Rating: Summary: The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook Review: This book cuts to the chase. It tells you exactly what you want to know about MP3. It also how to go about it step by step without being too wordy. For people who are not technology experts, it is appealing to read and reread. Kudos to Bruce Fries and the other authors.
Rating: Summary: Th best MP3 book I've read Review: This book has everything that you need to know to get started with MP3. Lots of detailed tutorials for all major software with plenty of screen shots. Great in-depth technical information about digital audio and CDs too. I picked up lots of useful tidbits even though I've been working with digital audio for many years.
Rating: Summary: What a GREAT, HELPFUL resource! Review: This book is extremely well-written, easy to understand and helpful. Without a doubt the best resource on this subject. With this book, many doors will be opened! Thanks Bruce Fries and other contributors.
Rating: Summary: What a GREAT, HELPFUL resource! Review: This book is extremely well-written, easy to understand and helpful. Without a doubt the best resource on this subject. With this book, many doors will be opened! Thanks Bruce Fries and other contributors.
Rating: Summary: Top Notch Book on Internet Audio Review: This is an outstanding book on Internet and personal computer audio with emphasis on the MP3 audio-encoding format. It covers the whole range of online audio from the Internet or CDs as well as streaming audio.
Starting with an overview of digital music and the Internet, the book explains why there's so much excitement over MP3 and online audio, discusses how to find music on the web, and reviews Internet Radio. The authors include the best discussion of digital music and copyright law I've seen anywhere.
The chapters on how to prepare your computer for digital audio discuss everything from what software is needed to what to watch for in selecting the best computer hardware, from CD drives, speakers, sound cards, and the cables that connect these things together or with your home entertainment system.
The portion of the book on understanding digital audio contains one of the best overall discussions of how sound and digital audio technology works anywhere. Especially valuable is the discussion of the tradeoffs involved in different selections of parameters in digital audio, such as bit-rates and sampling rates.
The book wraps-up with several excellent tutorials for basic computer tasks used for digital audio. In addition, there are tutorials for common tasks using several popular computer audio software programs.
Bruce Fries is a technology consultant & writer and an Associate member of the Audio Engineering Society. He also is the founder of TeamCom, a new media publishing company. Marty Fries is an audio engineer, technology consultant, and blues pianist. His audio engineering work includes designing and building studio sound equipment systems.
This is the best-written and edited book I've read on Internet audio and streaming audio to date. It's easy to read and explains complicated terms and concepts in terms anyone who can use a computer can understand.
Throughout the book are excellent links to additional resources, as well as an extensive index of websites on the topic of Internet audio. While the focus is on MP3 and audio files (vice streaming audio), much of the information applies to Internet radio as well.
I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in working with MP3 audio files, whether beginner or experienced "ripper." I also highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in how to improve the recording, playing, or streaming of audio files from their computer. Finally, I recommend this book for anyone concerned about what is and what isn't legal in working with digital audio files.
Review by Mike Powers, Internet Radio Guide, October 1999
Rating: Summary: The Only MP3 Book You Will Need in Year 2000! Review: When you've read all of the books on MP3, "The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook" by Bruce (& Marty) Fries is the one you will come back to time after time. It's really the only one you need. It gets my vote for the one most accurate. I used it to validate all other sources for an MP3 article in the Feb 2000 issue of JAM Magazine. Dean Hampton - KC Jazz Ambassadors
Rating: Summary: The Definitive Book about MP3 and Music on the Internet Review: Whether you are new to downloadable music and streaming audio the Internet or you are already creating your own MP3 files, this book will teach you the best ways to put these revolutionary technologies to work. LEARN ABOUT: Downloadable music; Internet radio; software and hardware requirements; the digital audio technology; MP3, AAC and other formats; copyright law and digital music. LEARN HOW TO: Create and play MP3 files; record with a sound card; extract digital audio from CDs; connect your PC to a stereo; create customized playlists; burn your own CDs. FEATURES: Includes over 80 charts and illustrations; Tutorials for Audio Catalyst, CoolEdit 96, Easy CD Creator, MusicMatch Jukebox, RealJukebox and Winamp PART 1. DIGITAL MUSIC AND THE INTERNET 1. The Digital Music Revolution 2. Music on the Web 3. Digital Music Distribution 4. Internet Radio 5. Digital Music and Copyright Law PART 2. CREATING THE ULTIMATE JUKEBOX 6. Getting Started With MP3 7. Choosing the Right Software 8. Choosing the Right Hardware 9. Organizing and Playing Music 10. Connecting Your PC to Your Stereo PART3. UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL AUDIO 11. A Digital Audio Primer 12. Digital Audio Formats 13. MPEG Audio PART 4. RECORDING MUSIC ON YOUR PC 14. Hard Disk Recording 15. Digital Audio Extraction 16. Making Your Own MP3 Files 17. Editing Sound Files 18. Recording Your Own CDs PART 5. STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIALS 19. Basic Tasks 20. Software Tutorials
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