Real World Digital Audio
By
Peter Kirn
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Publisher:
Peachpit Press
Pub Date:
November 30, 2005
Print ISBN-10:
0-321-30460-8
Print ISBN-13:
978-0-321-30460-5
Pages:
640
Table of Contents
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Index
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making Music with Technology
What's in This Book
Who This Book Is For
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1. Understanding Digital Sound
How Sound Works
Sound and Perception
Sound in Digital Form
Chapter 2. Choosing Your Tools
Inputs and Outputs
Choosing the Right Computer
Music and Sound Production Tools
Going Shopping
Chapter 3. Setting Up Your Equipment
Setting Up Your Workspace
Connecting Physical Hardware
Chapter 4. Preparing Your Computer for Audio
Connecting Your Virtual Studio
Maintaining Your Virtual Studio
Chapter 5. Quick Songs with Patterns and Loops
Patterns and Loops
Create a Backing Track (GarageBand)
Make a Groove Box (Kinetic)
Chapter 6. Recording Instruments and Sound
Microphone Characteristics
Recording Applications
Digital Recording
Chapter 7. Processing and Effects
Basics of Signal Processors
Equalization
Dynamics Processors
Time-Related Effects
Specialized Processors
Chapter 8. MIDI: Notes, Rhythms, and Physical Control
Ins, Outs, and Thrus of MIDI
How MIDI Models Performances
Recording Performances
Editing and Manipulating Performances
Chapter 9. Synthesis and Software Instruments
Basic Types of Synthesis
Samplers and Sample Playback
Synthesis Building Blocks: Virtual Analog Techniques
Modulation and Effects
Chapter 10. Put It Together: Arrange, Mix, and Master
Arranging
Mixing
Mixdown, Mastering, and Sharing
Chapter 11. Producing Printed Scores
What Notation Software Does
Getting Started with a Score
Print, Play, and Share Your Score
Chapter 12. Music and Sound for Video
Synchronization, Tools, and Formats
Music for Video
Recording for Video
Chapter 13. Playing Live
Digital Audio Onstage
Live Arranging and Clips
DJing and the Live Remix
Custom Performance Software
What's on the DVD
Tools and Extras
Soundware
Index
