- ISBN13: 9780072229042
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Product Description
Regardless of whether your taste is heavy metal, hip-hop, or classical, this book will show you how to set up, operate, and maintain a working home recording studio. Learn to choose the right equipment for your music, produce audio for the Internet or a CD, and even get construction tips for building an optimal recording environment…. More >>
Build Your Own PC Recording Studio
Tags: Build, construction tips, heavy metal, hip hop, home recording studio, Music, Recording, Studio
#1 by whomper on May 5, 2010 - 12:26 am
this book is way out of date now.
but there are not any current books, and there are no good books.
like most books on this subject it does not focus on one aspect and do it really well.
if you want a mishmash of a lot of stuff and none of it really good enough to use then buy almost any book on this topic.
if you use the specific setup the book does then this could be a really good book for you. but if you use other gear then you wont get that much out of it.
you can learn more by googling for tutorials on things you want to know and reading the various home recording pc music forums on the web.
i would suggest you go to the library and read all the books on the shelf instead of buying any books on this topic. then with some background you can google to fill in the holes.
warning – no site or book really explains the bullstuff midi terminology that gets thrown around in books on recording. not everybody uses midi. and if you do, you wont understand it from the books or websites that never explain what those terms really mean in the way of FUNCTIONS that get DONE as opposed to being abstract names tossed on software that are inherited from the old days of midi hardware but which are illogical and meaningless today.
midi and recordign should be kept separate. but too many books scramble them together and make things even more confusing to noobs.
controllers dont control – they enter notes to be seen on a score
patches dont patch – they are a codename for sounds to use in playback
trackers dont track – they might record – depending who used the word
loopers used to loop – who knows what that software really does now
DAW? catch all word for anything and everything
sequencers dont sequence – they record and playback midi stuff
you name it, the terminology is totally bogus and misleading and nobody explains what is really going on.
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on May 5, 2010 - 12:33 am
This is a great book for the absolute beginner to the world of music recording on a PC. The only prerequisite is a basic understanding of how to operate a computer. The style is clear and direct – and with an appreciated dose of humility and humour. The reader gains confidence in building/modifying a PC so that it can successfully satisfy the demands of music recording software. Then the reader is guided through the selection of the audio-specific hardware and software required. The recording, editing and mixing of a multitrack song are then very clearly and thoroughly taught. Finally, the reader is shown how to create their first CD and, if they wish, how to publish it to the internet in the form of mp3 files.
Criticism might be leveled at the author because he is using a particular combination of hardware and software throughout the text (Steingberg’s Cubase SX, Tascam’s US-428 and Edirol’s PCR-50). In my view, however, this is a sensible approach because the beginner faces an overwhelming number of possible combinations of gear (many of which may not work together!). Afterall, the world of PC audio recording has two major obstacles: the software and the hardware. This book saves you much time by giving you a working hardware setup which allows you to move directly to mastering the software. By using a setup that is tried, tested and true, you get results quickly and painlessly. In this sense, the author is doing the reader a huge favour. Renting this gear from your local music store won’t break the bank and will allow you to gain some well-guided experience. After a couple of months, you’ll be ready to decide on what gear configurations you want to actually purchase and (perhaps more to the point) you will have gotten a complete overview of how things work. In fact, you may have recorded and produced your first CD!
Well written, up to date and sorely needed. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5