Why has MIDI become so important? Crash Course MIDI answers this question and opens the lid on MIDI recording. Bold, easy to read and accessible, Crash Course MIDI covers the basics, guides the reader through the essential techniques needed, and self-tests the student on his new-found skills.

(Music Sales America). Many musicians are put off using MIDI by the very books meant to explain it. This one is different. By using references to everyday items such as television or the telephone, Basic Midi is actually extremely logical and straightforward to use. The book's comprehensive diagrams and clear, jargon-free language mean any user will soon be able to master this increasingly important area of music.

A step-by-step guide to setting up a digital recording environment capable of computer-based MIDI sequencing, audio recording and editing, sound synthesis and effects processing.

The ultimate aim of any recording project is the mass-production of music, whether on CD, cassette, MiniDisc or any of the other media available to the modern recording artist. It is important, therefore, to have the best possible recording in the first place. Basic Mastering shows you how to master and edit your music so that you end up with a product that would look at home in any record store.

Basic Multitracking covers recording techniques for analogue and digital tape-based methods of working, as well as tapeless systems. This book will help to attain professional standards.

A guide to the music production software covers such topics as recording, editing, arranging, slicing and looping, MIDI editing, and mixing and mastering.