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Midi and Music
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Sound Advice on MIDI Production See and hear practical applications of MIDI gear: keyboards, sound modules, effect processors, recorders, mixers, triggers and controllers. This book will help you produce more powerful and impressive recordings through a deeper understanding of MIDI. |
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How MIDI Works - 6th Edition A mainstay at colleges and universities across the nation, Topics covered include: the computer language of MIDI, controllers for keyboard operations, the mixing board within, hard disk audio recording, and many more. |
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MIDI Basics MIDI Basics will teach you to play, compose, arrange, and record music with MIDI, to make music with your computer, and add music to your multimedia presentations. |
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The MIDI Manual - 2nd Edition Written as an all-around guide to MIDI technology, this manual provides a close-up look at the industry's top products and teaches you how to integrate them with your computer. Illustration and step-by-step lessons teach you how to set up an efficient MIDI system as well as how to use your PC to expand your musical recording and performing techniques. 255 pages. |
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The Midi Companion Here's your complete guide to using MIDI synthesizers, samplers, soundcards, sequencers, computers and more! |
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MIDI Sequencing for Musicians This book explains sequencer features and operations, from the basic to the exotic. It provides practical, hands-on instruction in the creative use of sequencing - including timing resolution, synchronization, software bugs and crashes, input and output processing, data storage, and all facets of editing - and more. |
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MIDI for Musicians The first guide that clearly explains the impact that Musical Instrument Digital Interface has made on the creation of music. Profusely illustrated with easy-to-understand diagrams and examples that take the mystery out of MIDI. |
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Mind Over MIDI An in-depth guide, including: what MIDI does · data transmission · tutorial · channels · modes · controllers · computers · interfaces · software · sequencers · accessories · SMPTE & MIDI · MIDI systems · and more. |
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Quick Start: Midi What exactly is MIDI? What does an aftertouch, status byte, or multimode mean? How do I make MIDI work for me? This book is an easy read and provides all the answers. Includes a CD-ROM featuring MIDI software for Windows and Mac. |
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Guitar Synth and Midi Included are basic information and technique on the history and development of guitar synthesizers, basic synthesis, MIDI sampling, triggering, and how particular artists like Andy Summers, Frank Zappa, Al DiMeola, Robert Fripp, Lee Ritenour and others use synthesis and MIDI in their own guitar playing. |
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Descubriendo MIDI (Spanish - Espagnol) In Spanish!! Descubriendo MIDI is a complete MIDI information book.It describes application of all MIDI based gear. Information is presented from a very basic level to advanced usage. It is completely written in Spanish. |
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Piano Teaching: The Rainbow Portfolio The basic concept of the Rainbow System is to combine color and music! |
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260 Drum Machine Patterns This book is a supplement to the first volume of Drum Machine Patterns. In it you will find over 260 rhythm patterns and breaks. These are original patterns that can be programmed easily on any drum machine. This book contains the rhythms most often used in contemporary music, and many patterns incorporate flams, to be used on the latest generation of drum machines. |
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Cubase Power Written for musicians, by a musician, this reference covers everything recording professionals need to know about Cubase VST, Cubase VST Score, and Cubase VST32. Through a hands-on approach, users will learn everything from hardware and software setup to score editing, track editing, and distribution. More specialized topics are also covered, including the synchronization of music to video during multimedia production. Integrated into sections on theory are exercises designed to give musicians practical experience in the Cubase integrated environment and to turn users already familiar with the software into power users. Also provided are downloadable examples from the Internet. |
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Cakewalk ProAudio Power! More than 700,000 loyal Cakewalk music software users worldwide Written with the support and advice of the developer of Cakewalk software Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 music software allows users to compose, record, and play back music, and to generate and edit their own sheet music. Written for the beginning and intermediate user, this book explains the differences between the different Cakewalk products (Pro Audio, Professional and Home Studio) and guides users through a hands-on project. Three hundred screen shots illustrate making templates, recording and playback, multiple tracks, real-time and off-line processing, mixing, and producing sheet music. Special topics including backing up project files, composing for multimedia, and finding Cakewalk resources on the Web are featured. |
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What's Midi? : Making Musical Instruments Work Together Questions about MIDI? This book has all the answers! Understanding the language that allows musical instruments to interface digitally is crucial for today's players, and this handy guide is the perfect place to start. What's MIDI? lays out all the essentials without bogging down newcomers in techno-talk. Possibly the only book on the subject you'll ever need! |
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Midi for the Professional Although it's showing its age, and it doesn't cover a lot of new developments like sound cards and virtual synths, this is still an extremely valuable book for anyone who wants to understand what MIDI is all about. In this age of loops, samples, and digital everything, MIDI doesn't have the high profile it used to, but it's still in almost universal use by musicians and studios -- even by people who don't know they're using it -- and a good technical understanding of it is really important. This book is still the best source around for that kind of information, so it's no surprise that dozens of college-level courses use it as a standard text. |
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Anatomy of a Home Studio: How Everything Really Works, from Microphones to Midi A great book for starting your own home studio! |
