Audio Workstation Handbook (Music Technology Series) - Softcover

Rumsey, Francis

9780240514505: Audio Workstation Handbook (Music Technology Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240514505 ISBN 13: 9780240514505

Publisher: Focal Press, 1996

Ideal for all those needing to understand digital audio and the associated technologies used in these workstations.

Topics covered include: basic computer terminoloty; digital audio; MIDI control and computer sound cards; audio workstation principles; mass storage devices; files atransfer and networking; audio intermaces; digital video.

Francis Rumsey provides a thorough introduction to using digital audio workstations, with which it is possible to execute complete projects from initial conception, through mixing and post-production, to the final master. Sound tracks can be created and edited for films, TV, multimedia, computer games and the internet, integrated with pictures and computer data.

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Synopsis:

This text reflects one of the key growth areas in the audio field and explains the main technologies associated with digital audio workstations including; MIDI; digital video; data reduction; MPEG and JPEG; networking; multimedia; audio sampling and synthesis cards for the PC (wavetable and FM synthesis); mass storage and backup; the Internet; the Open media framework; interchange format (OMFI); and CD premastering technology. Many of the principles described in this book apply to systems other than audio workstations, making the book useful as a general reference on digital audio and associated fields.

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