Publication date: 1998-12-01
Dewey code: 006.7
List Price: $65.00
Price: $64.97
Review On a Silver Platter: CD-ROMs and the Promises of a New Technology / NYU Press:When the new medium of CD-ROMs emerged, industry figures and critics alike proclaimed their virtually unlimited potential. Adapting material from well-established media like television and film, CD-ROMs have quickly transformed genres such as science fiction and horror. At the same time, the realities of actual CD-ROMs often fall short of their utopian visions. On a Silver Platter marks a "coming of age" for CD-ROMs as a commercially and aesthetically significant medium demanding critical attention. Greg Smith brings together media scholars such as Lisa Cartwright, Henry Jenkins, Janet Murray, and Scott Bukatman to analyze how CD-ROMs offer alternatives to familiar places—to museums, to cities, and especially to classrooms. Examining specific CD-ROM titles, including, Sim City, Civilization, and Phantasmagoria, the contributors argue that CD-ROMs are complex texts worthy of close consideration, both for how they have changed our understanding of space and genre, and for how they will impact the development of future media. By examining particular CD-ROM texts and contexts, On a Silver Platter probes this new medium for insight and understanding into the current state of multimedia and into the future of technology.
Edition: 4
Publication date: 2003-12-29
Dewey code: 778.593
List Price: $45.95
Price: $45.95
Review The Avid Handbook : Intermediate Techniques, Strategies, and Survival Information for Avid Editing Systems, 4th Edition / Focal Press:The Avid Handbook caters to video editors bordering on intermediate who are ready to unleash the full power of the Avid but don't know where to start. Rather than focusing on arcane keystrokes, the book teaches production procedures, the real key for getting a job done. Time saving, shortcuts, and strategies are emphasized, and the author tackles such real-world problems as set up, keeping a facility running, minimizing crashing, and troubleshooting head on. Bayes has helped thousands to avoid downtime and maximize creative time. * Intermediate techniques for the Avid Xpress, Avid Xpress DV, Media Composer, and Symphony * Emphasis on workflow strategies, configuration, troubleshooting, and administration * Helps maximize creative time and eliminate downtime.
Edition: 2
Publication date: 1997-01-10
Dewey code: 786.74
List Price: $50.95
Price: $40.76
Review Sound Synthesis and Sampling, Second Edition / Focal Press:Sound Synthesis and Sampling is all about the principles of electronic musical instruments. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all the most common forms of analog and digital sound synthesis, as well as covering many of the less commonly encountered techniques used in research and academia. Written in an almost entirely non-mathematical fashion, and extensively illustrated with clear diagrams, this book will make an ideal reference for students of music technology, audio engineering and acoustics, as well as for enthusiasts, musicians, engineers and multimedia specialists. Questions are provided at the ends of chapters for revision purposes, and a substantial glossary explains a wide range of related terms. Time-lines show key events in the history of synthesis and examples are given of commercial products that employ the technology described. Learn the underlying principles and practical techniques of synthesis and sampling Information is designed in layers and with a non-mathematical approach, so to be accessible to students at all levels Questions are provided at the end of each chapter to aid learning/teaching.
Creator: Adobe Systems
Edition: Pap/Dvdr
Publication date: 2007-01-30
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $49.95
Price: $37.96
Review Encore DVD 2.0 (Medios Digitales Y Creatividad / Digital Media and Creativity) / Anaya Multimedia:
Authors
- M.M. Sondhi
- S.L. Gay
- T. Gänsler
- J. Benesty
- D.R. Morgan
Publication date: 2001-05-11
Dewey code: 621.38224
List Price: $115.00
Price: $86.06
Review Advances in Network and Acoustic Echo Cancellation (Digital Signal Processing) / Springer:This book brings together many advanced topics in network and acoustic echo cancellation which are aimed towards enhancing the echo cancellation performance of next-generation telecommunication systems. The general subject nature relates to algorithms with increased convergence speed, improved detection of double-talk from near-end speech, robust immunity to undetected double-talk, increased computational efficiency, and multi-channel capability. The resulting compendium provides a coherent treatment of such topics not found otherwise in journals or other books. The chapters are related with a common terminology, but still can be read independently.
Publication date: 2007-04-13
Price: $38.99
Review iPod pedia / Macmillan Computer Pub:
Publication date: 2004-04-28
Dewey code: 620
List Price: $48.95
Price: $39.16
Review Audio Programming for Interactive Games / Focal Press:Martin Wilde's cutting-edge exploration of the creative potential of game audio systems addresses the latest working methods of those involved in creating and programming immersive, interactive and non-linear audio for games. The book demonstrates how the game programmer can create an software system which enables the audio content provider (composer/sound designer) to maintain direct control over the composition and presentation of an interactive game soundtrack. This system (which is platform independent) is described step-by-step in Wilde's approachable style with illuminating case studies, all source codes for which are provided on the accompanying CD-Rom which readers can use to develop their own audio engines. As a programmer with experience of developing sound and music software engines for computer game titles on a multitude of platforms who is also an experienced musician, Martin Wilde is uniquely placed to address individuals approaching game audio from various levels and areas of expertise. Game audio programmers will learn how to achieve enable even better audio soundtracks and effects, while musicians who want to capitalise on this shift in roles will gain a greater appreciation of the technical issues involved, so enhancing their employment prospects. Students of game design can practice these skills by building their own game audio engines based on the source code provided. * Learn from an expert: the author brings a unique perspective to this subject from his experience as both a programmer and a musician* Develop your own game audio engines: the book and accompanying CD-ROM provide easy-to-follow instructions and coding which you can apply to your own game and multi-media projects* Keep up with the latest working practices in this rapidly evolving industry with this essential guide for both game audio programmers and audio artists.
Publication date: 1999-10
Price: $42.10
Review Music 2000 (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) / Prima Games:
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2006-03-03
Dewey code: 778.52350285
List Price: $51.95
Price: $40.46
Review Avid Editing, Third Edition: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users / Focal Press:Avid Editing is a comprehensive guide covering Avid Xpress Pro, XPress Pro HD, and Xpress DV. Due to the similarity of Avid's interface across product lines, it is also relevant for Media Composer and other systems. Suitable for beginning editors or experienced editors new to the Avid, the book provides step-by-step instructions for hundreds of editing tasks in jargon-free terms. The chapters guide you through an editing project, while the accompanying DVD provides narrative footage to download for immediate, hands-on practice. The book can be read and studied at home, or while sitting in front of an Avid, following the book's step-by-step instructions. More than a software manual, this book delves into general editing techniques, principles, and pitfalls. The author is an experienced teacher who will help you master the Avid as well as improve your overall editing skills. This edition covers working with HD, the 16:9 widescreen, and the powerful Script Integration tool. In addition, there's new coverage of the issues facing indie filmmaker who is trying to decide how to go from the DV stage (shooting on mini-DV or DVCAM formats) to theatrical distribution. As well, there is new material on using Avid in PAL regions. [+]* Focuses on Avid Xpress Pro, Xpress Pro HD, Xpress DV, and Media Composer but relevant to all Avid systems* Companion DVD includes footage to edit to provide the hands-on experience you need* Teaches HD, HDV, and 24P workflows* Over 500 images and screen captures clearly illustrate principles.
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2004-03-19
Dewey code: 778.5930285536
List Price: $50.95
Price: $40.76
Review Editing with Final Cut Pro 4: An Intermediate Guide to Setup and Editing Workflow / Focal Press:Whether you've mastered the basics of Final Cut Pro and want to take your skills to the next level, or if you're a video editor new to Final Cut Pro and looking to put your own system together, this book is for you. Written by "chawla," a Final Cut Pro guru and veteran moderator on 2-Pop/Creative Cow, this book covers the interface basics and workflow but goes beyond to address intermediate techniques and timesaving tips for professional results. Roberts does not assume you have an IT staff on hand and therefore goes into crucial issues of set up, configuration, consumer advice on hardware purchasing, and troubleshooting. Equally valuable is coverage of working with formats such as standard definition, uncompressed, and FireWire DV. * An intermediate-level book designed to meet the needs of editors coming from other editing systemsas well as newer Final Cut Pro editors ready to take the next step in editing technique and in hardware upgrade* Explores Final Cut Pro's functionality from every angle, from drag-and-drop mouse use to speedy, old-school keyboard-only, showing multiple methods to accomplish each task, and when to use each* Covers requirements and jargon-free specifications for working with popular formats such as FireWire DV and the increasingly affordable standard definition uncompressed; written for those looking to upgrade.
