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			The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Producing Music using Samples, Loops, and MIDI By Bill Gibson Retail Price: $39.99 OUR PRICE: $32.99 Description In today’s world, hit-quality recordings require more than just excellent instrumental or vocal tracks. Simply having great material isn’t enough—to create truly compelling audio, you need to under stand and use the newest technologies to take your music to the next level. With this guide, you’ll learn how to harness the potential of your studio’s computer, hardware and software samplers, and other related technologies to create amazing productions. From the history and basics of samplers and MIDI, to the contruction and musical use of loops, this guide will help you learn how to produce unique, compelling music that sounds great. In addition, the accompanying DVD is filled with excellent instructional demonstrations that enhance the concepts in the book. Whether you work your way through all the S.M.A.R.T. Guides or simply focus on this guide to samples, loops, and MIDI, you’re on the right track to improving your artistic and technical skills, refining your production techniques, and Features Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date education on this unique area of interest within audio recording – producing music with audio samples, loops, and MIDI and other modern methods of music composition and recording. Written by one of the best-selling authors in the recording field, Bill Gibson. Addresses somewhat difficult concepts in an easy-to-understand and accessible style. To round out your learning experience, this book includes a comprehensive DVD with audio and video examples along with web links. Author Bio Bill Gibson Bill Gibson, President of Northwest Music and Recording, has spent the last 25 years writing, recording, producing and teaching music and has become well-known for his production, performance and teaching skills. As an instructor at Green River College in Auburn, WA, holding various degrees in composition, arranging, education and recording, he developed a practical and accessible teaching style which provided the basis for what was to come--15 books, a DVD, and a VHS video for MixBooks/ArtistPro along with a dozen online courses for members of ArtistPro.com. Bill’s writings are acclaimed for their straightforward and understandable explanations of recording concepts and applications.