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  • Thomson Course Technology Guitar Tone: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound
    Thomson Course Technology Guitar Tone: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound
    Pursuit of Ultimate Gtr Sound Guitar Tone Book by Mitch Gallagher | A Guide to Equipment Choices and Tone-shaping Techniques - Paperback Guitar Tone: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound helps you get there. Filled with the considerable acumen of tone guru Mitch Gallagher, this book takes you on a guided tour of gear choices and examines the tone-shaping techniques of guitar luminaries. Vintage vs. new, boutique vs....
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  • Sound On Sound SOS Smart Guides: Music Technology Basics & Beyond
    Sound On Sound SOS Smart Guides: Music Technology Basics & Beyond
    SOS Music Tech Guide Music Technology Basics Book Are you getting started recording at home - or want to? Here's the essential "getting started" guide for you! Presented by renowned recording publication Sound On Sound in association with Sweetwater, Smart Guides: Music Technology Basics & Beyond arms you with the basic knowledge tools...
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  • Avid Sibelus 7 Reference Book
    Avid Sibelus 7 Reference Book
    Sibelius 7 Reference Guide Reference Book for Sibelus 7 Unlock the secrets of Sibelius 7, with Avid's Sibelus 7 Reference Book. There's no doubt that Sibelus 7 is one of the most powerful and easy to use notation programs ever made, but becoming proficient with it can be tricky. Avid's Sibelus 7 Reference Book makes learning Sibelus 7 easy....
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  • Thomson Course Technology The Mixing Engineer's Handbook
    Thomson Course Technology The Mixing Engineer's Handbook
    Mixing Engineers Handbook Instructional Book on Mixing Techniques with Interviews of Top Engineers At last - all the tricks of the top recording engineers revealed at mixdown! With this book you'll learn: the evolution of mixing; mixing styles such as L.A. vs. New York vs. London; the six elements of a mix; rules for arrangements; and from where to build your mix. This handy book...
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  • Thomson Course Technology Acoustic Design for the Home Studio
    Thomson Course Technology Acoustic Design for the Home Studio
    Acoustic Design for Home Stu Acoustic Design Book by Mitch Gallagher with 13 Studio Examples With the advances in digital technology, musicians can now produce their own music at home. Over the years the gear has gotten much better, and musicians have learned a great deal about recording. So why do so many musicians and engineers have difficulty getting truly...
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  • Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook
    Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook
    Sound Reinforcement 2nd Ed Sound Reinforcement Handbook - 2nd Edition Sound reinforcement is the use of audio amplification systems. This book is the first and only book of its kind to cover all aspects of designing and using such systems for public address and musical performance. The book features information on both the audio theory involved and the...
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  • Hal Leonard How MIDI Works
    Hal Leonard How MIDI Works
    How MIDI Works - 6th Ed Book Detailing MIDI Functionality Composer/Author: Peter Lawrence Alexander The revised 6th edition of this easy-to-use book is written in simple English and assumes no prior background with MIDI. Starting with the computer, How MIDI Works takes readers all the way through MIDI, sequencing and digital audio recording,...
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  • Peachpit Press Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9
    Peachpit Press Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9
    Apple Pro Training: Logic 9 Apple Pro Training Series Logic 9 and Logic Express 9 Training Book, Apple-certified, with DVD-ROM Get up and running with Logic 9 with the Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9. Made by the popular Peachpit Press training gurus, this Apple-certified guide gives you step-by-step instructions, so you'll know how to do everything from recording to producing to...
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  • Berklee Press Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools - 3rd Edition
    Berklee Press Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools - 3rd Edition
    Pro Tools LE How-To Guide Third Edition of a Best-Selling Book/CD-ROM Learn how to produce great music at home! This comprehensive home-studio guide will show you how to create the highest-quality recordings by teaching you fundamental production skills and engineering techniques. With a complete explanation of the entire production process, you'll find...
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  • MusicWorks Guide to MIDI Orchestration
    MusicWorks Guide to MIDI Orchestration
    Guide to MIDI Orchestration Comprehensive Guide Detailing the Art of Orchestration As It Applies to Desktop Music. Hardbound Book. Since its initial release in 1997, Paul Gilreath’s The Guide to MIDI Orchestration has been the premiere text on creating realistic emulations of a symphony orchestra using samplers and computer recording techniques. Recent years have seen huge advances in sampling technology. Likewise,...
