds Level 1 Specification (DLS-1) defines a first order cross-platform
synthesizer model that allows developers to target a large range of playback devices with a
single set of content while still maintaining consistent playback across all those
platforms. Further extensions to that architecture have been added in this specification. It is
important to understand that this specification defines a purely symbolic system that can be mapped
onto many different designs.

QuickTime Player Pro includes a full General MIDI sound
set licensed from Roland Corp.

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QuickTime movies deserve “epic movie music”
Acquiring a top-shelf “Digital Hymnal GM Soundset”:
*great pianos and organs
*great choral chants
well rounded strings, synth pads, electric pianos
modest drums (most will be played live)
Text: Arranging Techniques For Synthesists
Eric Turkel

Stained glass, as an art and a
craft, requires the artistic skill to
conceive an appropriate and
workable design, and the
engineering skills to assemble the
piece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass

"As a student of literature and the arts, I became aware of
the enormous role that the church had played in
underpinning these great human activities over the
centuries. I was aware that the church had always been on
the side of art and intellect and that the effects of the church
therefore were everywhere for men to see and admire."
-Marshall McLuhan

the Bridge,
provided with
sound information,
charts our course
the Engines,
fully functional,
get us there with
great speed

Apple:
every codec
every file type
MIDI to Sprite animation
Pro version that includes
editing “stage”
For my birthday, I would like: “Q-Two”, or “Q-Eleven”
*all previous media types fully restored
A revolutionary cross-platform and all-inclusive legacyOS and modernOS
version of QuickTime. Scalable upon installation, works with any computer
from Windows 9x, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8
All Mac OS flavors, All Unix-based OSes.

MIDI files are very, very small. MIDI sequence files can audition
and change instrument sample(s) for any or all parts.
(mp3 audio and CD-audio cannot be re-orchestrated unless performance is re-recorded)
Additionally, BOTH audio tracks AND MIDI instruments
can be synchronized together in QuickTime

MIDI files using the Quicktime Instruments
can be converted into AIFF or AAC (CD-quality) stereo audio files
with Quicktime Pro and iTunes

Standard MIDI file tip:
How To Improve a Solo Piano or Organ Sequence
A standard MIDI file sequence containing only one
instrument can be saved as a QuickTime Movie, then
additional instruments layered in unison by copying and
adding the original sequence back into the movie as new
tracks.
Choose a new music synthesizer instrument for each.
Volumes and panning of each can be adjusted and saved.
This new QuickTime Movie containing additional
instruments mixed and layered in unison with the
original MIDI sequence instrument results in a richer,
fuller sound.
Drop/import into iTunes where you can convert and
save as an AAC stereo audio file. (Play )

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Organizing Your QuickTime-based
digital hymns
simple folder...or...
QuickTime Player ‘Favorites’;
iTunes Playlists; (4.8 and higher)
Drag & Drop ordering; “it just works”
(screen capture demo)

Animated Keyboards: there are many!
Midi Sheet Music
Synthesia
MidiTrail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
Open source 3D animation application; MIDI-to-Animation scripts! Create a simple or complex animated
keyboard that visually depicts piano/organ performances; Video tool for anyone who wants to learn to
play without reading music notation. Save as a QuickTime Movie and add to digital hymnals

http://blendit.xaa.pl
MIDI continues to thrive and remain indispensable
within the world wide community of creative artists

QT Digital Hymnal
Palette
Duplicate,
then drag or
position
with arrow
keys
Keyboard Animation Assignment
Follow the notes on the score
by coloring in the right keys
Make a new slide for each note in sequence
Export your keyboard animation as a
QuickTime movie

QuickTime teleprompter software solution:
this button will flip (reverse)text

A QuickTime-based digital hymnal can:
Be a simple MIDI file player only
Play MIDI file with slides
Play MIDI, slides, and caption-text track
Play MIDI, slides, captions, and video track
Play CD-audio WAV or AAC files only
Play audio file, scanned images as slides, animation track (e.g., a keyboard or
a metronome or a time-code clock) a vocal coach video, a sign language video,
text caption track

A QuickTime-based digital passional can include:
video clips
slide presentations
captioned text in multiple languages
audio narration in multiple languages

Because of QuickTime Pro’s scaleable architecture and
philosophy of inclusion of legacy codecs, any Mac or PC
computer manufactured in the past 15 years can play
QuickTime Movies
Video compression codecs developed during the era of dial-up
achieve excellent quality at low bitrates, thereby making
them a good choice for CDROM delivery on older machines

ffmpegX MPEG-4 Encoder/Transcoder
Convert AVC
MPEG-4
into QuickTime 6-compatible
Simple Profile (SP)
MPEG-4

