LMMS : a complete guide to dance music production beginner's guide /: a complete guide to dance music production beginner's guide. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Earl.
• Other Names: Earl, David, 1951-
• Contents: LMMS: A Complete Guide to Dance Music Production Beginner's Guide; LMMS: A Complete Guide to Dance Music Production Beginner's Guide; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Time for action--heading; What just happened?; Pop quiz--heading; Have a go hero--heading; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Gearing Up: A Preflight Checklist. Getting a studio ready to thumpSystem requirements; Installing LMMS; Installing LMMS on Windows; Installing LMMS on Linux; Installing LMMS on Mac OS X 10.6 and above; LMMS resources or where's my stuff?; File management--keeping it together; Managing project versions; Time for action--saving our first project; What just happened?; Playing sessions at other studios; Setting up MIDI for LMMS; MIDI keyboards; Control surfaces; Setting up MIDI in Windows; Time for action--setting up MIDI in Windows; What just happened?; Setting up MIDI in Linux; Time for action--setting up MIDI in Linux using ALSA. What just happened?Installing MIDI in Mac OS X; Getting sound out of LMMS; Getting on the mic; Dynamic microphone; The condenser microphone; A brief introduction to sound cards and audio interfaces; Great resources for inspiring sounds; Radiohead; Indaba music; Remix comps; CCmixter; Making custom samples; Avoiding painful microphone feedback; Time for action--recording with a microphone; What just happened?; The art of listening--controlling your listening environment; Composing on the fly--laptop configurations; Cutting out the world--choosing earbuds; Composing in a room with studio monitors. Computer noise, room noise, and humCorners are bad; Hardwood floors need a rug; Parallel walls aren't great; Absorption versus diffusion; Speaker choice and placement is important; Get a good chair; Summary; 2. Getting Our Feet Wet: Exploring LMMS; What kind of electronic musician are you?; Opening the LMMS default song and making noise!; Time for action--opening a new song template; What just happened?; The Main Menu bar; The Project menu; The Edit menu; The Tools menu; The Help menu; Clicking through the toolbar; The top row of buttons on the left-hand side. The bottom row of buttons on the left-hand sideOther features of the toolbar; Exploring the goodies in the side bar; Using the Beats+Bassline Editor; Time for action--setting the stage to build a beat; What just happened?; Time for action--adding drums to the Beats+Bassline Editor; What just happened?; Time for action--creating a beat pattern; What just happened?; Our first tweaking of samples; Time for action--editing samples with the Audiofile processor; What just happened?; Time for action--adding elements and variation to our beat pattern; What just happened?
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.389/3; COMPUTERS -- Interactive & Multimedia; Sound -- Recording and reproducing; Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques; Computer sound processing; Sound -- Recording and reproducing; Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques; Computer sound processing; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical; Computer sound processing; Sound -- Recording and reproducing; Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques; Sound / Recording and reproducing; Sound / Recording and reproducing / Digital techniques; Computer sound processing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849517058; 1849517053; 1849517045; 9781849517041
• Related ISBNs: 1849517053
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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