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...think of them as the "phoneme producer," the "word analyzer" and the "automatic detector." We'll describe these regions in the order in which they are activated, but you'll get closer to the truth if you think of them as working simultaneously, like the sections of an orchestra playing a symphony...
...moviemaking software. But try to cut your film to match a song in your MP3 library, and it gets more difficult. SmartSound Movie Maestro ($50) makes it easy by automatically layering in your sound track. The basic software package offers a fair variety of styles, from Blockbuster (heavy orchestra, eerie synth) to Vacation (steel drums, Dixieland brass), but the best stuff comes from the six optional Movie Music CDs ($30 apiece). The drawback is that you're stuck with their music; the program doesn't enable you to use tracks from a personal collection. But if you want a snap...
...epitome of sci-fi gadgetry. In Minority Report, Tom Cruise, playing a cop who fights crimes that are to take place in the future, gestures into the air like an orchestra conductor wearing a space glove--only he's calling up computer images that float before him in holographic splendor...
...recording industry to take soundings of the health of its greatest assets. But even by its galactic standards, Verbier's lineup for its 10th anniversary is extraordinary. There will be no fewer than 45 stars on show, including top conductors James Levine (who heads the festival's resident youth orchestra) and Esa-Pekka Salonen, gypsy fiddler Roby Lakatos, consummate pianist Emanuel Ax and legendary soprano Elisabeth Söderström. Music lovers who have gathered in the village can't believe their luck. "It's so exciting to see all these stars here," enthuses 20-year-old New Zealander...
...project took Tan two years to develop, during which he directed musicians, set designers, seamstresses and interpreters. During the show, a montage of Tan's vibrantly colorful paintings was projected onto a video screen while a narrator recited Tan's poetry to musical accompaniment by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra...