The Desktop Studio: A Guide to Computer-based Audio Production

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002 - Music - 270 pages

A fully illustrated, comprehensive look at software and hardware, with expert tips for getting the most out of your music computer.

Contents

• SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 3
• OPERATING SYSTEMS: 4
• CHOOSING A PLATFORM: 5
• Staying current: 6
• LAPTOP COMPUTERS: 7
• MOTHERBOARD: 8
• PCI SLOTS: 9
• IDE: 10
• FireWire IEEE 1394: 11
• Removable Disk Drives: 12
• VIDEO MONITOR AND DISPLAY CARDS: 13
• MOVING ON: 14
• GEARING UP FOR MUSIC: 15
• NATIVE SYSTEMS: 16
• HYBRID SYSTEMS: 17
• AUDIO INTERFACES: 18
• System Compatibility: 19
• BUILTIN AUDIO: 20
• PCI INTERFACES: 21
• MIDI INTERFACES: 22
• BASIC MIDI INTERFACES: 23
• Controllers Sequencers and Slaves: 24
• Testing the System: 25
• VIDEO INTERFACES: 26
• SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM: 27
• COMMON APPLICATIONS: 29
• CREATING A COMFORTABLE WORKSPACE: 33
• MAKING CONNECTIONS: 36
• Analog Audio Connections: 37
• Digital Audio Connections: 38
• SOFTWARE AT A GLANCE: 39
• MULTITRACK RECORDERS AND SEQUENCERS: 40
• MULTITRACK RECORDING: 41
• SEQUENCING: 42
• LOOPCONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE: 43
• TWOTRACK RECORDERS AND WAVEFORM EDITORS: 44
• EDITORLIBRARIANS: 45
• PLUGINS AND EFFECTS: 46
• SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS: 47
• VIDEO CAPTURE AND EDITING: 48
• INSTALLATION TIPS: 49
• MOVING ON: 50
• THE BASICS OF DESKTOP ARRANGING: 51
• THE ONSCREEN OVERVIEW: 52
• ELEMENTS OF THE OVERVIEW: 56
• The Timeline: 57
• IDENTIFYING TRACKS AND REGIONS: 58
• Transport: 59
• Key Equivalents and External Controllers: 60
• Hot Keys: 61
• OTHER RECURRING THEMES: 63
• WORKING WITH AUDIO: 65
• AN INTRODUCTION TO HARD DISK AUDIO: 67
• AUDIO FILE FORMATS: 68
• THE PLAYLIST: 69
• SETTING THE SAMPLE RATE AND RESOLUTION: 70
• GETTING SIGNAL INTO YOUR COMPUTER: 71
• UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNAL CHAIN: 72
• INPUT MONITORING: 73
• Input0nly Monitoring: 74
• Punchin or TapeStyle Monitoring: 75
• DIRECT MONITORING: 76
• RECORDING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE: 77
• MULTITRACK RECORDING: 78
• WORKING WITH TRACKS: 79
• PREPARING TO RECORD MULTITRACK AUDIO: 80
• Naming the Track: 81
• RECORDING YOUR FIRST TRACK: 82
• RECORDING A NEW TAKE ON AN EXISTING TRACK: 83
• OVERDUBBING: 84
• Punchin Modes: 86
• LOOP OR CYCLE RECORDING: 87
• MOVING ON: 88
• AUDIO EDITING AND ASSEMBLING: 89
• READING THE WAVEFORM: 90
• Getting a Closer Look: 91
• EDITING A MULTITRACK ARRANGEMENT: 92
• Destructive and Nondestructive Editing: 93
• TOOLS AND THE GRID: 97
• Nudging: 99
• Scrubbing: 100
• MAKING SELECTIONS: 101
• WAVEFORM EDITING TECHNIQUES: 102
• Splicing: 103
• Using Crossfades: 104
• Normalizing: 105
• DC Offset Adjust: 106
• Reverse: 107
• PREPARING FILES FOR WEB DISTRIBUTION: 108
• Connecting a Sampler to Your Computer: 109
• MOVING ON: 110
• AUDIO LOOP CONSTRUCTION: 111
• BASIC LOOPING TECHNIQUES: 113
• MATCHING AUDIO TEMPO AND ARRANGEMENT TEMPO: 114
• Time Compression and Expansion: 116
• REALTIME BEATMATCHING TOOLS: 117
• ACID AND ACIDIZED FILES: 118
• Painting with Audio: 120
• WORKING WITH MIDI: 121
• MIDI BASICS: 123
• MIDI RESOLUTION: 124
