
Audio Workstation Handbook
Francis Rumsey(Author)
Focal Press
Published on 20. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-240-51450-5 (ISBN)
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Description
Ideal for all those needing to understand digital audio and the associated technologies used in these workstations.
Topics covered include: basic computer terminoloty; digital audio; MIDI control and computer sound cards; audio workstation principles; mass storage devices; files atransfer and networking; audio intermaces; digital video.
Francis Rumsey provides a thorough introduction to using digital audio workstations, with which it is possible to execute complete projects from initial conception, through mixing and post-production, to the final master. Sound tracks can be created and edited for films, TV, multimedia, computer games and the internet, integrated with pictures and computer data.
Topics covered include: basic computer terminoloty; digital audio; MIDI control and computer sound cards; audio workstation principles; mass storage devices; files atransfer and networking; audio intermaces; digital video.
Francis Rumsey provides a thorough introduction to using digital audio workstations, with which it is possible to execute complete projects from initial conception, through mixing and post-production, to the final master. Sound tracks can be created and edited for films, TV, multimedia, computer games and the internet, integrated with pictures and computer data.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Audio engineers, students on courses of audio, music technology, media studies, IT and multimedia, broadcast engineers and operators, post production staff, recording and edit<BR id="CRLF">
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-240-51450-5 (9780240514505)
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Book
10/2003
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Person
Professor of Sound Recording at the University of Surrey (UK) and a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Pitea (Sweden). Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and a regular contributor to the AES Journal.
Author
Professor of Sound Recording at the University of Surrey (UK); Fellow of the AES and contributor to the AES Journal
Content
Introduction to Computer Systems and terminology; Introduction to Digital Audio; Audio data reduction systems; Data storage media; The digital audio workstation; Recording and editing of audio on disk; networking and interfacing; Video in the audio workstation; MIDI in the audio workstation; Audio in multimedia PC; Audio production; Audio CD mastering