Home recording guidento

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Chapter list

 
  1. Preface & intro - introduction and details on what to expect from this guide. How to use this guide.

  2. History of sound - how was recording done in the history.

  3. Digital revolution - the computers came and things changed.

  4. Basics of audio - what is a sound and how it works.

  5. Basics of audio part 2 more explanation about sound.

  6. Digital audio format how is sound stored on the computers.

  7. What Is MIDI -- Introduction of the computer's music notation and communication standard

  8. Process of making a song

    Setting up basics
    >
    -> Getting sound options > Recording > sampling > Synthesizing
    -> Interface options - Sound cards types PCI, USB, firewire. MIdi interfaces
    -> DAW options different types and platforms of DAW

    DAW reviews
    : Ableton live, Sonar,Adobe Audition, Energyxt, Ardour , Audacity , Cubase, Pro-tools, Reaper, Reason, LMMS Logic-pro, FLstudio, Mixpad


  9. Software requirements how to choose a software, more info about VSTs, Linux Vs Mac Vs others
  10. Hardware requirement > What hardwares you will need >

    Monitors
    > Audio monitors > Microphones > Interface options

  11. Glossary

    - soundfonts
    - patches
    - samples
    - effects
    - vsti

  12. Coming soon......
  13. Example set ups
  14. Process of song making
  15. Individual sounds
  16. Timeline
  17. Patterns in the song
  18. Mixing and mastering

 

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What is VSTi -

VSTi is a trademark owned by Steinberg .

VSTi is a plugin technology that helps in maintaining a standard way of adding new sounds and musical instruments to Digital audio workstation software

VSTi plugin format is supported by major DAW software both on Windows and Mac. VSTi plugins can be run on Linux with help of WINE

 

Further reading.

  1. Wiki VSTi
  2. VSTi review forum KVR

 

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Home recording guidento that covers the basics of recording and making music on the computer for beginners. It tells you the basic fundamentals without any fluff quickly.

Read the PDF version of the book on Rapidshare, megaupload and free download it on your computer for a small price coming soon with the library feature.

You can make music without spending much money on expensive hardware.

If this is your first time here please read the basic introduction part that covers most basic aspects of recording studio.

Making music on the computer is easy. All you need is a computer and many software programs are available for free. Once you have strong fundamentals you can go advance without much of problems.


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