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MIDI for the Professional
  • Language: en

MIDI for the Professional

(Music Sales America). Get the most out of your MIDI equipment with this in-depth technical information and expert advice. The practical examples, illustrations, and plain language included in this book help you to resolve problems, experiment with new ways to use your equipment, and make informed decisions when it's time to expand.

The True Gold Standard
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 150

The True Gold Standard

Of the monetary reform plan -- Introduction -- The purpose of The True Gold Standard -- The properties of gold -- Restoration of the gold dollar -- How we get from here to there -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Excerpts from the United States Constitution -- Appendix II: Coinage Act of 1792 -- Appendix III: American monetary history in brief, price stability.

The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader
  • Language: en

The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader

For over ten years, Paul Lehrman has been providing the music industry with technical know-how, insightful interviews, horror stories, historical perspectives, political harangues, and much, much more as part of his monthly "Insider Audio" column in Mix magazine. Now, for the first time, Lehrman has compiled his favorite columns into one collection. Equal parts humorous and insightful, and always entertaining, the author shares the columns that have made him the most popular writer in professional audio today, with new introductions and commentary. As an added bonus, The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader features the rantings of the author's cantankerous alter-ego, P.T. Grumpmeier, over 20 pages...

The Contemporary Arranger
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 256

The Contemporary Arranger

An authoritative, easy-to-understand text covering all aspects of arranging. This beautifully bound edition contains a compact disc with examples performed by jazz greats such as George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws and Don Sebesky's complete orchestra. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.

The Player Piano and Musical Labor
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 165

The Player Piano and Musical Labor

By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transformed musical performance and listening practices. While numerous scholars have examined this aesthetic in art and literature, musical compositions representing industrialized labor practices and the role of the machine in music remain largely unexplored. Moreover, in recounting the history of machines in musical recording and reproduction, scholars often tend to emphasize the phonograph, rather than player piano, despite the latter’s prominence within the newly established musical marketplace. Machines and their music influenced multiple areas of early 20th-century musical...

The Sounds of the Silents in Britain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 351

The Sounds of the Silents in Britain

Early cinemas were noisy places with pianos, organs, ensembles of all varieties and sometimes full orchestras accompanied films. Britain, a key cultural player in the entertainment world both at the time and now, has a different history than the US of musical cultures and film production.

The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 508

The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.

Electronic Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Electronic Music

This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early recording equipment to the most recent multimedia performances, the history of electronic music is full of interesting characters, fascinating and unusual music, and radical technology. Covering many different eras, genres and media, analyses of works appear alongside critical discussion of central ideas and themes, making this an essential guide for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. Chapters include key topics from synth pop to sound art, from electronic dance music to electrical instruments, and from the expression of pure sound to audiovisuals. Highly illustrated and with a wide selection of examples, the book provides many suggestions for further reading and listening to encourage students to begin their own experiments in this exciting field.

Unseen Cinema
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

Unseen Cinema

El proyecto de recuperación de películas históricas Unseen Cinema explora en detalle los logros, desconocidos hasta la fecha, de los cineastas pioneros que desarrollaron su labor dentro y fuera de las fronteras de Estados Unidos durante el periodo formativo del cine americano. Con la colaboración de innumerables instituciones, desde los archivos de la Academia de Cine de Hollywood, el Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York (MOMA), el British Film Institute, el Deustchen Film museum hasta el Gosfilmofond de Russia, la recuperación de estas películas y su posterior organización en 7 discos postula una visión innovadora del cine experimental. Un buen número de estas películas no había e...

Cool Mac Sounds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

Cool Mac Sounds

"The coolest, most ear-tickling Mac sounds ever collected. This pumped-up Second Edition of Cool Mac Sounds shows you hands-on just how versatile your Mac can be. Just by popping in the Too Cool Disk, you can morph your Mac into a state-of-the-art sound studio." "This book enables you to record, edit, and play back all kinds of sounds; apply standard sampling theory; manage your sound system with the Mac Sound Manager; jazz up your Mac with HyperCard, ResEdit, Sound Mover, Sound Wave; prepare sound clips for Apple's new QuickTime and do all kinds of cool stuff on the Mac." "What's on the Disk: over 50 sound effects and music samples, sound extractor, SndControl and associated INITs, Sound Mover and much, much more."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved