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Midi for the Professional
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Author: Paul Lehrman, Tim Tully
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 0825613744
Publisher: Music Sales Corp (1993)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 77,994
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
A musician from Los Angeles
This is the clearest and most complete book on MIDI there is...and I've tried them all. The authors explain even the most tweaky tech stuff clearly, without repetition or ambiguity. The book is essential because it doesn't focus on specific products--which go in and out of favor--but teaches you the capabilities of the technology itself. So whether you're shopping for a sequencer or an interface, you know what you need and how to evaluate the products out there now. These guys have been writing about electronic music for years and they're two of the very best. They give you everything you need to work effectively with MIDI.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Still a great reference.
Although it's showing its age, and it doesn't cover a lot of new developments like sound cards and virtual synths, this is still an extremely valuable book for anyone who wants to understand what MIDI is all about. In this age of loops, samples, and digital everything, MIDI doesn't have the high profile it used to, but it's still in almost universal use by musicians and studios -- even by people who don't know they're using it -- and a good technical understanding of it is really important. This book is still the best source around for that kind of information, so it's no surprise that dozens of college-level courses use it as a standard text. The writing is clear, concise, and often funny -- these guys are two of the best and most experienced writers in the business. You want to know about MIDI? Get this book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Terrible
Totally outdated, this work teaches nothing. Rambling, disorganized and often repetitive, the authors do not know how to write at all. Totally focused on a few software titles, the Apple platform, and having no information on MIDI for internal sound cards, the book is worthless to current readers.
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