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  • Schirmer Trade Books Pro Tools Clinic
    Schirmer Trade Books Pro Tools Clinic
    Pro Tools Clinic Book and CD-ROM: Demystifying LE For Mac And PC By Mitch Gallagher We think that Mitch Gallagher's Pro Tools Clinic: Demystifying LE for Macintosh and Windows is the best Pro Tools LE book available, period. We also know that Mitch is one of the foremost experts on pro audio and music technology - as well as one of the best writers on the topic out...
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  • Thomson Course Technology The Mastering Engineer's Handbook 2nd Ed
    Thomson Course Technology The Mastering Engineer's Handbook 2nd Ed
    Mastering Engineer Handbook Book Detailing the Process of Mastering Audio Composer/Author: Bobby Owsinski Everything you've always wanted to know about the art of music mastering is now available in one book! Peek into a top-flight mastering house and see the tools of the trade, explore the secrets of making hot masters, and learn rules for frequency balancing...
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  • Berklee Press The Songwriter’s Workshop: Melody
    Berklee Press The Songwriter’s Workshop: Melody
    Songwriting: Melody Book - Fundamental Techniques Behind Today's Hit Melodies. The Songwriter's Workshop: Melody teaches the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, together with easy-to-follow exercises, so you can immediately apply these tools to your own art. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and...
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  • Hal Leonard The Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook
    Hal Leonard The Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook
    Ultimate Church Sound Book Handbook for House of Worship Sound Reinforcement, 420 Pages The Hal Leonard Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook provides practical and tecnical advice geared specifically toward the house of worship sound person. Modern church services can require highly technical multimedia presentations that go far beyond basic sound reinforcement, and...
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  • Berklee Press Songwriting: Guide to Lyric Form and Structure
    Berklee Press Songwriting: Guide to Lyric Form and Structure
    Songwriting: Lyric Form Book - Integrate the Techniques of the Pros into Your Own Lyric-Writing. Pat Pattison, a veteran songwriter, has taught many of Berklee College of Music's best and brightest how to write truly great lyrics. This book will help you handle your lyric structures more effectively. Showing you how to take control of your lyrics by honing your creative process,...
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  • Hal Leonard The Big Book of Staff Paper
    Hal Leonard The Big Book of Staff Paper
    The Big Book of Staff Paper 512-page Book of Staff Paper, with 12 Staves per Page, 8-1/2" x 11" Sheets. The Hal Leonard Big Book of Staff Paper provides plenty of quality staff paper for students, teachers, composers, and musicians. The Big Book of Staff Paper includes 512 perforated pages with 12 staves per page, plus a handy and helpful musc notation guide. At 8-1/2" x 11", the Big Book of Staff Paper is a handy standard size to carry with other books and notebooks, and it's priced right!
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  • Sweetwater Press Digital Audio Explained: For the Audio Engineer
    Sweetwater Press Digital Audio Explained: For the Audio Engineer
    Digital Audio Explained Comprehensive Book Explaining the Ins and Outs of Digital Audio. Have you ever wondered exactly why adding noise to a digital recording actually makes it sound better? Do you know what a phase lock loop does, and why it's important? These questions and dozens more are answered in clear, understandable english in Digital Audio Explained: For the Audio...
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  • Yamaha Guide to Sound Systems for Worship
    Yamaha Guide to Sound Systems for Worship
    Sound Systems for Worship Practical Advice for Running Sound in Houses of Worship Your complete guide to achieving optimum results when setting up sound systems for places of worship. The Yamaha Guide To Sound Systems For Worship provides the basic information on sound systems that is most needed by ministers, members of Boards of Trustees and worship and music...
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  • Focal Press Modern Recording Techniques - 7th Edition
    Focal Press Modern Recording Techniques - 7th Edition
    Modern Recording Techniques 7th Edition Includes 652 Pages This definitive handbook guides you through the process of creating, understanding and mastering both the professional and project studio. From recording basics to the most cutting-edge techniques available, MRT provides you with complete understanding of the tools and day-to-day...
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  • Hal Leonard Recording Method: Book Six - Mixing & Mastering
    Hal Leonard Recording Method: Book Six - Mixing & Mastering
    Home Recording Course - Vol 6 Book Six of Instructional Series with DVD, Covers Mixing and Mastering The Hal Leonard Recording Method: Book Six - Mixing & Mastering is the fourth book of a six book series, designed to take the reader from the very beginning of the signal path to the final master mix! In this book, you will learn how to put those crucial final touches on your audio to...
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