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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
With the ongoing development of algorithmic composition programs and communities of practice expanding, algorithmic music faces a turning point. Joining dozens of emerging and established scholars alongside leading practitioners in the field, chapters in this Handbook both describe the state of algorithmic...
by Gebre Waddell
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Learn the art of professional audio mastering
"Gebre Waddell covers this all-important subject in greater depth than has ever been done in a book." -- Dave Collins, mastering engineer for The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, Soundgarden, War, Ben Harper, and others
"Gebre...
by Andrew Schartmann
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew...
Designing Software Synthesizer Plug-Ins in C++
For RackAFX, VST3, and Audio Units
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Bridging the gap from theory to programming, Designing Software Synthesizer Plug-Ins in C++ For RackAFX, VST3 and Audio Units contains complete code for designing and implementing software synthesizers for both Windows and Mac platforms. You will learn synthesizer operation, starting with the underlying...
Digital Signatures
The Impact of Digitization on Popular Music Sound
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
How sonically distinctive digital “signatures”—including reverb, glitches, and autotuning—affect the aesthetics of popular music, analyzed in works by Prince, Lady Gaga, and others.
Is digital production killing the soul of music? Is Auto-Tune the nadir of creative expression? Digital...
by Miriama Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the phonautograph to magnetic tape and now to digital...
The SOS Guide to Live Sound
Optimising Your Band's Live-Performance Audio
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
If you’ve ever handled live sound, you know the recipe for creating quality live sound requires many steps. Your list of ingredients, shall we say, requires an understanding of sound and how it behaves, the know-how to effectively use a sound system), and the knowledge to choose and use your gear...
by Paul White
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
From multi-effects units to software plug-ins, digital instruments and soundcards, effects and processors are a crucial part of modern music. Yet even cheap units can be complicated to understand and operate.Basic Effects And Processors offers in-depth explanations of all the mainstream effects and...
Music Technology and the Project Studio
Synthesis and Sampling
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Music Technology and the Project Studio: Synthesis and Sampling provides clear explanations of synthesis and sampling techniques and how to use them effectively and creatively. Starting with analog-style synthesis as a basic model, this textbook explores in detail how messages from a MIDI controller...
Creating Sounds from Scratch
A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets...
Audio Processes
Musical Analysis, Modification, Synthesis, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Designed for music technology students, enthusiasts, and professionals, Audio Processes: Musical Analysis, Modification, Synthesis, and Control describes the practical design of audio processes, with a step-by-step approach from basic concepts all the way to sophisticated effects and synthesizers....
Modern MIDI
Sequencing and Performing Using Traditional and Mobile Tools
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
In the last five years, the environment in which the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) specification works and the tools that communicate via MIDI have changed dramatically. Modern MIDI: Sequencing and Performing Using Traditional and Mobile Tools gives you all the tools you need to properly...
by Michael Prochak
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
The latest SX release of Steinberg's Cubase program provides users with an incredibly powerful and versatile software sequencer equipped with sample-accurate mix automation, VST and ASIO capabilities.
by Steve Turnidge, Bob Buontempo
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Mastering your music is like mastering your life. It's amazing what happens when you clean up the noise, maximize your good work, and have your music sparkle and shine as you really want it to.
Desktop Mastering is a conceptual guide, intertwining a broad range of knowledge regarding audio...