Getting Started in Computer Music (Paperback)

Description

Ever wondered how to record music in your own home, hook up a keyboard or guitar to your personal computer, or set up a system to remix a dance track? With talent, determination, and a modest home computer system, you can do all that and more. Personal computers have revolutionized music, enabling artists to compose, perform, record, and distribute music in the comfort of their own homes. Your personal computer can be your key to the once-impenetrable music industry. So how can you get started on this exciting journey? Reading "Getting Started in Computer Music" is an excellent first step. This book is not a technical manual, or an operational guide for specific software or platforms; instead, it is a useful introduction to the myriad ways you can use your computer to create, learn, perform, manipulate, write, and record music. Whether youre a music student, an amateur or professional musician, or a composer, this book will help you further your musical goals.

Introduction
1. Music Making On the Computer
2. Recording: Then & Now
3. Choosing a Computer
4. Choosing Your Software: What Do You Want to Do?
5. Track One: MIDI
6. Track Two: Looping Tools
7. Track Three: Digital Recording For the Solo Musician
8. Track Four: Putting it All Together
9. Thats a Wrap
Appendices
A: Glossary
B. Internet Resources
C: Manufactures
D: Buying Used gear

描述

曾經想過如何在自己的家中錄製音樂，將鍵盤或吉他連接到個人電腦，或者建立一個系統來混音舞曲嗎？憑藉才華、決心和一套適中的家用電腦系統，您可以做到這一切甚至更多。個人電腦已經改變了音樂界，使藝術家能夠在自己的家中創作、演奏、錄製和分發音樂。您的個人電腦可以成為您進入曾經難以進入的音樂行業的關鍵。那麼，您如何開始這個令人興奮的旅程呢？閱讀《電腦音樂入門》是一個很好的第一步。這本書不是一本技術手冊，也不是特定軟件或平台的操作指南；相反，它是一本有用的介紹，介紹了您可以使用電腦創作、學習、演奏、操作、寫作和錄製音樂的多種方式。無論您是音樂學生、業餘或專業音樂家，還是作曲家，這本書都將幫助您實現音樂目標。

目錄

引言
1. 在電腦上製作音樂
2. 錄音：從過去到現在
3. 選擇一台電腦
4. 選擇您的軟件：您想做什麼？
5. 第一軌：MIDI
6. 第二軌：循環工具
7. 第三軌：獨奏音樂家的數字錄音
8. 第四軌：將一切結合在一起
9. 完成
附錄
A：詞彙表
B：網絡資源
C：製造商
D：購買二手設備