Burning down the House: Ripping, Recording, Remixing, and More!

Name: Burning down the House: Ripping, Recording, Remixing, and More!
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ISBN: 9780072228793

ISBN-10: 0072228792

ISBN-13: 9780072228793

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eliot Van Buskirk

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The author helps music fans - regardless of their tech-savviness or musical ability - create fun audio projects. They can create their own DJ set, burn a great mixed CD for a friend, make their own tune, and more.

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 5/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
That's No Computer--It's Your Music Machine	p. 1
What Is Digital Music, Precisely?	p. 2
The Attributes of a Digital Music File	p. 4
What Dogs and Children Have in Common	p. 4
Uncompressed Audio Definitions	p. 5
Streaming vs. Downloading	p. 7
Focus on Codecs	p. 8
The "Analog Hole"	p. 8
What You Need (and What You Don't)	p. 11
What You Need	p. 12
The Heart of Your Setup	p. 12
Software Necessities	p. 16
Players	p. 16
Adding Plug-Ins and Visualizations to Winamp	p. 17
Rippers	p. 18
Burners	p. 18
Wave Editors	p. 19
The Curious Saga of CDDB	p. 20
Multitrack Editors	p. 20
Loop-Based Sequencers	p. 20
DJ Software	p. 21
Live Digital Audio Applications	p. 22
Copy a CD	p. 23
Your Burner Wants a Sidekick	p. 25
Copying Dodgy CDs	p. 25
Disc Selector	p. 26
Data Should Be a Clean-Burning Fuel	p. 26
All CD-Rs Are "for Audio"	p. 26
Copying CDs with Exact Audio Copy	p. 29
Where Did EAC Come From?	p. 29
Copying a Data CD of MP3s or Other Compressed Tunes	p. 32
Labeling	p. 33
Jewel Case Labels	p. 34
Labeling the CD	p. 34
The Life of a CD	p. 34
Rip a CD	p. 35
To Encode, or Not to Encode	p. 36
Ripping to WAV	p. 36
Ripping to WAV with EAC	p. 37
Tripping About Ripping	p. 37
Multiple Copies	p. 41
Ripping to AIFF with iTunes	p. 42
Ripping to MP3	p. 43
Configuring EAC's Output to MP3	p. 45
Installing the Lame Codec	p. 45
Setting Bit Rate	p. 46
Why LAME Isn't "Lame"	p. 46
Ripping and Encoding	p. 47
Ripping to WAV and MP3	p. 48
Open-Source Ripper	p. 49
Verifying the MP3s	p. 50
Download Music	p. 51
The Straight and Narrow	p. 52
Band Sites	p. 52
Free Internet Radio and Downloads	p. 53
Be an Annoying Music Know-It-All	p. 54
Don't Have Issues; Get a Subscription	p. 54
Downloading from the "Gray Area"	p. 55
Saving Protected Audio	p. 55
Newsgroups: No Bed of Roses	p. 56
Internet Relay Chats: Primitive, Yet Effective	p. 56
FTP Ratio Sites: Under the Radar	p. 56
Viruses Fear Media	p. 56
Xochi's Delight	p. 58
P2P File-Sharing Clients and Networks	p. 58
Watch Your Step	p. 59
Centralized Equals Vulnerable	p. 60
The Freedom Fringe	p. 64
Delousing Your System of Spyware and Adware	p. 65
The Future of Downloading	p. 67
Record and Mix Live Audio	p. 69
Setup	p. 70
The Last Resort	p. 71
Sound Check	p. 72
Take It from the Top	p. 74
Editing 101	p. 75
Adding VST Effects	p. 76
Adding More Tracks	p. 76
Mixing Down Your Multitrack Recording	p. 80
Mixing Down to MP3	p. 80
Burn the Perfect Mix	p. 83
Song Selection	p. 84
Web Sites About Mixes	p. 84
Getting Clever with Compilations	p. 85
Theme Mixes	p. 86
Mixes for Specific Situations	p. 86
Preparation	p. 88
Taking Requests	p. 88
Normalization and Conversion	p. 88
Track Order Is Key	p. 89
Time to Burn	p. 90
Using EAC	p. 90
Step It Up a Notch	p. 90
Using Roxio Easy CD Creator Pro	p. 91
The Mix Is Burned	p. 94
Digitize Your Vinyl	p. 95
A Clean Connection	p. 96
Pure Digital	p. 97
The Analog RCA Output	p. 98
Analog Stereo Headphone Output	p. 99
Cables and Electromagnetic Interference	p. 99
Audiophile Systems, Alternative Configurations	p. 100
Sound Check	p. 100
Troubleshooting	p. 102
Why Phono Connections Are Different	p. 103
Setting Levels	p. 104
Recording One Side at a Time	p. 107
Zapping Pops and Hisses	p. 109
Exporting Individual Songs	p. 114
Exporting to Uncompressed WAV for CD Burning	p. 114
Exporting to MP3	p. 116
Turn Your Digital Pictures into Music Videos	p. 117
Setting Up the Software	p. 118
Alternatives for Non-Windows Users	p. 119
Balancing Songs and Images	p. 120
Lining Up Pics and Tunes	p. 121
Think Before You Send	p. 121
Importing Images	p. 122
Configuring Images	p. 123
Adding Music to the Mix	p. 124
Setting Up Transitions (or Leaving Them Alone)	p. 124
