PC Music Home Studio : Secrets, Tips, and Tricks

by Petelin, Roman; Petelin, Yury

• ISBN13: 9781931769075
• ISBN10: 1931769079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

Provides information on synthesizing and processing sound with specialized programs. For musicians of all skill levels. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
PART I: ACOUSTIC SIGNAL CONVERSION THEORY BASICS	7	(92)
Acoustic Signals and Their Main Properties	8	(16)
Tone and Timbre	8	(2)
Audibility Threshold and Loudness Lvel	10	(4)
The Acoustic Signal as a Random Process	14	(10)
Spectral Representation of Signals	24	(37)
Fourier Series and Fourier Integral	24	(7)
Current Spectrum	31	(3)
Instantaneous Spectrum	34	(2)
Displaying the Periodogram	36	(2)
Weight Functions	38	(5)
Discrete Signals and Discrete Fourier Transform	43	(4)
Fast Fourier Transform	47	(2)
More on Digital-to-Analog and Analog-to-Digital Conversion	49	(6)
Sampling	55	(6)
Filtering	61	(20)
Basic Types of Filter Amplitude-Frequency Responses	62	(3)
Equalizers	65	(6)
Digital Filters	71	(4)
Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessel Filters	75	(6)
Dynamic Processing of Acoustic Signals	81	(18)
Strategies of Manual Level Adjustment	81	(1)
Classifying Automatic Level Controls	82	(3)
Structure and Time Characteristics of Dynamic Processing Devices	85	(3)
Compression	88	(3)
Some Recommendations for Using Dynamic Processing	91	(8)
PART II: MICROPHONES, MIXERS, AND EFFECTS	99	(58)
Working with Microphones and Mixers	100	(38)
Microphones and Their Basic Parameters	101	(24)
The Typical Hardware Mixer Structure	125	(5)
Sound Blaster Live! Virtual Mixer (Live!Ware 3.0 Drivers)	130	(8)
Sound Effects	138	(19)
Vibrato	138	(5)
Effects Based on Signal Delay	143	(11)
Distortion	154	(1)
Voice Coder	154	(1)
Shifting the Tone Pitch and Harmonizing	155	(2)
PART III: COOL EDIT PRO---A MULTITRACK SOUND EDITOR	157	(258)
Getting Started	163	(14)
Working with the Main Window in the Waveform View Mode	177	(16)
The File Menu---Working with Files	193	(10)
The Edit Menu	203	(22)
The View Menu---Display Management	225	(20)
The Transform Menu---Transforming Audio	245	(112)
The Generate Menu---Sound Generation	357	(11)
The Analyze Menu---Analyzing Audio Data	368	(8)
The Favorites Menu---Creating a List of the Most Often Used Operations	376	(6)
The Options Menu	382	(11)
The Window Menu---Managing the Main Window Pages	393	(2)
Multitrack View---Multitrack Editing Mode	395	(20)
PART IV: VIRTUAL TOOLKIT	415	(162)
Nemesys GigaStudio 160 (V.2)	416	(44)
Introduction	416	(3)
Settings	419	(9)
Port1, Port2, Port3, Port4---Working with the Sampler	428	(9)
Audio Mixer; Using Effects	437	(4)
Description of Real Time Effects	441	(6)
The QuickSound Browser; Working with Akai CDs; Track Import from an Audio CD	447	(8)
The Main Menu and Toolbar; Capture the Signal Generated by GigaStuio into a WAV File	455	(2)
Practice	457	(3)
Creating Your Own Sampler Libraries Using GigaStudio Instrument Editor 2.0	460	(39)
Creating Your Own Sample Using Cool Edit Pro	460	(2)
Importing WAV Files into the Bank	462	(3)
Creating an Instrument	465	(6)
Editing Modulation Parameters	471	(12)
Setting the Sample-Register Connection; Distributing Registers Along the Values of the Velocity Parameter	483	(2)
Registers Revisited	485	(4)
Creating Instruments without the Wizard; Working Effectively with the Regions Map	489	(3)
Articulation and Macros	492	(2)
The Main Menu of the Program	494	(5)
Reason---a Virtual Audio Studio	499	(78)
Program Settings	505	(8)
Remix Mixer	513	(3)
ReDrum Machine	516	(8)
Dr. REX Loop Player---Specialized Drum Loop Player	524	(7)
NN-19 Digital Sampler	531	(9)
SubTractor Synthesizer	540	(8)
Matrix Pattern Sequencer	548	(3)
Effect Processors	551	(7)
Transport Panel	558	(3)
Main Sequencer	561	(13)
Commands of the Main Menu	574	(3)
PART V: DIGITAL MASTERING	577
Theory	578
Main Mastering Tools	578
Analog and Digital Mastering	584
Compatibility of the Recording with Playback Equipment	601
Stages of Mastering	604
Mastering with T-RackS 24	607
Control Panel	609
Equalizer	612
Compressor	613
Multiband Limiter	614
Input Signal Module	615
Console	616
DirectX Plug-Ins Useful for Mastering	619
Using Waves MaxxBass to Provide Compatibility of the Recording with Low Quality Equipment	619
Plug-Ins from the Steinberg Mastering Edition Package	622