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“robert toft”

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  • With Passionate Voice

    Re-Creative Singing in Sixteenth-Century England and Italy

    by Robert Toft ...
    Musicians in the 16th century had a vastly different understanding of the structure and performance of music than today's performers. In order to transform inexpressively notated music into passionate declamation, Renaissance singers treated scores freely, and it was expected that each would personalize the music through various modifications, which included ornamentation. Their role was one of ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Recording Classical Music

    by Robert Toft ...
    Recording Classical Music presents the fundamental principles of digitally recording and editing acoustic music in ambient spaces, focusing on stereo microphone techniques that will help musicians understand how to translate "live" environments into recorded sound.The book covers theory and the technical aspects of recording from sound source to delivery: the nature of soundwaves and their ... Read more

    Was $52.99 USD Now $44.99 USD

  • Bel Canto

    A Performer's Guide

    by Robert Toft ...
    Bel canto, or 'beautiful singing,' remains one of the most elusive performance styles vocalists strive to master. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, composers routinely left the final shaping of recitatives, arias, and songs to performers, and singers treated scores freely so that inexpressively notated music could be turned into passionate declamation. In other words, vocalists ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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  • How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis

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  • Audio Engineering: Know It All

    by Douglas Self, Ben Duncan, Ian Sinclair, Richard Brice, John Linsley Hood, Andrew Singmin, Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, John Watkinson ...
    Series Book 1 - Newnes Know It All
    The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf! Audio engineers need to master a wide area of topics in order to excel. The Audio Engineering Know It All covers every angle, including ... Read more

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  • HP Prime Guide Algebra Fundamentals

    HP Prime Revealed and Extended

    by Larry S Schroeder ...
    Series series HP Prime Innovation in Education Series
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  • Understanding Audio

    Getting the Most Out of Your Project or Professional Recording Studio

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    (Berklee Guide). Understanding Audio explores the fundamentals of audio and acoustics that impact every stage of the music recording process. Whether you are a musician setting up your first Pro Tools project studio, or you are a seasoned recording engineer or producer eager to find a reference that fills in the gaps in your understanding of audio, this book is for you. Understanding Audio will ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Creating Sounds from Scratch

    A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

    by Andrea Pejrolo, Scott B. Metcalfe ...
    Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog ... Read more

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  • Complete Audio Mastering: Practical Techniques

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  • Synthesizer Explained

    The Essential Basics of Synthesis You Must Know as a Digital Music Producer (Electronic Music and Sound Design for Beginners: Oscillators, Filters, Envelopes & LFOs)

    by Screech House ...
    MASTER YOUR SYNTHESIZER AND BECOME A REAL MUSICIAN TODAYEasily learn how to make your own sounds and kickstart your career in music production- No experience needed- Excellent for beginners- Learn from home- Use your own synthesizer- Explore at your own paceSound synthesisWithout sounds, music could not exist. Therefore, great sound design is the bread and butter of any successful... ... Read more

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  • Refining Sound

    A Practical Guide to Synthesis and Synthesizers

    by Brian K. Shepard ...
    Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of learning to create sounds on a synthesizer is understanding what all the individual synthesizer components contribute to the complex finished sound. Author and veteran synthesizer instructor Brian K. Shepard draws on his years of experience in synthesizer ... Read more

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