Music Technology From Scratch

Music Technology From Scratch provides a complete beginner's guide to recording, mixing, and mastering music. It is an essential book for anyone studying or interested in music technology, and those wishing to create their own professional-quality recordings.

Key features

• How does sound work?
• How do I record a range of instruments?
• How do I record, mix and master a track?
• How do I use MIDI for sequencing and arranging?

Music Technology From Scratch answers these questions, and more. Exploring both the theory and practice of music technology, it gives the reader clear information on howequipment works and how to get the best results from it.

Fully illustrated throughout, diagrams and photos provide step-by-step guides to using your equipment. It includes tips and hints on polishing your recordings and making sure your sessions run smoothly, 'test yourself questions' and 'projects' at the end of each chapter, and a full glossary explaining all technical terms and concepts. It is also enhanced by online videos with explanations of equipment and techniques.

This book will send you on your way to achieving a better grade for any of these courses:

• GCSE, AS and A2 Music and Music Technology
• BTEC Firsts and Nationals in Music and Music Technology
• The new Creative and Media Diploma

'This book is a must for anyone who is new to Music Technology. The sections are well broken down into each part of the Technology environment, covering the traditional equipment you would find in the studio as well as the software on your computer. In the first section of the book it provides a well presented, colourful, clearly and carefully presented explanation of how and why things work, covering the bits of equipment you both need and are likely to encounter. The second section, called “Putting it into Practice” is a brilliant step by step guide to