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Rick Rubin - In The Studio (Paperback, Original): Jake Brown Rick Rubin - In The Studio (Paperback, Original)
Jake Brown
R661 R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Save R111 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is no greater enigma than Rick Rubin working in record production today. As mysterious personally as the Buddhist religion he practices, Rubin has made one thing crystal clear: the records he produces are sonically and stylistically beyond reproach. MTV has called Rubin "the most important producer of the last 20 years," while Rolling Stone ventured even further, deeming Rubin the most successful "of any genre." Without a niche, Rubin has taken greater risks than any producer in the record industry over the past quarter century. Pushing his artists into new territory has garnered Rubin seven Grammys, including Producer of the Year in 2007, and made him the most in-demand record producer working today. Now for the first time, Rick Rubin: In the Studio offers the behind-the-scenes stories of how Rubin created hit albums with such diverse legends as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Run DMC, Johnny Cash, the Beastie Boys, Audioslave, Tom Petty, Metallica, Danzig, Slayer, LL Cool J, The Cult, Weezer, the Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, Jay Z, Neil Diamond, Sheryl Crow, and Slipknot. This book chronicles his meteoric rise, from his early days as DJ Double R in the early '80s, founding and running Def Jam Records alongside Russell Simmons from an NYU dorm room, discovering and producing the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, to his transition in the early '90s into a successful independent record executive, signing and producing the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Johnny Cash, to his role as the most influential producer of all time (currently as the co-head of Columbia Records), and his continued successes with rock/metal supergroups Audioslave, Linkin Park, and Metallica. This in-depth look at the life and times of Rick Rubin -- in the studio and beyond -- is a must-have for any music fan.

GarageBand for iPad - How It Works - A New Type of Manual - The Visual Approach (Paperback): Edgar Rothermich GarageBand for iPad - How It Works - A New Type of Manual - The Visual Approach (Paperback)
Edgar Rothermich
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The only full featured manual for GarageBand for the iPad (not just a quick start guide). - "GarageBand for iPad - How it Works" from the GEM series (Graphically Enhanced Manuals) explains Apple's popular music production application "GarageBand for iPad" with rich illustrations and diagrams that are not found in any other manual. This 117 pages letter size book presents this software application in great detail with that easy to understand, visual approach. This book is in fact the only comprehensive manual for the iPad version of GarageBand. It covers all the features of the apps plus getting into great details about iCloud and iTunes File Sharing.- What are Graphically Enhanced Manuals (GEM)? They're a new type of manual with a visual approach that helps you UNDERSTAND a program, not just LEARN it. No need to read through 500 of pages of dry text explanations. Rich graphics and diagrams help you to get that "aha" effect and make it easy to comprehend difficult concepts. The Graphically Enhanced Manuals help you master a program much faster with a much deeper understanding of concepts, features and workflows in a very intuitive way that is easy to understand.

24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (Paperback): Zach Schonfeld 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (Paperback)
Zach Schonfeld
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1973, the musical collective 24-Carat Black released an unheralded masterpiece on Stax Records-and then disappeared. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, a soul-funk concept album primarily written by the ex-Motown arranger Dale Warren, was too bleak, ambitious, or just outright bizarre to reach mainstream audiences. 24-Carat Black collapsed when Stax went bankrupt, and the group's only completed album sank into cultural obscurity. With deep reporting elucidating an untold story full of cinematic details, this book traces how Ghetto went from commercial flop to enigmatic underground classic embraced by the hip-hop community. It also chronicles, in infuriating detail, how the music industry of the 1970s systematically exploited soul musicians and then left them struggling to get paid-and where 24-Carat Black fits into this broader injustice. This is a fascinating and multilayered story about a remarkable album nearly lost to history. It's also a rare glimpse into what it's like to have your music resurrected by rap samples decades after your career fell apart.

