| This book is for anyone who wants to record music at home that sounds as good as some project studio productions. The emphasis is on using a home computer as the central part of the recording studio, a few reasonably priced software applications, and carefully chosen sound equipment. The book takes the reader from start to finish -- from concept to final publication via traditional distributed media and the Internet.
Much more than a guide to recording MP3s on CD-ROM, this guide addresses how to build a home studio with audio software and get the best sound out of one's voice, guitar, drums, keyboard, etc. A home recording artist and software architect, Milstead excels at explaining recording, mixing, and promoting music online. His potential audience is very wide both amateur and professional musicians as well as adventurous computer users will find that he hits all the right notes. Although much of this information is available on the web for free, Milstead does a great job of wrapping it all together. Recommended.
About the Author
Ben Milstead has been tinkering with the home recording puzzle for two decades. He has set up numerous home recording studios and recorded his own music for years. His most recent project is the Daisies, a pop-folk-rock band on the independent Regress label, which was recorded using three different home studios. By day, he architects studio software applications as well as Web sites for SoundMAX. Milstead has also served as an editor for "Cakewalk Power!" and "Sound Forge Power!" |
