Dance music manual
Subtitle: tools, toys and techniques
By: Rick Snoman
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Focal  Press; Focal
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780240521077
Subjects: Sound; Remixing; Vocational guidance; Sound recordings; Sound recording industry; Handbooks, manuals; Digital techniques; Electronic composition; Recording and reproducing; Underground dance music
Notes: Previous ed.: 2004.

Accompanying CD-ROM includes audio examples in mp3 form.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Technology and theory. The science of synthesis ; Compression, processing, and effects ; Cables, mixing desks and effects busses ; Programming theory ; Digital audio ; Sampling and sample manipulation ; Recording vocals ; Recording real instrments ; Sequencers ; Music theory; title: Dance genres. House ; Trance ; UK garage ; Techno ; Hip-hop/rap ; Trip-hop ; Ambient/chill out ; Drum 'n bass; title: Mixing and promotion. Mixing ; Mastering ; Publishing and promotion ; Remixing and sample clearance ; A DJ's perspective ; Binary and hex ; Decimal to hexadecimal conversion table ; General MIDI instrument patch maps ; General MIDI CC list ; Sequencer note divisions ; Tempo delay time chart ; Musical note to MIDI and frequencies.