Pure Data (Pd) is a graphical programming environment for audio and more; libpd is a wrapper that turns Pd into a portable, embeddable audio library. Brian Eno's soundtrack of the game Spore is generated by Pure Data. Inception The App is based on libpd and has been downloaded more than three million times. The popular RJDJ also uses the technology
Ableton Live is a groundbreaking program whose unique nonlinear, incredibly flexible features set it well apart from all the other digital audio applications. This hands-on-centric book offers a series of exercises that walk you through all the features you need to use Ableton Live to make an actual track from start to finish.
Steinberg WaveLab 7 is a comprehensive suite for professional mastering, audio editing and restoration that is available for Mac and PC. This title provides an overview and tutorial to this program. It introduces audio editing, signal processing, and audio mastering with Wavelab, presenting concepts in an easy-to-understand format.
Packed with useful tips and detailed explanations, this book is your guide to taking advantage of all that Cubase 6 has to offer to make a powerful difference in your music output. It offers information you need to successfully navigate each step of the recording, editing, and mixing process with Cubase.
Shows you how to create computer music with Pro Tools 9! This title can give you the skills you need to record and mix with confidence. It offers what you need to know to master the fundamental operations of this digital audio workstation with step-by-step instructions and screenshots that make it easy to get started.
Explains Pro Tools HD systems and Pro Tools 8 software. This title also details of MIDI and Score Editors, and features full colour screen shots and equipment photos. It is suitable for the working professional or serious hobbyist looking for professional results.
Covers the LE, M-Powered, and HD versions of Pro Tools for music, post, and multimedia users at different levels. This title is suitable for both newcomers looking to get up and running, and more advanced users who would like a complete desk reference on this version.
Helps you learn the secret toolkits used to develop a professional, radio-ready rock mix out of tracks recorded in a garage. This title enables you to get hands-on with a real Pro Tools session as you start arranging, EQing, compressing, bussing, effecting and automating a modern demo into a hard hitting, radio ready production.
Prepare yourself to be a great producer when using 'Pro Tools' in your studio. This is a definitive guide to the software for new and professional users, providing you with various vital skills you need to know. Covering both the Pro Tools HD and LE, it is illustrated in color and packed with hints and tips.
Explores the synthesizers included in Apple's music composition program Apple Logic Pro 8. This book focuses on the software instruments of Logic Pro. It explores what each synthesizer sounds like, how it operates, and how to achieve the sonic results you want.
A guide to getting the most out of your music and your Pro Tools (PT) rig. It shows you step by step how to record vocals and a wide array of musical instruments. It helps you learn production and editing techniques that can improve the sound of your recordings and simplify mixing.
Ableton Live is a flexible audio application: Use it for sound design for music, film, theater, and games; composition; improvising with other musicians; live looping; DJing; and, of course mixing and mastering music. This book helps you in audio making and mangling recipes, tips, and mixing/mastering techniques with the use of Ableton Live 8.
Suitable for Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 users, this title covers the Abelton Live software's nuts and bolts and creative technique to create, produce, perform and make music on the fly. It follows Live's non-linear music environment. It features a format that utilizes the terms and creative features of Live - tabs, keys, pointers, and labels.
Pro Tools is everywhere, and whether you're new to Pro Tools or an experienced user, you will find Avid's release of PT9 to be a powerful production workstation. This book shows you step by step how to achieve your best mixes using Avid's award-winning software.
Intended for enthusiastic amateur musicians, this book guides readers through the process of making a music video and then getting it online. It offers suggestions for choosing and recording a song appropriate for video. It also covers the basics of filming the video and the postproduction editing, music synchronization, and video formats.
Helps you boost your understanding of the art and craft of creating mixes. Starting with the basics of essential processors and working up to advanced signal routing and sophisticated sonic manipulation, this book helps you produce polished professional-sounding mixes.
Offers an overview of the program and the basic operations of how to record and edit MIDI. This title looks at some of Reason's instruments, such as the Subtractor and ReDrum Drum Computer. It instructs on how to build up a simple composition, followed by the basics of mixing and how to add that professional polish.
Covering the updates of Pro Tools, this guide provides a complete list of over 250 shortcuts to help you get the most out of Avid's industry-leading digital-audio software. Each shortcut shows the key combination needed on both Mac and Windows, what it does, in what context the command is available, and other important features.
Ableton Live is one of the most popular software applications for composition, songwriting, recording, production, remixing, and live performance. This book explores the program's extensive features, using real-world examples and offering advice from some of the most respected users of Live 8 in the music industry.
Created by PreSonus in partnership with the design and programming team that created Nuendo and parts of Cubase, Studio One has quickly gained popularity since its release for its ease of use, workflow orientation, and great sound. This book shows the reader how to get around Studio One and perform recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.
Presents a little history of the synthesizers and the basics of how use them. This title helps you: learn the functions of oscillators, filters, amplifiers, LFOs and envelopes; apply your knowledge to the Subtractor, Malstrom, and Thor; and, explore sampling and how to work with the sample-based instruments in Reason, such as the NN19 and NNXT.
Pro Tools is the industry standard tool for audio production and Pro Tools effects have a reputation for being extremely professional and high quality; in fact, the effects are one of the features that draw new users to the software. This book offers master-level lessons, tips, and advice on using the built-in plug-ins that come with Pro Tools.