Music Production: Recording - A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians (Paperback): Carlos Lellis Music Production: Recording - A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians (Paperback)
Carlos Lellis; Foreword by Julian "Jules" Standen
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The sound recorder is the 'mirror with a memory' for those who listen. With it we can capture glimpses of our reality, producing 'pictures' as we express ourselves. These may ultimately serve as reminders of who we were and of our dreams... Your recordings are the vehicle for your compositions. Improve the artistry of your productions with this techniques guide, which focuses throughout on musicality and how your decisions affect it. Author Carlos Lellis Ferreira walks you through the recording process, bringing aesthetic considerations into each discussion. Learn visually with detailed diagrams and clear explanations of best practices. Unlike many other recording books, Music Production: Recording is organized around real-world scenarios, with details about roles and responsibilities that help you navigate through key stages of production.

Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness - The Secret Life and Shameful Death of the Classical Record Industry (Paperback): Norman... Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness - The Secret Life and Shameful Death of the Classical Record Industry (Paperback)
Norman Lebrecht
R481 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R91 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Inflated egos. Corporate insanity. Slave labour. Sexual excess. Dazzling genius. Welcome to the world of classical recording. Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness is a sparkling expose of the strange truth and sheer brilliance behind the classical music recording industry. Leading music critic Norman Lebrecht charts its rise since the great Caruso's first gramophone bestseller of 1902 and predicts the industry's imminent doom in the face of schmaltzy crossover albums and new technology. From the imperious Karajan to the perfectionist Toscanini and charismatic Bernstein, the leading figures are all here, depicted in witty, incisive pen portraits. Including Lebrecht's own selections of 100 recorded masterpieces and twenty that should never have been made, this is a compelling story of flamboyant maestros, lifelong alliances, disastrous personality clashes and entrepreneurial masterstrokes.

The Business of Audio Engineering (Paperback, Second Edition): Dave Hampton The Business of Audio Engineering (Paperback, Second Edition)
Dave Hampton
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whether you're an independent studio engineer, live sound operator, broadcast technician, postproduction specialist, or a student diving headfirst into the real world, the second edition of 'The Business of Audio Engineering' is written just for you - the author shares modern-day approaches that will dramatically increase your chances for success in the audio business.

Template Mixing and Mastering - The Ultimate Guide to Achieving a Professional Sound (Paperback): Billy Decker, Simon Taylor Template Mixing and Mastering - The Ultimate Guide to Achieving a Professional Sound (Paperback)
Billy Decker, Simon Taylor
R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Audio production is an incredibly rewarding craft. To take the raw, basic tracks of a fledgling idea and shape them into one glorious stereophonic sound wave is an amazing feat. The transformation from analogue to digital dominance has brought many advances in sound quality and new techniques, but producing digital music with only a standard computer and DAW can be problematic, time-consuming and sometimes disappointing without the right approach and skills. In Template Mixing and Mastering, renowned mix engineer Billy Decker tackles the challenges of in-the-box production through his innovative template approach. He shares his passion and knowledge from over twenty years of industry experience, including an introduction to templates and a step-by-step guide to their set-up and a discussion of drum replacement technology. Channel and setting information for each of the drum, instrument and vocal sections of his template is discussed along with the master channel and his methodology of mixing and mastering. Finally, he gives professional advice and best practice. This book features the full template used on sixteen No 1 records!

The SOS Guide to Live Sound - Optimising Your Band's Live-Performance Audio (Paperback): Paul White The SOS Guide to Live Sound - Optimising Your Band's Live-Performance Audio (Paperback)
Paul White
R1,297 Discovery Miles 12 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 well. Add a dash of miking ability, stir in a pinch of thinking on your feet for when your system starts to hum or the vocals start to feed back, and mix.

In practice, there really is no "recipe" for creating a quality performance. Instead, musicians and engineers who effectively use sound systems have a wealth of knowledge that informs their every move before and during a live performance. You can slowly gather that knowledge over years of live performance, or you can speed up the process with "The SOS Guide to Live Sound."

