Digital Audio Workstation: Mixing, Recording, and Mastering on Your Mac or PC (ELECTRONICS) - Softcover

Leider, Colby N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071422862 ISBN 13: 9780071422864

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Tab Electronics, 2004

Synopsis

Digital Audio Workstation Everything you need to mix, record, and master any type of music on your Mac or PC, creating professional quality CDs. Full description

About this title

From the Publisher:

Mix, record, and master any type of music on your PC or Mac

Complete guide to every major audio file format

How to turn your computer into a DAW

Key plug-ins and hardware

Mixing on a DAW

Soundtracking digital video on a DAW

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Here's your personal DAW tutorial, from one of the world's top instructors

Recognized as one of the world's top authorities on digital audio workstations, author-teacher-musician-composer Colby Leider teaches you everything you need to know to transform your computer into a top-tier recording studio, music composition workbench, and complete musical instrument! In fact, in these pages Colby Leider shows you how to create, record, and mix without ever leaving your computer--even music that would not be otherwise possible without the power of modern technology.

MAXIMIZE THE MUSICAL POWER OF YOUR MAC OR PC
With this book and a bit of inspiration, any musician or hobbyist can create professional music on a desktop or laptop. Written by an authority with the rare combination of knowledge of both music and digital technologies, this software-independent book teaches the complete digital audio workstation process, from outfitting a computer with necessary hardware and software, to recording with the proper microphones, using DAW power to create perfectly crafted mixes, and finally, to mastering a polished, professional, ready-to-market product. With this book, you can:

* Turn your computer into a digital audio workstation
* Record, mix, and master any type of music on a PC or Mac
* Choose key plug-ins and hardware
* Practice and hone your skills with the included exercises
* Find what you need to know about every major audio file format
* Learn about the history of the Digital Audio Workstation
* Compose, create, and mix new forms of music using your digital audio workstation alone
* Improve your project studio's acoustics inexpensively
* Much, much more

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Tab Electronics
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071422862
• ISBN 13: 9780071422864
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416