iPods for Tots: What Parents Should Know - Video - Fine Adjust Volume

iPods for Tots: What Parents Should Know - Video


Daddy Clay: Santa brought my second grade
daughter an iPod. You may wonder why the jolly
elf is enabling even greater media exposure
for small kids, but with the right parental
management, this little gizmo can be a great
ally for dad.
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Anyway, back to the iPod. First thing you
want to do is limit and lock the volume on
your child’s iPod. In-ear headphones are
potentially hazards over the long haul. Kids
tend not to notice as carefully as they should
how loud things are. Limiting the volume is
easy.
So from the root menu go to Settings â€" Playback
â€" Volume Limit. Then it gives you the option
to lock it. Enter the numbers then the volume
is limited. Then, what goes on the iPod?
For music, I suggest a mix of premium grade
kids stuff from groups like Trout Fishing
in America, Joe McDermott, and Sara Hickman.
I also like the soundtrack from Cars. Soundtracks
from favorite movies are always a good way
to go. Than spend some time sitting down with
the kid picking through your collection of
CDs.
I prefer to set up my computer with separate
profiles for the kids. They get their own
iTunes application synched only with their
iPod but linked to my account. The digital
rights management or DRM makes the transfer
of song from my iTunes to theirs difficult,
but now at least it’s possible. You may
have to synch the iPod a time or two initially,
but pretty soon the music collection is pumped.
Add a simple game like Ms. PacMan, and maybe
an episode or two of classic Warner Brothers
cartoons collection like Bugs Bunny, and this
guy is set for car trips and waiting rooms
and other fidgety times.
Like all the media troughs in your house,
use of the iPod has to be observed and limited.
If it seems like they’re getting too much
screen time, work out a checkout procedure.
But for the younger kids, this isn’t a problem.
If you have ideas about how to manage kids
and iPods, please join the conversation at
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Fine Adjust Volume & Tempo - Minute GarageBand


In this episode of Minute GarageBand we're
going show you how to make finer adjustments
to both volume, and tempo.
When making adjustments to the volume fader
in a GarageBand track, even slight movements
cause a large change in the volume's value
no matter how slowly you drag the thumb.
However with the addition of a modifier key,
you can reduce that increment.
Once you click on the volume slider's thumb,
hold down the shiftKey to move in smaller
increments.
This works on automation curves as well.
Just like the fader, even a small move doesn't
allow for a very fine adjustment, but holding
down the shiftKey does.
Additionally, this works on the Master Track's
Tempo,
and volume curve.
Note that the Master Track's Pitch automation
curve allows for single increment changes
and doesn't require the shiftKey
One quick bonus tip, if you're not using an
automation curve, you can hold down the optionKey
while clicking on the thumb of the Volume
fader in either a regular track, or the Master
track, and the thumb will reset to the 0Db
mark.
That's all we have for this episode we hope
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So long.