With these pages, you get practical advice that will allow you to accomplish your live-sound goals in every performance. Learn how to choose, set up, and use a live-performance sound system. Get the basics of live-sound mixing, save money by treating your gear well with a crash course in maintenance, and fix issues as they happen with a section on problem-solving, full of real-world situations. You ll also get information on stage-monitoring, both conventional and in-ear, along with the fundamentals of radio microphones and wireless mixing solutions. Finally, a comprehensive glossary of terminology rounds out this must-have reference."

Music, City and the Roma under Communism (Hardcover): Anna G. Piotrowska Music, City and the Roma under Communism (Hardcover)
Anna G. Piotrowska
R3,170 Discovery Miles 31 700 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book highlights the role of Romani musical presence in Central and Eastern Europe, especially from Krakow in the Communist period, and argues that music can and should be treated as one of the main points of relation between Roma and non-Roma. It discusses Romani performers and the complexity of their situation as conditioned by the political situations starkly affected by the Communist regime, and then by its fall. Against this backdrop, the book engages with musician Stefan Dymiter (known as Corroro) as the leader of his own street band: unwelcome in the public space by the authorities, merely tolerated by others, but admired by many passers-by and respected by his peer Romain musicians and international music stars. It emphasizes the role of Romani musicians in Krakow in shaping the soundscape of the city while also demonstrating their collective and individual strategies to adapt to the new circumstances in terms of the preferred performative techniques, repertoire, and overall lifestyle.

Capturing Sound - How Technology Has Changed Music (Paperback, Revised edition): Mark Katz Capturing Sound - How Technology Has Changed Music (Paperback, Revised edition)
Mark Katz
R922 R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Save R160 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently entertaining history of recording's profound impact on the musical life of the past century, from Edison to the Internet. Fully revised and updated, this new edition adds coverage of mashups and Auto-Tune, explores recent developments in file-sharing, and includes an expanded conclusion and bibliography.

The Roger Nichols Recording Method - A Primer for the 21st Century Audio Engineer (Paperback): Roger Nichols The Roger Nichols Recording Method - A Primer for the 21st Century Audio Engineer (Paperback)
Roger Nichols
R818 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learn the basics of digital recording, each step of the signal path, and everything from microphone placement to mixing strategy through the eyes and ears of "The Immortal" Roger Nichols, master engineer. From scientifically analyzing the differences between condenser, ribbon, and dynamic microphones, to sharing his secrets to an amazing mix, Nichols delivers something for everyone interested in the science and art of audio engineering---no matter what your experience level. The DVD-ROM includes Pro Tools session files, personally set up by Roger, to give you hands-on training.
The Roger Nichols Recording Method gives you the unique experience of learning directly from Roger---exactly as he would have taught you at one of his famous master classes. It's the ultimate experience of having an eight-time GRAMMY(R)-winning engineer sit down in your studio to teach you from his personal experiences and techniques. This book is excellent for beginners but is still full of gems for seasoned pros who want to know how Roger Nichols always managed to get that sound.
Topics include:
* Plan your recording sessions like a professional engineer and producer
* Choose the right microphones and learn how Roger would place them for a session
* Test microphone patterns; learn about critical distance placement and the 3 to 1 rule
* Understand how digital audio really works to choose the right format for your sessions
* Learn about the signal path from microphone/instrument levels, channels strips, and plugins
* Record multiple takes, overdubs, punch-in techniques, and get tips on editing digital audio files
* Learn Roger's personal tips for mixing, using automation, creating your final mix, and more

