Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production, Second Edition: A Practical Guide to Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production\rA Practical Guide to Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase......Page 2
Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Copyright\r......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
Basic Studio Information......Page 11
Setting Up Your Production Space: The Project Studio......Page 12
The Music Equipment......Page 13
MIDI Equipment and MIDI Messages......Page 15
Channel Voice Messages......Page 18
Channel Mode Messages......Page 23
System Real-Time Messages......Page 25
System Exclusive Messages......Page 26
Sound Module......Page 27
Software Synthesizers......Page 28
Sequencers: An Overview......Page 31
Which Controller?......Page 32
Sound Palette......Page 35
The Software Synthesizer-Only Studio......Page 38
Daisy Chain Setup......Page 39
Star Network Setup......Page 42
The Audio Equipment......Page 43
Mixing Board and Monitors......Page 44
Computer and Audio Connections......Page 47
Audio Interface Inputs and Outputs......Page 51
Audio Interface Connections......Page 53
Software and Audio Interface Compatibility......Page 56
Which Digital Audio Workstation?......Page 57
Which Features Suit You Best?......Page 58
Other Factors to Consider......Page 61
What About the Computer?......Page 63
Final Considerations and Budget Issues......Page 65
Exercises......Page 66
The Sequencer: Concepts and Review......Page 69
How a Sequencer Works and How It Is Organized......Page 70
MIDI Tracks......Page 73
Audio Tracks......Page 75
Organizing Your Projects......Page 78
Flight-Check Before Take-off!......Page 79
The First Session: Click Track And Tempo Setup......Page 80
Who Plays the Metronome?......Page 81
Recording MIDI Tracks......Page 82
The Graphic Editor......Page 86
Level of Undos......Page 87
The List Editor......Page 88
Basic Principles of MIDI Note Quantization......Page 89
Audio Track Basics......Page 93
Destructive and Nondestructive Audio Editing......Page 94
Playing it Nice with the Other Tracks......Page 96
Static Automation......Page 99
Dynamic Mix: Real-Time Automation......Page 101
Editing Automation Data......Page 102
Practical Applications of Automation......Page 104
Volume Automation......Page 105
Pan Automation......Page 106
Exporting and Importing Your Work: Standard MIDI Files......Page 107
Summary......Page 108
Exercises......Page 109
Groove Quantization and the “Humanize” Function......Page 111
Quantization Filters......Page 112
Swing Quantization......Page 117
Groove Quantization......Page 118
Layering of MIDI Tracks......Page 120
Alternative MIDI Track Editing Techniques: The Drum Editor......Page 124
Guitar/Bass-to-MIDI Converters......Page 128
MIDI Drums and Pads......Page 129
Complex Tempo Tracks: Tempo and Meter Changes......Page 131
Creative Use of Tempo Changes......Page 134
Tempo Changes and Audio Tracks......Page 138
Time-Stretching Audio Files......Page 139
Setting Up ReWire......Page 142
Synchronization......Page 146
Synchronization of Nonlinear Machines......Page 147
Sequencer Setup for MC and MTC Synchronization......Page 150
Safeguard Your Work: Back it Up!......Page 151
Backup and Archive......Page 152
How to Calculate the Size of a Session......Page 154
Summary......Page 155
Exercises......Page 156
Custom Groove Creation......Page 159
Editing a Groove......Page 160
Audio to MIDI Groove Creation......Page 162
Audio Quantization......Page 167
Advanced MIDI Editors......Page 172
“Offline” Global MIDI Data Transformers......Page 173
“Real-Time” MIDI Effects......Page 182
“Insert” Effects......Page 186
“Send” Effects......Page 187
SysEx Custom Consoles......Page 190
SysEx “MIDI Dump” Function......Page 192
Summary......Page 195
Exercises......Page 197
Rhythm Section: Overview......Page 199
The Piano......Page 200
The Guitar......Page 203
The Bass......Page 205
Drums and Percussion......Page 206
Sequencing Strings......Page 208
Sonorities and Sound Libraries......Page 210
Panning and Reverb Settings......Page 213
Wind Instruments: Overview......Page 215
The Brass Section: The Trumpet and the Flugelhorn......Page 216
The French Horn......Page 217
Sequencing Brass: Libraries, Pan, and Reverb......Page 218
The Saxophones......Page 219
The Clarinets......Page 221
The Oboe and the English Horn......Page 222
Synthesizers: Overview......Page 223
Hardware and Software Synthesizers......Page 224
Analog Subtractive Synthesis......Page 226
Additive Synthesis......Page 228
Frequency Modulation Synthesis......Page 229
Sampling......Page 230
Physical Modeling Synthesis......Page 231
Summary......Page 233
Exercises......Page 237
Introduction......Page 239
Rendering MIDI Tracks for Hardware Synthesizers......Page 240
Rendering MIDI Tracks for Software Synthesizers......Page 243
Track Organization and Submixes......Page 244
Panning......Page 247
Frequency Placement......Page 248
Reverberation and Ambience Effects......Page 249
Specific Reverb Settings for DP, CU, LP, and PT......Page 251
Synthesized Reverbs......Page 252
Convolution Reverbs......Page 257
Equalization......Page 259
Equalizers in DP, CU, PT, and LP......Page 263
Dynamic Effects: Compressor, Limiter, Expander, and Gate......Page 266
Dynamic Effects in DP, PT, CU, and LP......Page 268
Bounce to Disk......Page 272
Audio File Formats......Page 275
Premastering: Introduction......Page 279
The Premastering Process: To Normalize or Not?......Page 280
Multiband Compression......Page 281
The Limiter......Page 284
Summary......Page 287
Exercises......Page 289
SMPTE: Synchronization of Linear to Nonlinear Machines......Page 291
Synchronizing and Working with Nonlinear Video Media......Page 295
Video Syncing in DP, LP, CU, and PT......Page 296
Adding a “Two-Beep”......Page 301
Beat-Based Markers......Page 302
Time-Code-Based Markers......Page 303
Bouncing to Movie......Page 306
STEM Creation......Page 309
Summary......Page 314
Exercises......Page 316
Further Reading\r......Page 317
Index......Page 319