Computer Audio Production Tutorial: Using COOL EDIT PRO

Author: Zhang Chi
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Publishing House
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Whether you are a professional or amateur music producer, you hope to establish a recording system in your own studio to create various styles of music you love. Hardware recording equipment often requires significant financial investment, but with the development of computer technology today, many functions of traditional hardware can be achieved. This allows us to complete recording and audio editing work with less financial investment by relying more on computers. With the rapid development of software, computers have become increasingly powerful in recording and editing, and their operation is also very convenient. They enable us to easily cut, transpose, change the speed, equalize, add effects, and mix various music materials (including MIDI, WAVE, and real-time recordings). This book starts by analyzing the computer music creation process and introducing the basic concepts of digital music, with a focus on CoolEdit Pro 2 software, to elaborate in detail on how to record and process audio, as well as post-mixing and synthesis. The book is divided into 4 parts, 13 chapters, and 3 appendices.
Part "Introduction" includes: the concept of computer music production, "My Music Studio";
Part "Waveform Single-Track Editing Window" includes: the composition of the interface, menu items, toolbars, and operational tips;
Part "Multi-Track Mixing Window" includes: the composition of the interface, menu items, multi-track toolbars, and operational tips;
Part "Comprehensive Practice" includes: production concept and material analysis, production steps, and the final synthesis.
Facing a large number of professional physical acoustic terms, this book explains them as simply as possible.
"Q&A" answers common problems in production, and "Operational Examples" guides readers step by step through practical production.
This book is suitable for music majors in higher education and secondary art schools (including computer music production, composition, music editing, music education, etc.), as well as broadcasting and dance majors as a basic textbook. It can also serve as self-study material for music enthusiasts. The CD included with the book contains demonstration files related to the examples in the book.