Making Music with Digital Audio

The future is digital. Computers have revolutionised the recording and music-making business. Digital audio gives you more flexibility, higher quality and more creative power than multi-track tape recorders. This leading-edge technology is available now to all PC users - and it need not cost the earth.

In this practical and clearly-written book, Ian Waugh explains all aspects of the subject from digital audio basics to putting together a system to suit your own music requirements. Using the minimum of technical language, the book explains exactly what you need to know about:

* Sound and digital audio
* Basic digital recording principles
* Sample rates and resolutions
* Consumer sound cards
* Dedicated digital audio cards

On a practical level you will learn about, sample editing, digital multi-tracking, digital FX processing, integrating MIDI and digital audio, using sample CDs, mastering to DAT and direct to CD, digital audio and multimedia.

This book is for every musician who wants to be a part of the most important development in music since the invention of the gramophone. It's affordable, it's flexible, it's powerful and it's here now! It's digital and it's the future of music making.

Press reviews

'Perfect read for the direct to disk novice'
FM Platinum Award
Future Music Feb 1998

'Should be on the shelf of every would be desktop musician'
PC Format March 1998

'Excellent source of information. Essential reading.'
Keyboard Player July 1998

'A very good volume to read ...a very useful addition to the library of anyone involved in hard disk recording.'
Basique - Club Cubase magazine May/June 1998

Overview

• How to assess your requirements
  
• How to cut through the tech spec jargon
  
• What hardware you 'really' need
  
• How to back up your digital data
  
• How to troubleshoot effectively
  

about the author

Ian Waugh - one of the UK's leading hi tech writers, specialising in computers and music. He composes music for video games, writes music hardware and software manuals and has written several books and albums. He contributes regularly to several leading music and computer magazines.

Contents

What is d-t-d recording?
The full d-t-d potential
What is sound?
Digital audio basics
The PC system
The hard disk
Storage and backup media
The soundcard
The software
Recording and playback
Editing
Processing and FX
CD ROMs
Audio and MIDI
Mixdown and mastering
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Copyrights and wrongs
Using the Internet. Useful contacts