* General MIDI * Non-mathematical introduction to MIDI * Covers use of sequencers and computers * Glossary of MIDI terms.
If you want a basic down to earth introduction to MIDI and its capabilities, this is the book for you. It explains the basics of MIDI and what it can do for you, shows how computers can be used in a MIDI set-up and describes the use of sequencers in music making.
£ 4.95
216 x 138 mm * 108 pages - ISBN 1870775376
* 29 hands on projects * Unlease the full potential of your sequencer * Suitable for all software sequencers * Become a power user * Section on troubleshooting * Leading UK author.
The manual may tell you how your sequencer works, but Sequencer Secrets goes beyond any manual. In this concise, creative and intensely practical book, Ian Waugh explains how you can get the best from any software sequencer. It contains a collection of hints and tips acquired over many years of experience with a wide range of software sequencers.
£ 7.95
118 pages * 244 x 172 mm - ISBN 1870775465
* Free disk with over 50 MIDI files * Over 150 different drum patterns * Covers a wide range of musical styles * Rock, RnB, jazz, world rhythms, funk, dance * Program drum and percussion patterns * Top UK MIDI programming team.
This book will help you to program your own realistic drum and percussion patterns. Not only can you read about a pattern, or see it in a grid - but, using the MIDI files on the accompanying disk, you can hear what it sounds like as well.
£ 4.95
216 x 138 mm * 184 pages - ISBN 1870775392
* Use MIDI to go beyond simple slaving * Build a MIDI system to suit your needs * Make use of MIDI in live gig situations * Synchronise a MIDI system to multitrack * Troubleshoot when things don't work * Use MIDI pedals, gadgets and effects * Program your own MIDI utilities * Use system exclusive messages.
With this book, you'll learn how to optimise your MIDI system to give the best results for your particular setup; find out how switchers and mergers can add sophistication to your setup and how they can be used at live gigs.