Circuit Listening - Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s (Paperback): Andrew F Jones Circuit Listening - Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s (Paperback)
Andrew F Jones
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How the Chinese pop of the 1960s participated in a global musical revolution What did Mao’s China have to do with the music of youth revolt in the 1960s? And how did the mambo, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan sound on the front lines of the Cold War in Asia? In Circuit Listening, Andrew F. Jones listens in on the 1960s beyond the West, and suggests how transistor technology, decolonization, and the Green Revolution transformed the sound of music around the globe. Focusing on the introduction of the transistor in revolutionary China and its Cold War counterpart in Taiwan, Circuit Listening reveals the hidden parallels between music as seemingly disparate as rock and roll and Maoist anthems. It offers groundbreaking studies of Mandarin diva Grace Chang and the Taiwanese folk troubadour Chen Da, examines how revolutionary aphorisms from the Little Red Book parallel the Beatles’ “Revolution,†uncovers how U.S. military installations came to serve as a conduit for the dissemination of Anglophone pop music into East Asia, and shows how consumer electronics helped the pop idol Teresa Teng bring the Maoist era to a close, remaking the contemporary Chinese soundscape forever. Circuit Listening provides a multifaceted history of Chinese-language popular music and media at midcentury. It profiles a number of the most famous and best loved Chinese singers and cinematic icons, and places those figures in a larger geopolitical and technological context.  Circuit Listening’s original research and far-reaching ideas make for an unprecedented look at the role Chinese music played in the ’60s pop musical revolution.

Unlocking Creativity - A Producer's Guide to Making Music & Art (Paperback): Michael Beinhorn Unlocking Creativity - A Producer's Guide to Making Music & Art (Paperback)
Michael Beinhorn
R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Record producer Beinhorn reveals how to deal with interpersonal issues record producers face when they work with artists one on one or in small groups. The situations and solutions are based upon the author's personal and professional experience working with a variety of different artists, such as Herbie Hancock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Hole, Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion, Korn, and Mew. Beinhorn's unique methods and perspective, applied to record producing and music making in the studio, opens the door to successful collaborative efforts. The author shows you how to find what he calls your sensory connection to the creativity process, which ultimately helps you find the intent behind your creative choices. You can read dozens of articles and books that feature a hundred different people talking about what microphones they used when they recorded Record X or how they set their stereo buss compressor, but you will never find out what prompted them to make these choices. Beinhorn's focus on collaborative effort enables record producers and artists to find solutions while working as a creative team. This perspective is especially valuable as it is trans-disciplinary and can be applied to many occupations and modes of creativity outside of record production.

Cybermedia - Explorations in Science, Sound, and Vision (Hardcover): Carol Vernallis, Holly Rogers, Jonathan Leal, Selmin Kara Cybermedia - Explorations in Science, Sound, and Vision (Hardcover)
Carol Vernallis, Holly Rogers, Jonathan Leal, Selmin Kara
R2,795 R2,514 Discovery Miles 25 140 Save R281 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

We're experiencing a time when digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and big data are redefining what it means to be human. How do these advancements affect contemporary media and music? This collection traces how media, with a focus on sound and image, engages with these new technologies. It bridges the gap between science and the humanities by pairing humanists' close readings of contemporary media with scientists' discussions of the science and math that inform them. This text includes contributions by established and emerging scholars performing across-the-aisle research on new technologies, exploring topics such as facial and gait recognition; EEG and audiovisual materials; surveillance; and sound and images in relation to questions of sexual identity, race, ethnicity, disability, and class and includes examples from a range of films and TV shows including Blade Runner, Black Mirror, Mr. Robot, Morgan, Ex Machina, and Westworld. Through a variety of critical, theoretical, proprioceptive, and speculative lenses, the collection facilitates interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration and provides readers with ways of responding to these new technologies.

Digital Music Wars - Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox (Paperback): Patrick Burkart, Tom McCourt Digital Music Wars - Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox (Paperback)
Patrick Burkart, Tom McCourt
R1,210 Discovery Miles 12 100 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying records, tapes, or CDs-in other words, full-length collections of music-music shoppers can, as they have in earlier decades, purchase just one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox-except the jukebox is in the sky, or, more accurately, out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? Digital Music Wars explores these transformations and the far-reaching implications of downloading music in an in-depth and insightful way. Focusing on recent legal, corporate, and technological developments, the authors show how the online music industry will establish the model for digital distribution, cultural access, and consumer privacy. Music lovers and savvy online shoppers will want to read this book, as will students and researchers interested in new media and the future of online culture.

