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Summary: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Review: Finally, a friendly, huggable book that answers embarrassing questions like how to "Digitize Your Vinyl" and "Remixing 101." Most of us pretend that we know how to do this stuff, but now we can actually know instead. No one this experienced is addressing what people really do when they remix and make music online and then broadcast it to the world. It's an intelligent and fun read, told with humor and best of all, soul. Take Van Buskirk's dedication for instance: "To anyone who's ever made something because they wanted to." I mean, come on!
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Summary: For Experts <i>and<i> amateurs
Review: I do a lot of digital audio work and there's a ton of info in here for me. That shouldn't scare off anyone who wants to start up and doesn't know that much. The book is excellent for experts and newbies. Mr. Van Buskirk knows his stuff and he's an excellent writer. I couldn't recommend this book more highly. If you want to start up, or brush up on your old techniques, and even learn a few new ones, this is the book.
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Summary: The Mash-Up is a form of Revolution and Resistance
Review: I highly encourge anyone to get this book and use the information within to take control of the data that you own for your own personal means.
To merely make a backup copy, to save a damaged CD, or to make your own re-mixes or mash-ups!
I fully believe that the mash-up is a new work and not simply a derivitive work, that inspires revolution and pushes further the creativity in our culture, the mash-up is revolution, resistance and original, oh yeah and fun as hell!
Get the book.
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Summary: Lots of great info...
Review: This book is a must for those interested in digital audio. It definitely gives the novice computer audiophile a ton of great basic info to get started, but at the same time has loads of great tips and tricks for more experienced users like myself.
It's written in an easy to read, fun style... rather than too technical and boring like so many other computer oriented books.
And the software he mentions and uses as examples throughout are all open-source, which means free.... so you don't already have to have some expensive software package before you can start making remixes, burning cd's, etc....
Anyway, definitely a good book and well worth the money
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Summary: good format
Review: this book is insightful and well organized. it covers everything i was looking for and more. instead of just the concepts, it uses real-world projects that you can follow along. i find that very helpful when learning about new technologies. i especially liked the fact that most of the examples used free software (and open source where possible). the only way it would have been better is if it was bundled with the Acid software! i recommend this book to novices and more advanced users alike.
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Summary: good format
Review: this book is insightful and well organized. it covers everything i was looking for and more. instead of just the concepts, it uses real-world projects that you can follow along. i find that very helpful when learning about new technologies. i especially liked the fact that most of the examples used free software (and open source where possible). the only way it would have been better is if it was bundled with the Acid software! i recommend this book to novices and more advanced users alike.
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Summary: Very Nice!
Review: This is a must buy for any newbie and intermediate level digital music enthusiast. i found his book to be chock full of info that i hadn't known.
Now my digital music life is much easier. Thank you! mr. van buskirk
BTW.. please check out his column on c-net, also very helpful.
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Summary: Know more than you ever thought you could...
Review: You'll feel accomplished, smart and capable. Van Buskirk knows what he's writing about and makes you feel like you can do everything as well as a professional. His writing is thoughtful and well-written and extremely entertaining at the same time. Buy this book! It will change how you think about your music.
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