The Professional Music Workflow With Mac OS X.
'Mastering Digital Audio Production: The Professional Music Workflow With Mac OS X' completely covers creating and producing music on Apple computers, focusing on expanding the reader’s knowledge of their current primary recording software while integrating new software into their workflow. It teaches a wide range of software, including samplers, plug-ins, virtual instruments and other programs used in music production.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the different types of software available, including price ranges, stylistic considerations and (where applicable) information on demo versions, as well as tutorials on how to install and use them in conjunction with the reader’s primary recording software. The book’s approach is integrated, demonstrating how to work effectively with any toolset, from a single application to a complete suite.
The Mastering series is known for its heavy real-world content, and this book fulfills that promise. Each major software section includes an interview with an audio professional currently using the program, followed by examples of methods they and other engineers use.
The two main factors that sets this book apart are that it offers practical and immediate ways to use the programs and concepts discussed and also gives the reader a wide range of possibilities, based on their skill level, experience and musical style. For example, on the subject of adding drum loops to a recording session, it covers:
- The free Apple Loops for GarageBand that are already on your OS X Mac.
- Resources for more free Apple Loops.
- Information on buying loops, including web resources, what to look for and discussion of file formats.
- Tutorials on creating, importing and exporting original drum loops in all of the covered programs.
- Creating original loops with virtual drum machines, ranging from the inexpensive programs like Izotope’s iDrum, to higher end software, such as Spectrasonics’ Stylus RMX.
The companion DVD is itself an incredible value. It includes demo and complete versions of many popular music applications such as Reason, Ableton Live, iDrum, AudioFinder, WireTap, and ReMidi Arpeggiator, plus a large assortment of loop libraries and virtual instruments--more than 50 products in all. The book’s tutorials teach readers how to use all of these in coordination with each other for maximum productivity.