• INTERNAL MIDI ROUTING: 126
• THE ELEMENTS OF A MIDI MESSAGE: 127
• MIDI RECORDING TECHNIQUES: 129
• Splitting Tracks: 131
• STEP RECORDING: 132
• MULTICHANNEL RECORDING: 133
• RECORDING AND FILTERING CONTROLLER DATA: 134
• ADVANCED MIDI INPUT PARAMETERS: 135
• TEMPO MAP: 136
• CHANGING TEMPO INFORMATION AFTER RECORDING: 137
• CREATING MIDI FROM AUDIO: 138
• MIDI ARRANGING AND EDITING: 139
• MIDI ARRANGING: 140
• MIDI EDITORS: 141
• THE DRUM EDITOR: 142
• SCORE OR NOTATION EDITING: 144
• CONTROLLER EDITING: 145
• MULTICHANNEL EDITORS: 146
• MIDI PROCESSORS: 147
• Quantization Parameters: 148
• CHANGING DURATION: 149
• CHANGING VELOCITY: 151
• LOGICAL SEQUENCER EDITORS: 152
• OTHER MIDI EFFECTS AND REALTIME PROCESSORS: 153
• WORKING WITH SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE: 154
• Installing Profiles: 155
• Uploading Patches: 156
• Editing Patches: 157
• ORGANIZING SOUNDS: 158
• MOVING ON: 159
• THE FINISHING TOUCHES: 161
• DESKTOP MIXING: 163
• MIXER LAYOUT AND SIGNAL FLOW: 164
• THE SOFTWARE SIGNAL CHAIN: 166
• TRACKS vs CHANNELS: 168
• TYPES OF SIGNALS: 169
• SETTING INPUT LEVELS: 171
• OUTPUT ROUTING: 172
• BUSES: 173
• MIXER CONTROLS: 174
• Mute: 175
• Meter: 176
• SENDANDRETURN OR BUS EFFECTS: 177
• ENABLING PLUGINS: 178
• INTERFACING WITH OUTBOARD GEAR: 180
• AUTOMATION: 181
• EDITING AUTOMATION DATA: 182
• MIXING FROM THE EDITARRANGE WINDOW: 183
• DRAWING A Mix: 184
• HARDWARE CONTROLS FOR SOFTWARE MIXERS: 185
• FINAL OUTPUT: 187
• MOVING ON: 188
• PLUGIN SIGNAL PROCESSORS: 189
• NATIVE PLUGINS: 190
• CHOOSING A PLUGIN FORMAT: 191
• INSTALLING PLUGINS: 192
• LAUNCHING DR INSTANTIATING PLUGINS: 193
• PLUGINS AS INSERT EFFECTS: 194
• TYPES OF SIGNAL PROCESSORS: 195
• Gates and Expanders: 196
• MODULATION AND PITCH EFFECTS: 197
• DELAY: 198
• REVERB: 199
• WORKING WITH PRESETS: 200
• MOVING ON: 201
• SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS: 203
• LAUNCHING A SOFTWARE INSTRUMENT: 204
• PLUGIN OPERATION: 205
• Working with an Instrument Externally: 206
• TYPES OF SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS: 207
• MODELING INSTRUMENTS: 209
• INSTRUMENTS THAT GO OUTSIDE THE BOX: 210
• MOVING ON: 211
• MASTERING AND CD BURNING: 213
• MASTERING DEFINED: 214
• SIGNAL PROCESSING: 215
• CREATING A CD: 216
• START IDs AND INDEX NUMBERS: 217
• SUBINDEX: 218
• MAKING DATA CDs: 219
• MOVING DIM: 220
• SYNCHRONIZATION AND WORKING WITH VIDEO: 221
• MIDI CLOCK: 222
• MIDI TIME CODE: 223
• SYNCING TWO APPLICATIONS WITHIN ONE COMPUTER: 224
• SETTING UP SYNC: 225
• KEEPING AUDIO IN SYNC: 226
• WORKING WITH DIGITAL VIDEO: 227
• LOCKING UP AUDIO AND VIDEO: 228
• COMBINING AUDIO AND VIDEO EDITING: 229
• THE DESKTOP STUDIO AND THE INTERNET: 231
• SHAREWARE FREEWARE AND OTHER RESOURCES: 232
• THE ONLINE MUSIC COMMUNITY: 233
• INTERNET DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION: 234
• APPENDICES: 235
• SURVIVAL TIPS: 237
• WEBSITES: 241
• PUBLICATIONS: 243
• GLOSSARY: 245
• INDEX: 263

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Desktop Studio: A Guide to Computer-based Audio Production; Recording and Audio Technology Series
• Contributor: Emile Menasch
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002
• ISBN: 0634030191, 9780634030192
• Length: 270 pages
• Subjects: Music / Instruction & Study / Techniques