Description

Whether you're an independent musician or recording hobbyist, "Sound Forge Power!" helps you use the Sound Forge music editing software to your advantage. This is the first book to deal exclusively with Sound Forge and Sound Forge XP. Author Scott Garrigus offers a comprehensive resource for musicians who want to begin recording, editing, and producing immediately. With this book you will learn how to optimize your system for music editing, how to use special effects, how to record and play in multiple formats, how to burn files to a CD, and much more. Explore and release your musical creativity with "Sound Forge Power!"

Features

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - MIDI and Digital Audio Basics
Chapter 2 - Getting Started with Sound Forge
Chapter 3 - Customizing Sound Forge
Chapter 4 - Working with Audio Files
Chapter 5 - Getting Around in Sound Forge
Chapter 6 - Recording and Playback
Chapter 7 - Editing Basics
Chapter 8 - Exploring the Processing Functions
Chapter 9 - Effects - The Really Cool Stuff
Chapter 10 - Additional Audio Tools
Chapter 11 - Producing for Multimedia and the Web
Chapter 12 - Using Sound Forge with MIDI
Chapter 13 - Sound Forge and Sampling
Appendix A: Using Sound Forge with ACID
Appendix B: Burning Your Files to CD
Appendix C: Backing Up Your Files
Appendix D: Sound Forge Resources on the Web

Author Bio

Scott Garrigus
Scott R. Garrigus has been involved with music and computers since he was 12 years old. After graduating from high school, he went on to earn a B.A. in music performance with an emphasis in sound recording technology at UMass, Lowell. In 1993, he released his first instrumental album on cassette, entitled Pieces Of Imagination. In 1995, he began his professional writing career when his first article appeared in Electronic Musician magazine. In 2000, he authored his first book, Cakewalk Power! This was the first book to deal exclusively with the Cakewalk Pro Audio, Guitar Studio, and Home Studio software applications. In 2001, his second book, Sound Forge Power!, which was the first book to deal exclusively with Sonic Foundry’s Sound Forge audio editing software, was published. Also in 2001, his third book, Sonar Power!, which was the first book to deal exclusively with Cakewalk’s Sonar software, was published. In 2002, his fourth and fifth books, Sonar 2 Power! and Sound Forge 6 Power!, were published. Today, Garrigus continues to contribute articles to a number of print and online publications.

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