In the current digital audio landscape, you can produce the same sounds today with just a single computer and a modest investment in software that in the not-so-distant past you would have had to fork out tens of thousands of dollars in traditional studio equipment to create.
If you can make sense of the confounding array of software and hardware choices, archaic audio technology, closely held recording techniques, and even the math and physics theory that make it all possible. Here to ensure that you can is a comprehensive reference from master musician and technologist Peter Kirn.
In these pages, Peter cuts through the jargon to present clear explanations of what it takes to make professional-sounding recordings using today's digital audio tools. You'll find software and hardware setups for every budget as well as to-the-point instructions for everything from piecing together stock loops to mixing and mastering, building your own instruments and sounds, generating printed scores, recording, using computers in live performances, and more.
PART I: GETTING STARTED
PART II: BUILDING YOUR STUDIO
PART III: ROUTING, RECORDING, AND MIXING
PART IV: MUSICAL BUILDING BLOCKS
PART V: THE COMPLETE COMPUTER MUSICIAN