The Audio Expert - Everything You Need to Know About Audio (Paperback, 2nd edition): Ethan Winer The Audio Expert - Everything You Need to Know About Audio (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Ethan Winer
R1,757 Discovery Miles 17 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Audio Expert is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of audio, with both practical and theoretical explanations. It is written for people who want to understand audio at the deepest, most technical level, but without needing an engineering degree. The Audio Expert explains how audio really works in much more depth than usual, using common sense plain-English explanations and mechanical analogies, with minimal math. It uses an easy to read conversational tone, and includes more than 400 figures and photos to augment the printed text. However, this book goes beyond merely explaining how audio works. It brings together the concepts of audio, aural perception, musical instrument physics, acoustics, and basic electronics, showing how they're intimately related. It also describes in great detail many practices and techniques used by recording and mixing engineers, including video production and computers. This book is meant for intermediate to advanced recording engineers and audiophiles who want to become experts. There's plenty for beginners too. One unique feature is explaining how audio devices such as equalizers, compressors, and A/D converters work internally, and how they're spec'd and tested, rather than merely describing how to use them. There's plenty of myth-busting and consumerism too. The book doesn't tell readers what brand power amplifier to buy, but it explains in great detail what defines a good amplifier so people can choose a first-rate model wisely without over-paying. Most explanations throughout the book are platform-agnostic, applying equally to Windows and Mac computers, and to most software and hardware. Many audio and video examples are included to enhance the written text. The new edition offers many updates and improvements throughout. New sections on coding an equalizer, comparing microphone preamps, testing results of loudspeaker isolation devices, new online video content on music theory, plus incorporated chapters on MIDI basics, computers, video production, plus new myth-busters, and much more!

How to Record and Mix Great Vocals (Paperback): Craig Anderton How to Record and Mix Great Vocals (Paperback)
Craig Anderton
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Vocals tell the story that make the all-important connection between singer and listener but recording a vocal isn't as simple as just putting a mic in front of someone and hoping for the best. This book a written in a clear practical non-intimidating style a covers all aspects of creating great vocals including:THU How to choose the right micTHU Mic placementTHU Microphone accessories like cables and pop filtersTHU Mic preampsTHU How to take maximum advantage of composite recordingTHU Editing vocals digitally to prepare them for the best possible mixTHU Using processors (such as equalization dynamics and time-based effects) during mixdown to enhance vocal qualityTHU AutomationTHU Techniques for layered vocals and moreTHHowever what makes this book truly special is that it goes beyond technology to include valuable tips and techniques on how to obtain the best vocal performances. Topics include how to connect with listeners ways to convey a singer's personality emotional dynamic range and how to know when a take is the right take.THLoaded with illustrations and featuring the judicious use of sidebars to give details on selected topics for those who want to know why as well as how EHow to Record Great VocalsE is the key to transforming raw vocals into satisfying emotional experiences.

The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music (Paperback): Melanie Fritsch, Tim Summers The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music (Paperback)
Melanie Fritsch, Tim Summers
R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Video game music has been permeating popular culture for over forty years. Now, reaching billions of listeners, game music encompasses a diverse spectrum of musical materials and practices. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of video game music by a diverse group of scholars and industry professionals. The chapters and summaries consolidate existing knowledge and present tools for readers to engage with the music in new ways. Many popular games are analysed, including Super Mario Galaxy, Bastion, The Last of Us, Kentucky Route Zero and the Katamari, Gran Turismo and Tales series. Topics include chiptunes, compositional processes, localization, history and game music concerts. The book also engages with other disciplines such as psychology, music analysis, business strategy and critical theory, and will prove an equally valuable resource for readers active in the industry, composers or designers, and music students and scholars.

