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Laptop Music

Martin Delaney

160 pp * 236 x 189 mm * ISBN 1870775 899

£12.95

Key features

* For PC and Mac
* Learn sampling and sequencing
* Get into editing and recording
* Remix and DJ with your laptop
* Perform live on stage

Are you interested in making music with your laptop computer? Maybe you already own one or are thinking about buying one.

This book shows you what you need to get music out of your laptop - covering not only composition and recording, but also live performance - the most exciting development in Œelectronic' music!

Designed to accommodate all computer platforms (including Windows, Mac, and Linux), and covering all levels from beginner to advanced, this book will help you get mobile with your music - and you don't need to have the latest cutting edge systems - we'll show you how to make the most of what you've got as well as covering high end dream systems!

With comments, advice (practical and creative), and interviews from laptop music makers - people who are already using their laptops to create music, you're sure to find something to motivate and inspire you.

Contents

Introduction
What is laptop music? What this book is for - in case you're still wondering...

1 Shopping for your laptop
What you need. What makes a music-ready laptop? Choose your OS - Windows vs Mac vs Linux. Examples of current laptops. Build to order options from music dealers. Is that old laptop up to it?

2 Listening to laptop music
Why use a laptop to listen to music at home? Software for your listening pleasure - iTunes. Accessories. What is laptop music?

3 Preparing
Protection. Insurance. Maintenance. Storage. Power tripping. David Das Live rig.

4 Doing it - with hardware and software
Doing it ... with hardware. Accessories. Joe Young, laptop composer - profile. Doing it ... with software. Sampling - in non-praise of the synthesiser. Public Loop - Ableton Live and laptops in the classroom Is there a stereotype of a laptop musician?

5 Jamming
Jam gear Jam world Jam behaviour Carver's glove interface The dos and don'ts of laptop gigs Can you have a distinctive sound with a laptop? Laptop jams in London and Brighton. Studio special.

6 Adding video
VJ interview - Agent Simon. Video capture and editing. VJ interview - DJ Guinea Pig Guano. Arkaos. VJ tips. Webcams on stage. VJ interview - Desaint. Jamming with music and video - at the same time!. At the venue isociety interaction - that's what laptops are for.

7 The laptop DJ
DJ software. DJing with Ableton Live. iTunes DJ. iPod DJ. Final scratch. Interfaces.

8 No laptop? No problem
Sequencing. Sampling Recording. Grooveboxes. Mobile phone and PDAs. GameBoy.

9 What's next for laptop music?
Tablets and touch screens. Wireless jamming. Controllers. Software. Performance. In conclusion

10 Laptop music links
Index

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