Cutting Edge Web Audio [Paperback]

Ron Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 1998

This book covers everything you need to know to deploy high-quality audio on the Web -- from content creation to choosing formats, and beyond. Cutting Edge Web Audio addresses every significant technology now available for audio on the Web, with detailed tutorials and practical advice on what works best in each application. Coverage includes RealAudio, Shockwave audio, Liquid Audio, QuickTime, MIDI, ProTools 4.0 and more. The book comes with extensive trial software, plus high-quality royalty-free music and sound files you can use in your own Web site or multimedia production. Not just for traditional Web developers -- also for musicians, home hobbyists and everyone else interested in audio on the Web!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Ron Simpson has produced a comprehensive volume on everything concerning Web audio. In a technical book that is remarkably compact, he covers the various sound formats and how to convert among them, the major plug-ins and how to use them, how to create files, what the browser wars mean for audio, how to get the highest possible recording quality, and the process of hiring and recording voice talent. He even manages to include a section on the legalities of copyrights and how to stay out of trouble.

Best of all, Simpson explains the subject in a simple, engaging manner for intermediate users while providing useful information for those experienced in interactive Web-site production. He assumes a basic knowledge of Web-site creation and focuses on what makes for sound design using the state-of-the-art tools. While most companion CD-ROMs are mere add-ons, his is an important part of the book. It features the files for working with the book's 50 tutorials, as well as a variety of demos, shareware, and even numerous audio files that can be used on Web sites and in multimedia presentations free of charge. --Elizabeth Lewis

About the Author

Ron Simpson, Jr. is owner, principal composer, sound designer and Pro Tools editor/author at Southwest Digital Music, Phoenix, AZ, a leading specialist in music and sound design for interactive media.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (March 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130807532
• ISBN-13: 978-0130807533
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,242,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thorough, extremely helpful guide - the best I've found!, March 5, 1999

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This review is from: Cutting Edge Web Audio (Paperback)

This is BY FAR the most thorough book on web audio, and I have a half dozen on the shelf. This is also the only book I've found that covers recording voices at length - a topic far more applicable to those of us who create business-to-business web sites (most books only talk about music).

I e-mailed the author with some questions after reading one of the chapters, and he responded within 24 hours. He sent me his phone number and we talked for over an hour one day! You can't ask for a better resource.

The reviewer from Russia must not have read the same book I did - who cares about HTML? If you've bought this book, you already know how to create web pages. Smells like a hatchet job by some jealous competitor to me ........

5.0 out of 5 stars If you create audio for the web then get this book!, June 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cutting Edge Web Audio (Paperback)

This is an excellent collection of tips, techniques and resources for creating web based audio content. It introduced me to several new tools and options that I did not know about and is worth owning.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book to get!!!!, February 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cutting Edge Web Audio (Paperback)

Ron Simpson has written a great book for web audio information. Ron is an expert in the field and this book give a good overview of whats going on as well and detailed easy to understand directions and insights into the major web audio applications. If you use web audio you can use this book.