Digital Audio Workstation

Description:

A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a PC or Macintosh equipped with sound cards and software for editing and processing digital audio. A properly outfitted computer can now function like a sophisticated recording studio, using plug-ins and special software to create recording-studio quality sound on the desktop, and then allowing users to edit and process that sound to perfection. DAWs are not only revolutionizing the way music is recorded, but allow new forms of electronic music, created entirely in the computer, to be written and recorded on the desktop.

The Digital Audio Workstation Studio, by renowned digital music expert Colby Lieder, will be the first book to teach the complete DAW process, from outfitting your computer with the necessary hardware and software, recording with the proper microphones, using DAW power to create perfectly modulated mixes, to finally mastering down into a completely professional finished product.

With this book, a computer, and a little imagination, any musician can create utterly professional music CDs, DVDs, or streamed audio.

Table of Contents:

   Chapter 1: Computers, Sound, and Digital Audio
   Chapter 2: The Development of the Modern DAW
   Chapter 3: Sound Files: Formats, Storage, and Transport
   Chapter 4: Editing and Mixing
   Chapter 5: Plug-Ins
   Chapter 6: A Closer Look at the DAW Studio
   Chapter 7: Surround Mixing and Monitoring
   Chapter 8: Recording and the DAW
   Chapter 9: Expanding the Palette
   Chapter 10:Mastering and Distribution