The MIDI Manual - A Practical Guide to MIDI in the Project Studio (Paperback, 3rd edition): David Miles Huber The MIDI Manual - A Practical Guide to MIDI in the Project Studio (Paperback, 3rd edition)
David Miles Huber
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The MIDI Manual is a complete reference on MIDI, written by a well-respected sound engineer and author. This best-selling guide provides a clear explanation of what MIDI is, how to use electronic instruments and an explanation of sequencers and how to use them. You will learn how to set up an efficient MIDI system and how to get the best out of your music.
The MIDI Manual is packed full of useful tips and practical examples on sequencing and mixing techniques. It also covers editors/librarians, working with a score, MIDI in mass media and multimedia and synchronisation. The MIDI spec is set out in detail along with the helpful guidelines on using the implementation chart.
Illustrated throughout with helpful photos and screengrabs, this is the most readable and clear book on MIDI available.
* Complete illustrated guide to the MIDI spec and explanation of the implementation chart
* Practical advice on sampling and sequencing, covering all the major DAWs
* Includes all the latest developments in hardware and software

The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20 - Create production-quality music with FL Studio (Paperback): Joshua... The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20 - Create production-quality music with FL Studio (Paperback)
Joshua Au-Yeung
R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leverage the power of FL Studio 20 to create and compose production-quality songs and develop professional music production skills Key Features Leverage the power of FL Studio to create your own production-level music Develop widely applicable music production skills and learn how to promote your music Utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas and publish your songs Book DescriptionFL Studio is a cutting-edge software music production environment and an extremely powerful and easy-to-use tool for creating music. This book will give you everything you need to produce music with FL Studio like a professional. You'll begin by exploring FL Studio 20's vast array of tools, and discover best practices, tips, and tricks for creating music. You'll then learn how to set up your studio environment, create a beat, compose a melody and chord progression, mix sounds with effects, and export songs. As you advance, you'll find out how to use tools such as the Piano roll, mixer console, audio envelopes, types of compression, equalizers, vocoders, vocal chops, and tools for increasing stereo width. The book introduces you to mixing best practices, and shows you how to master your songs. Along the way, you'll explore glitch effects and create your own instruments and custom-designed effect chains. You'll also cover ZGameEditor Visualizer, a tool used for creating reactive visuals for your songs. Finally, you'll learn how to register, sell, and promote your music. By the end of this FL Studio book, you'll be able to utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas, mix music effectively, and publish your songs. What you will learn Get up and running with FL Studio 20 Record live instruments and vocals and process them Compose melodies and chord progressions on the Piano roll Discover mixing techniques and apply effects to your tracks Explore best practices to produce music like a professional Publish songs in online stores and promote your music effectively Who this book is forThis book is for music producers, composers, songwriters, DJs, and audio engineers interested in creating their own music, improving music production skills, mixing and mastering music, and selling songs online. To get started with this book, all you need is a computer and FL Studio.

iPhone 11 Guide - The Ultimate Beginners, Dummies and Seniors's Tips and Tricks Manual on How to Use Your Phone Optimally... iPhone 11 Guide - The Ultimate Beginners, Dummies and Seniors's Tips and Tricks Manual on How to Use Your Phone Optimally (Paperback)
Kyle G. Buoy
R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live (Paperback): Eric Kuehnl Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live (Paperback)
Eric Kuehnl
R918 Discovery Miles 9 180 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Learn the basics of recording, processing, and mixing audio using Ableton Live software. This robust and innovative digital audio workstation opens your way to a musical toolkit used by musicians, performers, and producers worldwide. Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live will guide you through the essential audio production tasks you'll use to make the most of your Live software. The exercises in this book can be completed in any edition of Ableton Live, allowing you to get hands-on practice with Live's creative tools. With this book and the included online media files, you'll get working experience using Ableton Live, covering everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: Basic digital audio workstation operations and audio hardware options Principles of sound production and microphone use Essential Live concepts and operations MIDI fundamentals for playing and recording virtual instruments Working in the Arrangement View and the Session View Managing devices and routing signals in Live Using automation to create dynamic changes to audio Mixing your projects and exporting final mixed tracks Ableton Live is easy to set up, flexible, and fun to use. And everything you learn here will apply when you are ready to move on to more advanced study in audio production. Take a step to unleash your musical inspiration and creativity with Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live.

Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture (Paperback): Jeremy Wade Morris Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture (Paperback)
Jeremy Wade Morris
R953 Discovery Miles 9 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture documents the transition of recorded music on CDs to music as digital files on computers. More than two decades after the first digital music files began circulating in online archives and playing through new software media players, we have yet to fully internalize the cultural and aesthetic consequences of these shifts. Tracing the emergence of what Jeremy Wade Morris calls the "digital music commodity," Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture considers how a conflicted assemblage of technologies, users, and industries helped reformat popular music's meanings and uses. Through case studies of five key technologies - Winamp, metadata, Napster, iTunes, and cloud computing - this book explores how music listeners gradually came to understand computers and digital files as suitable replacements for their stereos and CD. Morris connects industrial production, popular culture, technology, and commerce in a narrative involving the aesthetics of music and computers, and the labor of producers and everyday users, as well as the value that listeners make and take from digital objects and cultural goods. Above all, Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture is a sounding out of music's encounters with the interfaces, metadata, and algorithms of digital culture and of why the shifting form of the music commodity matters for the music and other media we love.

Zappa Gear - The Unique Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects Units, Keyboards and Studio Equipment (Hardcover): Mick Ekers Zappa Gear - The Unique Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects Units, Keyboards and Studio Equipment (Hardcover)
Mick Ekers; Foreword by Dweezil Zappa
R1,140 R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Save R257 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology. His working life coincided with the explosive development of music technology that ran from the 1960s through the following three decades. Without such inventions as the Marshall amplifier the Gibson SG the wah-wah pedal and the Synclavier-much of it modified to his requirements and used in ways for which they had never been designed-Zappa's air sculptures as his music has been described would have had a significantly different shape and texture. Lavishly illustrated-including over 180 unique photographs of Frank Zappa's guitars and equipment taken by the author at his UMRK studio in LA and featuring a foreword by Dweezil Zappa-Zappa's Gear offers an unprecedented inside look at the machinery behind the legendary music. In addition to a detailed presentation of the equipment Zappa's Gear also introduces some of the pioneering inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs without whom the instruments would not exist. Zappa's Gear is an official Frank Zappa book produced and written with the full cooperation and endorsement of Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family Trust.

The History of Music Production (Paperback): Richard James Burgess The History of Music Production (Paperback)
Richard James Burgess
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Richard James Burgess draws on his experience as a producer, a musician, and an author in this history of recorded music, which focuses on the development of music production as both art form and profession. This comprehensive narrative begins in 1860 with the first known recording of an acoustic sound and moves chronologically through the twentieth century, examining the creation of the market for recorded sound, the development of payment structures, the origins of the recording studio and those who work there, and, ultimately, the evolution of the recording industry itself. Burgess charts the highs and lows of the industry through the decades, ending with a discussion of how Web 2.0 has affected music production. The focus remains throughout the book on the role of the music producer, and Burgess offers biographical information on key figures in the history of the industry, including Fred Gaisberg, Phil Spector, and Dr. Dre. Undergirding Burgess's narrative is the argument that while technology has historically defined the nature of music production, the drive toward greater control over the process, end result, and overall artistry came from producers. In keeping with this unique argument, The History of Music Production incorporates clear yet in-depth discussion of the developmental engagement of technology, business, and art with music production. Burgess builds this history of music production upon the strongest possible foundation: the key transitions, trends, people, and innovations that have been most important in the course of its development over the past 136 years. The result is a deeply knowledgeable book that sketches a critical path in the evolution of music production, and describes and analyzes the impact recording, playback, and disseminative technologies have had on recorded music and music production. Central to the field and a key reference book for students and scholars alike, it will stand as a companion volume to Burgess's noted, multi-edition book The Art of Music Production.

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