Apple Pro Training Series: Soundtrack

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Features

Start-to-finish coverage–Coverage ranges from mastering the Soundtrack interface to using Apple Loops, mixing and scoring to complex effects.

~Gives students a solid foundation in both Soundtrack technique and the fundamentals of music composition and editing. 

Eight hours of hands-on exercises, plus review questions at the end of every chapter–Gives students hands-on practice with every significant Soundtrack composition and editing task.

~Provides constant feedback and reinforcement to ensure that students understand what they are learning.

Dozens of tips and tricks–Offers practical tips and tricks for more effective composition and editing.

~Teaches students advanced skills they would otherwise have to discover for themselves through lengthy trial and error.

By Mary Plummer, award-winning screenwriter–Authored by an expert with an exceptionally deep understanding of the critical role music plays in virtually every successful video, DVD, or Web project.

~Helps students connect the skills they’re learning to the video, DVD, or Web projects they will be creating music for.

Description

Got a mouse and a keyboard? Then you're ready to start making beautiful music with Apple's Soundtrack music arrangement software and this hands-on guide. With Soundtrack, you don't need to pay a composer or fork out royalty payments to start creating perfectly synched scores in no time. All you need, in fact, is this hands-on, Apple-certified guide, and you can begin taking advantage of Soundtrack's more than 4,000 audio loops and dozens of audio effects in your own video, DVD, and Web projects immediately. In this book/DVD combo, you'll find a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of Soundtrack--from employing its interface to the secrets of creating original music, finding matching parts, mixing tracks, scoring to video, adding effects, and more. Step-by-step exercises, hands-on lessons, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a DVD crammed with lesson files--plus dozens of composing tricks and loads of advanced editing tips--make this the place to master Soundtrack.

Downloads

Downloads

Click on the link below to download a folder containing a trial version of Apple's Soundtrack software.

Soundtrack: Trial Version

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Getting Started.

Lesson 1. Working with the Interface.

Lesson 2. Arranging a Song.

Lesson 3. Editing, Mixing, and Effects.

Lesson 4. Creating and Exporting a Temporary Score.

Lesson 5. Using Advanced Editing and Mixing Techniques.

Lesson 6. Scoring Techniques for Multimedia Projects.

Lesson 7. Distributing and Managing Soundtrack Files.

Lesson 8. Recording Audio in Soundtrack.

Lesson 9. Using the Soundtrack Loop Utility.

Appendix. Apple Professional Products Integration.

Index.

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