ProTools For Musicians and Songwriters or Adobe InDesign CS4 One on One

ProTools For Musicians and Songwriters

Author: Gina Fant Saez

Digidesign's Pro Tools sets the standard for digital audio software, yet you haven't been able to use it because you can't translate the engineering-speak that dominates most of the references to it. Now, finally, there's help: a guide that speaks a language you, as a musician, can understand. In Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters, author and musician Gina Fant-Saez encourages you to think of Pro Tools as not just a piece of software but as another musical instrument—thus ensuring you'll not be overwhelmed by too much technology nor get too little of the musical vernacular you understand so well. From creating that first track to working with loops; recording, editing, and mixing audio; working with MIDI; managing files; working with other musicians; and more, you'll find everything you need here to start making music in your own home studio with Pro Tools. Throughout, the emphasis is on the music—with simple step-by-step instructions to get going, tons of visual aids and sidebars to illuminate the text, and a companion Web site with downloadable QuickTime video tutorials, loops, and source files.

Table of Contents:

1	Getting started	2
2	Loops & recording	20
3	The edit window	50
4	Playlists & markers	96
5	Using plug-ins	124
6	Inserts & busses	146
7	MIDI tracks	180
8	More on MIDI	216
9	Arranging a song	256
10	Tips & tools	286
11	Automate & mix	346
12	Export your song	420

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Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One

Author: Deke McClelland

Master the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign with One-on-One, Deke McClelland's unique and effective learning system. Abode InDesign CS4 One-on-One includes step-by-step tutorials, more than four hours of DVD-video demonstrations, and hands-on projects to help you improve your knowledge and hone your skills. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it's done first-hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. Whether you're new to InDesign or a creative professional interested in the groundbreaking features of CS4, Deke's conversational style and carefully structured lessons guide you easily through the program's fundamental and advanced concepts and techniques. More than 900 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots illustrate every key step. With this book, you will: Learn at your own speed with 12 self-paced tutorials Create professional-looking documents with InDesign's powerful text and graphic tools Discover how to create, import, and modify artwork Apply a sequence of style sheets to format an entire document in one operation Compose a fully interactive document with bookmarks, hyperlinks, buttons, sounds, and movies Test your knowledge with multiple-choice quizzes in each chapter

And more. Written and produced by a Photoshop expert with well over 20 years of experience, Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One simulates a classroom environment that provides one-on-one attention as you proceed from lesson to lesson. You'll learn to use InDesign faster, more creatively, and more efficiently than you thought possible.