Audio Workstation Handbook (Music Technology) [Paperback]

Francis Rumsey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 11, 1996 | Series: Music Technology

Ideal for all those needing to understand digital audio and the associated technologies used in these workstations.

Topics covered include: basic computer terminoloty; digital audio; MIDI control and computer sound cards; audio workstation principles; mass storage devices; files atransfer and networking; audio intermaces; digital video.

Francis Rumsey provides a thorough introduction to using digital audio workstations, with which it is possible to execute complete projects from initial conception, through mixing and post-production, to the final master. Sound tracks can be created and edited for films, TV, multimedia, computer games and the internet, integrated with pictures and computer data.


Understand the concepts behind audio workstation technology.

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From the Publisher

The Audio Workstation Handbook has been written for all those needing to understand digital audio and the associated technologies used in these workstations. This is the fastest growing field in the industry and requires students, operators and engineers to get to grips with previously unfamiliar topics. Today's workstations integrate high quality audio with MIDI and digital video, and detailed knowledge of these subjects is vital if the best performance is to be extracted from systems, and costly mistakes avoided. The fields of professional audio and multimedia production are converging, resulting in a need for audio engineers to learn about computer networks, file transfer, MIDI and digital video. Similarly, those involved in the computer industry need a greater understanding of high quality audio.

About the Author

Professor of Sound Recording at the University of Surrey (UK) and a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Piteå (Sweden). Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and a regular contributor to the AES Journal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press (July 11, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240514505
• ISBN-13: 978-0240514505
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,955,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Francis Rumsey was Professor at the Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey (UniS) until July 2009 and was a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Piteå, Sweden from 1998-2004. He was appointed as a research advisor in psychoacoustics to NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, in 2006. Professor Rumsey was the winner of the 1985 BKSTS Dennis Wratten Journal Award, the 1986 Royal Television Society Lecture Award, and the 1993 University Teaching and Learning Prize. He is the author of over 100 books, book chapters, papers and articles on audio, and in 1995 he was made a Fellow of the AES for his significant contributions to audio education.

Francis is actively involved with the Audio Engineering Society, as chair of the Regions and Sections Committee, and as Staff Technical Writer for the AES Journal. He is also an organist, accompanist and choral singer in the Surrey area.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, but not on everything, December 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Audio Workstation Handbook (Music Technology) (Paperback)

This book does seem to cover almost every area of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in some detail, but I did not get the information I really wanted, specifically to do with hard disk recording. Some details were a little to in-depth such as the section on how a hard disk works. It even has a diagram showing the inside of a hard disks! I don't think many people care how it works, they just want to know what to do to get it to work. But a good reference if you want a detailed source of Info on DAWs in general.