Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5


Book Description

Learn the basics of recording, editing, and mixing audio using Cubase Elements, Artist, or Pro. Experience the software used worldwide by musicians, producers, engineers, mixers, and audio professionals. Filled with tips and insights, Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5 will get you working fast. With this book and the included media files, you’ll get the practical, hands-on exposure you need. We cover everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: Basic Digital Audio Workstation operations and audio hardware options Principles of sound production and microphone use Essential Cubase concepts and operations MIDI fundamentals for playing and performing with virtual instruments Multi-track recording Plug-in use and signal processing techniques Mixing your project and using automation Outputting your final mixdown Cubase software is very powerful, yet fun and easy to use. Everything you learn here will apply to all editions of Cubase (Elements, Artist, and Pro), so you can easily upgrade in the future no matter where you are starting today. Take the first step now, with Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5.




Music Production with Cubase 10 and 10.5


Book Description

The Italian best seller that teaches how to start producing music with Steinberg Cubase, now also available in English! Second edition, completely revised and now with index. Find out how to produce music with Steinberg Cubase 10 or 10.5, even starting from scratch. Music Production with Cubase 10 and 10.5 will guide you step by step to discover all the notions, tools and techniques that are essential to start producing music with Cubase 10 or 10.5. This book is particularly suitable for beginners and medium level users, and it teaches not only how to use Cubase, but also the basics of modern music production. Install and setup Cubase. Record audio and MIDI material. Use virtual instruments. Edit and adjust your sounds. Understand and use the main effects. Mix, master and export your projects. With a support website to download files, sample projects and all the colour images in high resolution. Want to master music production with Cubase? Read this book. AudioMentor.com I will recommend this manual to all my students who want to boost their learning process [...] and become tomorrow's practitioners. Seismal D (Talking about the Italian edition) This is the perfect manual for students who are just approaching music production and schools that use Steinberg products; it is well written and comprehensive without being intimidating. AudioFader Magazine (Review of the Italian edition) Pierluigi Bontempi is a Steinberg Certified Trainer. He is technical officer of the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage of the University of Pavia (Cremona branch), where he holds Steinberg certified courses and is also responsible for the audiovisual laboratory (Digital Lab). He has held many music production training courses in Northern Italy. He is a contributor to specialist magazines such as SM Strumenti Musicali and AudioFader; in the past, he collaborated with Axe Magazine, a monthly review for guitarists. He has worked with the music manuals publisher Volontè & Co. on several original publications and Italian translations. Support Website https: //musicproductionwithcubase.cloud




Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production


Book Description

Pejrolo is an experienced musician, composer/arranger, MIDI programmer, sound designer and engineer. In this illustrated guidebook he focuses on the leading audio sequencers: ProTools, Digital Performer, Cubase SX and Logic Audio, showing how to get the most out of them. The accompanying CD includes examples of arrangements and techniques covered in the book.




Cubase 4 Tips and Tricks


Book Description

"Discover the art of recording, arranging, editing, using plug-ins and VST instruments, processing audio, mixing and much more"--Page 4 of cover.




Digital Audio Editing


Book Description

Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest corrective editing like cutting, copying, and pasting to more complex creative editing, such as beat mapping and time-stretching. You’ll be able to avoid unnatural-sounding pitch correction and understand the potential pitfalls you face when restoring classic tracks. Author Simon Langford invites you to see editing with his wide-angle view, putting this skill into a broad context that will inform your choices even as you more skillfully manipulate sound. Focusing on techniques applicable to any digital audio workstation, it includes break-outs giving specific keystrokes and instruction in Avid’s Pro Tools, Apple’s Logic Pro, Steinberg’s Cubase, and PreSonus’s Studio One. The companion websites includes tutorials in all four software packages to help you immediately apply the broad skills from the book.




Going Pro with Cubase 5


Book Description

Going Pro with Cubase 5 provides a useful guidebook for those who are ready to jump to the next step with Cubase and would like some expert-level tips, tricks, and advice to help them truly master the program. Do you already know how to record MIDI and audio in Cubase? Do you already know Cubase's basic tools and terminology? Do you think and work in musical terms, such as bars and beats? Great, than you're ready to "go pro" with Cubase! The overall goal is to get you working quickly and utilizing the newest and best features in Cubase 5 at a professional level without wasting your time. Certain components are summarized in ways that the manual doesn't so that you can get a quick overview without getting lost in details. You'll learn how to get the most out of Cubase 5 when using Steinberg's innovative CC121 controller and MR816 CSX audio interface. You'll also get an inside look at WaveLab and HALion 3 and why you might want to consider adding them to your setup if you haven't already. You'll discover pro mixing techniques that can be acheived without even touching a fader. And you'll get step-by-step instructions on how to interface your Cubase projects with Pro Tools, Nuendo, and other DAWs available on the market. You'll also discover many more expert-level recording techniques in this succinct, to-the-point guide that will have your friends and colleagues asking "how'd you do that!?" So what are you waiting for? Increased mastery is only a few clicks away.




Home Recording for Beginners


Book Description

CD-ROM includes evaluation software [REAPER v. 2.5], sample files, projects and exercises.




Digital Audio Editing Fundamentals


Book Description

This concise book builds upon the foundational concepts of MIDI, synthesis, and sampled waveforms. It also covers key factors regarding the data footprint optimization work process, streaming versus captive digital audio new media assets, digital audio programming and publishing platforms, and why data footprint optimization is important for modern day new media content development and distribution. Digital Audio Editing Fundamentals is a new media mini-book covering concepts central to digital audio editing using the Audacity open source software package which also apply to all of the professional audio editing packages. The book gets more advanced as chapters progress, and covers key concepts for new media producers such as how to maximize audio quality and which digital audio new media formats are best for use with Kindle, Android Studio, Java, JavaFX, iOS, Blackberry, Tizen, Firefox OS, Chrome OS, Opera OS, Ubuntu Touch and HTML5. You will learn: Industry terminology involved in digital audio editing, synthesis, sampling, analysis and processing The work process which comprises a fundamental digital audio editing, analysis, and effects pipeline The foundational audio waveform sampling concepts that are behind modern digital audio publishing How to install, and utilize, the professional, open source Audacity digital audio editing software Concepts behind digital audio sample resolution and sampling frequency and how to select settings How to select the best digital audio data codec and format for your digital audio content application How to go about data footprint optimization, to ascertain which audio formats give the best results Using digital audio assets in computer programming languages and content publishing platforms







Recording and Producing in the Home Studio


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(Berklee Methods). With the explosion of project studio gear available, it's easier than ever to create pro-quality music at home. This book is the only reference you'll ever need to start producing and engineering your music or other artists' music in your very own home studio. You don't have a home studio yet, but have some basic equipment? This essential guide will help you set up your studio, begin producing projects, develop your engineering skills and manage your projects. Stop dreaming and start producing!