DELIVERY METHODS: DISK, WEB SERVER, STREAMS
You can share QuickTime movie files cross-platform in one of three ways: as files
on a CD or DVD, from a web server, or as real-time streams. You don’t necessarily
have to choose one method; with QuickTime, you can mix and match.
QuickTime movie on CD* Viewer
*CD transfer speeds much faster than USB 1.x

Video Acquisition: DV-25 SD
Launched in 1995
Standard Definition (SD) Digital Video continues to be a popular
broadcast standard worldwide.*
*2006 HDV was heavily pushed in USA
however, BBC creates shows with SD DVCPro50
DV as an acquisition and editing format:
All digital path; modest computer processor requirements;
12GB for 1 hour storage (2 GB for 10mins)
DV software editing (such as iMovie) can achieve pro-broadcast results

Headline: April 1, 1976
All time is now, and
the simultaneous
insists upon
the harmonious

Video Acquisition: DV-25 SD
Q: “I want to replace natural backgrounds with computer-generated
ones. I read somewhere that DV-25, with its
4:1:1 sampling, does not lend itself to green screen work.”
A: Most of the technical shortcomings
of standard DV have been addressed
through software, however,
for digital hymnal production,
simple, colored backdrops work best,
are cost effective and compress well.

For Further Reading
Cardiphonia (blog)
http://cardiphonia.org/2011/08/07/the-rise-of-digital-hymnals
Cyber Hymnal
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/
http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/
http://www.hymnary.org/ipad

Creating s-l-o-w-m-o with QuickTime
Each Media Lab control-tower desk contains a digital camera
Olympus D-535*, 545*, or 550*
*cameras available for $10 - $25 on eBay
Each digital camera can record
short soundless QuickTime Movies
When are short soundless QuickTime Movies useful?
How are s-l-o-w-m-o QuickTime Movies effective?

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HYMNS:
77
11
343
78
VC ASL
This is the text track that can be hidden or shown

Web delivery required printing press-like repeatability,
duplication, conformity...
Digital Hymnal:
Each laptop is unique,
we experiment with
different codecs, track
combinations, and file
formats to hear and to
see what looks best
and performs best on
each machine

QuickTime Pro is the canvas
selectable codecs, track combinations, and file formats to hear and
to see what looks best and performs best on each machine
For Sunday, July 20, 2014

Because every QuickTime movie can be custom configured
according to: CPU, operating system, QuickTime software version
and media tracks necessary, each media artist can create their
digital hymnal with ‘personal signatures’, rendering no two
hymnals exactly alike.”............................................................
For Sunday, July 20, 2014
“The future of the book is very much in the
order of book as information service. Instead of
the book as a fixed package of repeatable and
uniform character suited to the market with
pricing, the book is increasingly taking on the
character of service, as information service, and
the book as an information service is tailor-made
and custom built.” The Medium is the
Massage” Understanding Me, M McLuhan

Adjusting Track Offset (track start times)
Congregational prayer and singing micro adjustments made by many
independent voices to achieve harmony and unison

BEST PRACTICES Model for media lab educational
RETRO WORKFLOW(narration)_ Music Track FIRST:
Sibelius? Freestyle?
slides, instrument and vocal tracks synched to music...
Flash 3, 4, 5; Powerpoint/Impress/Keynote
QuickTime 2.5, 3.0 for playback-very early laptops
QuickTime 4.1.1 Pro, 6 Pro, 7 Pro for authoring laptops
Standard DV-25 for video acquisition and editing
lighting and background techniques
CDROM delivery (QuickTime) iDVD (mpeg2)
iMovie 1-4 for DV editing (Mac)
ULead VideoStudio4 for DV editing (W95,W98,2000,NT)
Windows Movie Maker 2.6

EXAMPLE USE OF iDVD PRODUCTION:
“My grandmother never learned to read music, however, she has her own very
interesting way of playing this song on the piano. Here it is:”
This is sort of Steve Jobs’ vision of the Piano Guy in all of us...
here it is live in sorenson video...or here it is simulated with an image sequence....
hand positions can be very important, for transitions
(this is not what Piano Guy teaches...)
(this is what Mr. Rosenthal DID teach)
Animation: what about line drawing of hands and keys?
visualize: Aha “take on Me”

*transfer audio to from ipod headphones to laptop line in
*transfer audio from laptop headphone out to 2nd laptop line in
*transfer audio from browser or other app out headphone
into line in of SAME, into audio recording app

Technology in the Keyboard Lab
Headset Microphone
MIDI keyboard
Keyboard camera

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