Real World Digital Audio

No matter what part of the musical spectrum you come from—whether you’re playing in a band, composing, or DJing—if you’re using a computer (or wondering whether you should be), to get the results you want from your digital studio you’ll need reliable information. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Real World Digital Audio is a comprehensive resource—a book and DVD combo—that offers practical advice on making great music with modern technologies—a valuable reference whatever your musical genre or preferred audio application. You’ll learn how digital sound works, and then apply that knowledge to getting your music to sound the way you want. From recording, mixing, and producing CDs, musical scores, and video soundtracks, to performing live with your laptop, this is the definitive guide to the art of creating digital music. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

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• Choose the right software and hardware to fit your musical direction—and your budget
• Optimize your setup for maximum recording quality and reliability
• Choose and strategically place microphones for different recording situations
• Use loops and grooves to create backing tracks, DJ, and enhance live performances
• Master MIDI and audio editing techniques to make expressive, polished tracks
• Create dynamic sounds with audio effects, synthesizers, and soft synths
• Generate publication-quality notated scores on your desktop
• Mix, master, and share professional recordings, online music, and video soundtracks
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The DVD included with this book is a cross-platform data DVD compatible with both Mac and Windows computers. The DVD contains over two gigabytes of sound content, instruments, and software tools that you can use immediately in your music, and to explore topics in the book. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Companion Web site at www.realworlddigitalaudio.com includes interviews with audio professionals, updated information, and more. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

"Writing about digital audio is like shooting at a moving target. But Peter Kirn has managed to score a bullseye with Real World Digital Audio."
—Ernie Rideout, Editor-in-Chief, Keyboard magazine http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Sound http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• How Sound Works
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Sound and Perception

Sound in Digital Form http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 2: Choosing Your Tools http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Inputs and Outputs

Choosing the Right Computer http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Music and Sound Production Tools

Going Shopping http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Equipment http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Setting Up Your Workspace

Connecting Physical Hardware http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 4: Preparing Your Computer for Audio http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Connecting Your Virtual Studio

Maintaining Your Virtual Studio http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 5: Quick Songs with Patterns and Loops http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Patterns and Loops

Create a Backing Track (GarageBand) http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Tutorial 1: Start a Song and Choose Loops

Tutorial 2: Create a Basic Arrangement http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Tutorial 3: Develop a Song Structure

Tutorial 4: Mix and Record http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Make a Groove Box (Kinetic)

Tutorial 1: Patches, Patterns, and Grooves http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Tutorial 2: Build Up a Set of Grooves

Tutorial 3: Ready for the Dance Floor http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 6: Recording Instruments and Sound http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Microphone Characteristics

Recording Applications http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Digital Recording

Chapter 7: Processing and Effects

Basics of Signal Processors

Equalization http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Dynamics Processors

Time-Related Effects http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Specialized Processors

Chapter 8: MIDI: Notes, Rhythms, and Physical Control

Ins, Outs, and Thrus of MIDI

How MIDI Models Performances http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Recording Performances

Editing and Manipulating Performances http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 9: Synthesis and Software Instruments http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Basic Types of Synthesis

Samplers and Sample Playback http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Synthesis Building Blocks: Virtual Analog Techniques

Modulation and Effects http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 10: Put It Together: Arrange, Mix, and Master http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Arranging

Mixing http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Mixdown, Mastering, and Sharing

Chapter 11: Producing Printed Scores

What Notation Software Does

Getting Started with a Score http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Print, Play, and Share Your Score

Chapter 12: Music and Sound for Video

Synchronization, Tools, and Formats

Music for Video http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Recording for Video

Chapter 13: Playing Live

Digital Audio Onstage

Live Arranging and Clips http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

DJing and the Live Remix

Custom Performance Software http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Appendix: What’s on the DVD http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Tools and Extras

Soundware http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Index http://www.dropshippers.co.za/