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Rip, Mix, and Burn in 10 Minutes or Less

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Publisher Comments:

MacMusic! The fastest way for musicians, producers, and DJs to find the right sound with their Mac.

If you like your gratification instant, your order is ready! Rip, Mix, and Burn in 10 Minutes or Less serves up quick solutions for all the music moves you want to make on your Mac: downloading tunes, creating your own mixes, burning CDs, giving your iPod a workout, streaming your music online, making sound effects, adding sound tracks to videos and still photos, and much more. It even shows you how to perform simple sound editing and enhancement in record time! Just look up what you want to do in the extensive table of contents, and go right to the bite-size, 2- or 3-page instructions.

MUSIC TO THE MACs!

SELECT the right hardware and software

DOWNLOAD tunes legally

MIX and BURN customized CDs

EXTEND, CUT and REMIX tunes

ADD sound effects

DJ a dance party

FIX damaged or noisy tracks

DIGITIZE your entire record and tape collection

RECORD live, from the TV, from DVDs, and more

ADD soundtracks to visual content

LEARN music at the keyboard

GENERATE sheet music

EDIT sound files professionally

UNDERSTAND copyright issues

Synopsis:

Serving up quick solutions for all the music moves readers want to make on their Mac, this book explores downloading tunes, creating mixes, burning CDs, giving an iPod a workout, streaming music online, making sound effects, adding sound tracks to videos and still photos, and much more. It even shows you how to perform simple sound editing and enhancement in record time.

About the Author

Nate Tschetter is an accomplished musician, producer, composer, sound designer and music programmer. He has worked on projects for Disney, Bungie Software, Yahama, E-mu, and Universal Audio. A frequent performer on the Los Angeles music scene, he also works as an independent engineer and music producer for up-and-coming songwriters. He has contributed to various publications including Electronic Musician, Music and Computers, and Gig.

Sam Molineaux is a journalist specializing in electronic music, film, and media. A former synthesizer product specialist and a sometime musician, she covered the dance and electronic music scene for the Los Angeles New Times, and has written for various musician magazines including Remix, Keyboard, Electronic Musician, Sound on Sound, Recording, Guitar Player, Drum!, the Roland and BOSS User Group Magazines, and the musicians' website, Harmony Central. She also writes about entertainment and technology for film and TV trade publications Variety, Below the Line, The Hollywood Reporter, VFXWorld, and Moving Pictures Magazine.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Chapter 2. Hardware Solutions

Chapter 3. Software Solutions

Chapter 4. Computer Organization

Chapter 5. How to Record Audio Into Your Computer

Chapter 6. Making Mixes

Chapter 7. Archiving Your Record/Cassette Collection

Chapter 8. Making Your Own MP3 Compilations

Chapter 9. Sheet Music

Chapter 10. Copyrights and Wrongs

Chapter 11. Learning Music

Chapter 12. Streaming

INDEX

Product Details

ISBN:
9780071431903
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill/Tab Electronics
Subject:
Television & Video
Author:
Molineaux, Sam
Author:
Tschetter, Nate
Subject:
Music
Subject:
Sound
Subject:
Recording & Reproduction
Subject:
Music -- Data processing.
Subject:
Sound -- Recording and reproducing.
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
January 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
178
Dimensions:
9.12x7.30x.52 in. .85 lbs.
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