The Illustrated Home Recording Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Making Music on Your Computer - Softcover

This highly successful book from 2004 has now been brought fully up to date. If you are interested in making music on your computer, then this is for you. You can start from scratch with the basics on software, recording methods and mixing techniques, and then move on to the exhaustive reference section covering resources and technical information, with in-depth studies of software, effects and equipment. There is also advice on how to distribute and promote recordings, releasing music, organizing gigs and legal and copyright issues.

Sonic Boom: Founding member of the cult band Spaceman 3, Sonic Boom released several critically acclaimed LPs in the early 1980s. He has continued to stretch the boundaries of his trade with Spectrum and Experimental Audio Research. Lauded by many as a founder of the 'Lo-fi' music trend, his projects have always used many unusual and experimental aspects of music technology in order to capture the essence of his work. Rusty Cutchin is a musician, recording engineer, producer and journalist. As a journalist he has been technical editor of Guitar One, associate editor of Electronic Musician and editor-in-chief of Home Recording Magazine. As a recording engineer he has worked on records by artists including Mariah Carey, Richie Sambora and Yoko Ono. He has been a consulting editor and contributor to several Flame Tree books.