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What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business Review: Destined to become a classic; This book...approaches the music industry from angles no other book is even aware of. It is a must read for everyone planning a career in the music industry. |
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Digital Home Recording Guidance on using hard disk and DAT technologies, stand-alone workstations, computer-based DAWs, surround sound 5.1 and more, plus related hardware and software-based tools such as Softsynths, plug-ins and software samplers, this book also surveys two-track audio recorders/editors, host-based audio/MIDI programs and CD mastering. |
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The Recording Guitarist This book will prepare guitarists for any recording situation and will help them become familiar with all facets of recording technology and procedure. Topics covered include: guitars and amps for recording; effects; mixer logic and routing strategies; synching music to moving images; and how to look and sound professional. |
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Quick Start: Cakewalk Home Studio Home Studio provides conventional MIDI and digital audio recording, but can also do loop-based projects for DJ, groove, and soundtrack applications. Includes a CD-Rom with video tutorials, learn-by-doing examples, Cakewalk program demos, a free software synthesizer, and free guitar and drum loops. |
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Sound Advice on Developing Your Home Studio See and hear the difference simple changes in equipment connection, selection, and placement make.! |
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VIDEO: Home Recording Magazine's 100 Recording Tips and Tricks Recorded at New York's Bass Hit Studios, where the music for HBO's hit series Oz is produced, and featuring the contributions of more than 10 recording engineers, producers and professional musicians, the video offers 100 useful tips and tricks for all sorts of recording studio activity, including: miking drums and other instruments · recording guitars · using computers · pre-production · tracking · mixing · post-production · and more. |
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Pro Tools: Producing In the Home Studio With Pro Tools Get the most out of Digidesign's Pro Tools software with this comprehensive home studio guide that will show you how to create the highest quality recordings by honing your production skills and engineering techniques. With a complete explanation of the entire production process, you'll find out everything you need to know to make your music projects stand out from the rest. |
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The Home Studio Guide To Microphones A rare find, this guide is aimed at the non-technical home studio owner. Alldrin give specific suggestions about microphone techniques and products, all in easy-to-understand language. |
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Midi Manual: 2nd Edition An all-around guide to MIDI technology, this manual provides a close-up look at the industry's top products and teaches you how to integrate them with your computer. Illustration and step-by-step lessons teach you how to set up an efficient MIDI system as well as how to use your PC to expand your musical recording and performing techniques. |
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Guitar One Presents Guitar Archives
An Investigation of Blues-Based Styles, Including Player Profiles and Instructional Tips. By Dave Rubin. Guitar One. Book and CD package. Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (2500454)
Here in the Guitar Archives, you'll find the best in blues and blues-based licks, riffs and techniques with a dose of historical perspective to put it all into place. Styles such as bottleneck blues, catfish blues, country blues, delta blues, minor blues, British blues-rock and many more are covered, as are these featured artists: Chuck Berry, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. The accompanying CD includes 99 demonstration tracks, and the articles in the book are reprinted from the pages of Guitar One magazine.
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Guitar One Presents Fret Buzz
A Fast Fix of Musical Tidbits, Nuggets and Other Practical Information. By Troy Nelson and Dale Turner. Guitar One. Book and CD package. Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (2500455)
From the pages of Guitar One magazine comes Fret Buzz, a guide to licks, riffs, harmonic ideas, and technique for the serious blues/rock guitarist. From the familiar to the obscure, you'll find an arsenal of material here. Includes 33 great lessons on topics such as: country licks, essential endings, beyond the blues box, guitar fitness, chord connections, scale sequences, string bending, pedal tones, harmonics, banjo rolls, fret-hand fitness and more! The accompanying CD includes 30 demonstration tracks. Your price $16.95 Lead time before shipment-3 to 5 business days |
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Recording Guitar and Bass
Getting a Great Sound Every Time You Record. By Huw Price. Book (not sheet music). Book and CD package. Size 8.5x11 inches. 176 pages. Published by Backbeat Books. (330992)
Guitarists and bassists are forever striving to capture their instrument's sound on recordings. This hands-on guide describes the techniques that accomplish this best. The book provides practical advice for creating a home studio space, choosing and using amps and microphones, processing and enhancing sound with effects, and special approaches for recording acoustic and electric bass and guitar, as well as double bass. It also includes interviews with top technicians, producers and musicians in which they teach their tricks of the trade. A 63-track companion CD demonstrates every important technique and sound, including: variation created by different amplifiers, microphones, positioning within the studio, EQ applications, and more. Features a full glossary that explains all the tech terms you'll need to know.
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The Best of Nirvana
A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques of Kurt Cobain. Performed by Nirvana. By Chad Johnson. Signature Licks (Authentic guitar transcriptions in notes and tab). Book and CD package. With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (695483)
As the heroes of a new musical generation, Nirvana's influence can't be overestimated. This book/CD pack lets you inside the playing of grunge god Kurt Cobain, teaching his riffs and licks that defined alternative music. Includes an introduction, detailed notes on Cobain's guitars, amps & effects, a discography, and these 12 Nirvana classics: About a Girl * All Apologies * Come as You Are * Dumb * Heart Shaped Box * Lithium * The Man Who Sold the World * On a Plain * Penny Royal Tea * (New Wave) Polly * Rape Me * Smells like Teen Spirit.
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