Drum Sound and Drum Tuning assists drummers, sound engineers, and music students in learning critical skills related to drum sound and achieving an optimised and personalised drum kit set-up. The book covers the essential theories of percussion acoustics and develops this knowledge in order to facilitate creative approaches to drum tuning and professional-level recording and mixing of drums.

All aspects of drumhead vibration, drumhead equalisation, and resonant drumhead coupling are de-mystified, alongside discussions relating to drumhead types, drum shell vibration, and tuning to musical intervals for different performance genres. The book develops drum sound theory and creative analysis into a detailed dissection of recording and production techniques specifically for drums, including discussions on studio technologies, room acoustics, microphone techniques, phase coherence, and mixing drums with advanced digital audio workstation (DAW) techniques and creative processing tools.

Discover the proven step-by-step mixing process that's helped thousands of musicians and producers confidently release their records.

Learn the different sound synthesis methods and how to implement them in C++. Requires knowledge of programming in C++.

Additive Synthesis

Subtractive Synthesis

Formant Synthesis

Granular Synthesis

FM Synthesis

Bei Live-Veranstaltungen müssen Tontechnikerinnen und Tontechniker innerhalb kürzester Zeit viele verschiedene Aufgaben erledigen – eine zweite Chance gibt es in der Regel nicht: Mikrofonieren, den optimalen Sound für die Bühne und für das Publikum einstellen, mit Bands und Veranstaltungsleitung kommunizieren sowie Mischpulte effektiv und sicher bedienen.

Nach einer praxisnahen Einführung in die Live-Tontechnik besticht dieses Buch durch seinen ungewöhnlichen Ansatz: Über 555 Fragen helfen dabei, das eigene Vorgehen beim Live-Mischen besser zu planen und die entscheidenden Aspekte zu beachten. Neulingen dienen die Fragen als umfangreiche Checkliste. Selbst erfahrenen Tontechnikern und Tontechnikerinnen können die Anregungen helfen, die eigene Arbeitsweise zu reflektieren und den Workflow zu optimieren.

A complete and harmonious history of music, from prehistory to the present day!

Have you ever wondered how blues influenced rock music? Or why jazz took a more Latin-American approach? Classical or rock, everyone has their favorite music style, but how did your top choice come about? If you find yourself asking these musical questions and more, then this may be the book for you!

Music is a compelling and richly illustrated history of the most unifying art form in the world. Explore the roots of all genres from chants of the middle ages through the grandeur of the classical period to the modern rhythm of blues, jazz, hip-hop, and pop. Music includes illustrated histories of instruments and listening suggestions for each musical genre.

Stay on Beat - Aligning Yourself with Winning Trends in the Music Industry explores the intersection of music, technology, and entrepreneurship in today's music industry. If you are an artist trying to navigate the music business and the world of DIY music-making, this is the book that is #1 on your must-read list. It's a wealth of information for those interested in industry trends, and the many options to help you jumpstart your career and monetize your music using today's innovative digital tools.

SSL 12 interface Avid MBox Studio interface Neumann KH150 monitors Roland Fantom-0 workstation IK Multimedia iLoud Precision MTM monitors Arturia MiniLab 3 controller E-V Everse 8 PA iZotope RX10 Sony C80 mic Massenburg MDWDRC2-Native dynamics plug-in Eventide Misha sequencer Sonicware Liven Bass & Beats groovebox Dawesome Novum soft synth Rockruepel Sidechain.one compressor Ingram Engineering EQ52 Problem-solving Gadgets Latest sample libraries - and lots more!

Music, Authorship, Narration, and Art Cinema in Europe: 1940s to 1980s investigates the function of music in European cinema after the Second World War up to the fall of the Berlin wall, a period when composers and directors embraced experimentation. Through analyses of music and sound in a wide range of iconic films from across Europe, the essays in this book provide a nuanced reconsideration of three core themes: auteur theory, art house film, and national cinema.

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs

"The most interesting writer on Dylan over the years has been the cultural critic Greil Marcus. . . . No one alive knows the music that fueled Dylan’s imagination better. . . . Folk Music . . . [is an] ingenious book of close listening.”—David Remnick, New Yorker

"Marcus delivers yet another essential work of music journalism.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Founded on Chicago’s South Side in 1965 and still thriving today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is the most influential collective organization in jazz and experimental music. In Sound Experiments, Paul Steinbeck offers an in-depth historical and musical investigation of the collective, analyzing individual performances and formal innovations in captivating detail. He pays particular attention to compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell, the Association’s leading figures, as well as Anthony Braxton, George Lewis (and his famous computer-music experiment, Voyager), Wadada Leo Smith, and Henry Threadgill, along with younger AACM members such as Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, and Nicole Mitchell.