The Dance Music Manual

Tools, Toys and Techniques

Rick Snoman

510 pages, parution le 10/06/2004

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Résumé

Whatever your level of experience, The Dance Music Manual is packed with sound advice, techniques and practical examples to help you achieve professional results. Written by a professional producer and remixer, the book is organised into three accessible sections:

Technology and theory

If you're relatively new to the technology and theory behind today's dance music, Rick Snoman discusses the basics of MIDI, synthesis and sampling, as well as music theory, effects, compression, microphone techniques and sound design.

Dance genres

This section covers techniques for producing different musical styles, including Trance, Trip Hop, Rap and House. Snoman takes a close look at the general programming principles behind drum loops, basses and leads for each genre, in addition to the programming and effects used to create the sounds.

Mixing and promotion

Snoman guides you through the art of mixing, mastering, remixing, pressing and publishing your latest masterpiece. This includes a look at how record companies operate, copyrighting your material, pressing your own records and the costs involved. Finally, guest contributors offer essential advice on DJ'ing and how to create your own website to promote your music.

The CD provides demo tracks showing what can be achieved when applying the advice contained in the book, including examples of the quality difference before and after mixing and mastering. The CD also contains free software demos for you to download.

L'auteur - Rick Snoman

Rick Snoman : Recording and live-mixing engineer (Manchester, UK) who has worked with the Happy Mondays, The Prodigy, The Stone Roses and Noel Gallagher, and has also remixed Madonna, Filter, Moby, Underworld, Boa, Massive Attack and Garbage.

Rick Snoman has been actively involved in the dance music scene since the late eighties and has produced and released numerous white labels and remixed over thirty professional artists solely for the dance floor. He has held seminars across the UK on remixing and producing club-based dance music and written numerous articles and reviews for leading music technology magazines and websites.

Sommaire

Technology and Theory
- Computers, music, MIDI and audio
- Dance music theory
- Basic synthesis
- Sampling and digital audio
- Compression, processing and effects
- Cables, mixing desks and effects busses
- Programming theory
- Recording vocals
- Tools of the trade
Dance Genres
- Trance
- Hip Hop (Rap)
- Ambient/Chill out
- House
- Techno
- Trip-hop
Mixing and Promotion
- Mixing
- Mastering
- Publishing and promotion
- Remixing and sample clearance
- Designing an audio web site
- A DJ's perspective
- Appendices

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Éditeur(s)	Focal Press
Auteur(s)	Rick Snoman
Parution	10/06/2004
Nb. de pages	510
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1160g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780240519159
ISBN13	978-0-240-51915-9