Exporting Your Creation	p. 126
Turning Off the Screensaver (if Necessary)	p. 127
Video Editing Resources	p. 128
Build a Beat and Sample Library on Your Computer	p. 129
Man vs. Machine	p. 130
What Are Samples?	p. 131
Collecting Samples	p. 131
The Legality of Sampling	p. 131
Buying Loop CD-ROMs	p. 132
Downloading Samples	p. 132
Sampling an Audio CD	p. 134
Time Signatures	p. 135
Sampling Spoken-Word Recordings	p. 137
Sampling Vinyl	p. 139
Sampling Toys, Noise-Makers, or Your Own Voice	p. 139
Organizing Your Samples	p. 139
"The Library of Babel": a Cautionary Tale	p. 140
Sorting by Tempo	p. 140
Broadcast Audio to Every Radio in Your House--Wirelessly	p. 143
The Digital Solution	p. 144
Portable FM Transmitters	p. 145
The New Underground FM	p. 145
Home FM Transmitters	p. 146
Installation	p. 147
Pranks (Intentional or Otherwise)	p. 147
Turn Out Your Own DJ Set	p. 149
Preparation Is Key	p. 150
DJ Mixing	p. 150
Mixing with Tactile 12000	p. 150
Effects, Samples, and Tricky Transitions	p. 152
Mixing with PCDJ Silver (aka MP3 Mixmaster)	p. 152
PCDJ Blue and Red (and FX)	p. 153
Keep 'Em Guessing	p. 155
Conceptual Transitions	p. 156
Pre-Fab Transitions and Effects	p. 157
The Six Degrees Mix	p. 160
Export the Songs, Spliced Together	p. 160
DJ-ing the Party	p. 160
Hooking Up to the Sound System	p. 160
Make a Self-Playing or Self-Burning CD	p. 161
Make a Self-Playing MP3 CD	p. 162
Arranging the Content	p. 163
The Incredible Disappearing Album Art	p. 164
Previewing the Mix	p. 164
Burning the Disc	p. 164
Zipping It Good	p. 165
Changing Skin	p. 165
Upload a Self-Burning CD to Your Web Site	p. 166
Obtaining Your Own Web Site	p. 166
Creating the Applet and Importing MP3s	p. 167
NetBurn Server	p. 171
Don't Click the Applet Yet!	p. 172
Create Your Own Internet Radio Station	p. 175
Creating a Launch Station	p. 176
Sculpting the Playlist	p. 176
Promoting Your LAUNCH Station	p. 178
Penny Royalty	p. 179
Program Your Own Station with Live365.com	p. 179
Setting Bit Rate and Station ID	p. 179
Fix Incorrect or Missing ID3 Tags	p. 181
Uploading and Sequencing	p. 182
Jump Through the Hoops	p. 184
Listen to Your Station	p. 185
Webcasting with Your Own Shoutcast Server	p. 185
Creating Live Broadcasts with Live365 from Your Desktop Mic	p. 185
The Open-Source Alternative	p. 186
Installing Your Own Shoutcast Server	p. 187
Webcasting and Copyright	p. 188
Firewalls and Shoutcast Servers	p. 188
Advertising and Promotion	p. 189
Close Servers Carefully	p. 190
Adding Voiceover	p. 193
Station ID	p. 194
Bounce Your Shoutcast Stream off a Dedicated Server	p. 194
Pool Your Resources	p. 195
Promoting Your Shoutcast Station	p. 195
Remixing 101	p. 197
Preparation	p. 198
Sonic Foundry Acid	p. 198
Manual Beat-Matching	p. 199
Import the Song into Acid	p. 200
Mining for Loops with Audacity	p. 204
Equalize It	p. 204
Extract Samples	p. 204
"It's Got a Good Beat, and You Can Dance To It"	p. 204
Trimming the Loops	p. 206
Import the Samples into Acid	p. 208
Add Beats and Stir	p. 211
Paint to Compose	p. 211
Icing the Cake	p. 213
Add Effects	p. 213
Sound Can Be Dry or Wet	p. 213
Tips and Tricks	p. 220
Additional Sample Ideas	p. 221
Samples and Pitch	p. 221
Sharps and Flats Have Nothing to Do with Tires	p. 222
Mad Beat Tweaking	p. 223
Chopping In and Out	p. 224
Doubling/Multiplying Beats	p. 224
Add Glitches	p. 226
Acid Pro's Chopper	p. 226
Mastering	p. 227
Additional Resources	p. 227
Create a Mash-Up Remix	p. 229
"Doing a Missy"	p. 230
Preparation	p. 231
Acquiring an A Cappella Track	p. 231
Preparing the Songs	p. 232
Quantizing Makes This All Possible	p. 232
An Easy View	p. 235
First, the Vocals	p. 238
Then, Long Instrumental Loops	p. 238
The Sky's the Limit	p. 238
Acid Tips	p. 239
Pitch Shifting	p. 239
Paint the Music	p. 239
Arrangement	p. 239
Response to "A Stroke of Genius"	p. 241
Mastering and Mixing Down	p. 241
Titling Your Creation	p. 241
Additional Resources	p. 241
Legal Considerations	p. 243
The Rights of a Copyright Holder	p. 243
The Right to Reproduce the Work	p. 244
The Right to Make Derivative Works Based on the Original Work	p. 244
The Right to Distribute the Work	p. 244
The Right to Perform a Work Publicly	p. 244
The Right to Display the Work Publicly	p. 245
The Right to Transmit Digitally	p. 245
Fair Use	p. 245
Glossary	p. 247
Index	p. 255
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