Edition: CD-Rom
Publication date: 1996-05-01
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $75.00
Price: $52.81
Review Escher Interactive CD Rom / Harry N Abrams:A gallery of some 600 images by M. C. Escher, the Dutch graphic artist whose intricate division of a plane into interlocking geometric forms baffled even some mathematicians. As a student, he was an utter failure at math, but as an artist, his perspective was brilliant and spellbinding. Supplemented with an audio and video narrative by Escher's son George and biographer Doris Schattschneider, the disk follows the artist's development from his early linocut of a skull in 1917, to the dramatically magical "Ghosts," created shortly before his death.
Publication date: 1992-10-16
Dewey code: 780
List Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00
Review Interactive Music Systems - CD-ROM: Programming Examples (CD-Rom for Macintosh) / The MIT Press:This supplement to Interactive Music Systems contains audio and program examples that document a variety of systems and the music they produce. An extensive library of Macintosh software allows the user to experiment with or adapt existing interactive systems. Some parts of the library require the presence of underlying software environments, such as SrnallTalk, LISP, or Opcode's Max Language. The program discussed most extensively on interactive music systems, Robert Rowe's Cypher, will run on any Macintosh computer.
Creator: Heather Kennedy
Publication date: 1998-04-01
Dewey code: 006.696
List Price: $59.95
Price: $59.95
Review Strata StudioPro Workbook II, 3D Production FX : 3D Modeling, Animation, Video Editing / Sharon Rose Pub:
Publication date: 2001-10
Dewey code: 778.52350285
List Price: $57.95
Price: $40.99
Review Video Editing with Avid: Media Composer, Symphony, Xpress / Focal Press:This is the first comprehensive guide to editing on Avid from a PAL standpoint, also including NTSC information where appropriate, making this book a worldwide manual. If you are already using Media Composer, Symphony, or Xpress and want to improve and consolidate your basic methods, or if you need to learn these systems from scratch, then this book is for you. This invaluable reference source explains, from beginner to intermediate level, the similarities and differences of these three packages and will ensure you get the most out of your Avid system. Based on his experience as a film and video editor and trainer, Roger Shufflebottom imparts all the information you need in a clear, accurate and easy to follow format. He provides a comprehensive guide to all the main editing tools of Media Composer, Symphony and Xpress. The text covers Media Composer versions 7-10, Xpress versions 2-4, and Symphony versions 1-3. Extra information is also included on Media Composer version 10. 5, Symphony version 3. 5 and Xpress version 4. 5. [+]Specific Apple Mac and Windows NT information is included. Moving beyond basic editing, 2D effects, 3D effects and graphic import are explained in detail. By working through the text you will be able to complete an Avid project competently and intuitively and you will learn some efficient and powerful working techniques. Roger Shufflebottom has been an editor since 1974, began training in 1993 and has run courses for major broadcasters including the BBC, Carlton, BskyB, Pearson Television and the American Forces Network as well as many facility companies. He is an Avid Certified Instructor and has written many articles for "Avid User" magazine.
Publication date: 2001-01
Dewey code: 621.3821
List Price: $67.95
Price: $40.94
Review Network Technology for Digital Audio (Music Technology) (Music Technology) / Focal Press:Network Technology for Digital Audio examines the transfer of audio and other related data over digital communication networks. Encompassing both the data communication and audio industries,it unravels the intricacies of computer networking technique and theory, viewed from an audio perspective. Looking at commercial and ratified standards both current and developing, this book covers digital architectural solutions such as IEEE 1394 (Firewire), USB, Fibre Channel and ATM alongside their counterparts within the audio industry:*S/P DIF, ADAT, AES/EBU and MADI are discussed from the audio industry standpoint and solutions contrasted*Explanations of packet switching and internetworking are also included. Studying new developments and trends, it covers the pros and cons and looks at the work being done to deliver the requirements of the digital audio environment. Proprietary and open systems developed within the audio industry are examined, with each case being supported with appropriate history and clear technical explanation. The book helps readers build a better understanding of the issues surrounding the transfer of real-time audio digital data. Touching on the history of the Internet, and the technologies it spawned, it explains the theory and possibilities for the same technologies to support inter-device communications within a studio environment. Network Technology For Digital Audio will provide on tap knowledge for students and lecturers on audio-related and music technology courses and will prepare the working professionals within the industry for progress and changes to come. Network Technology for Digital Audio is part of the Focal Press Music Technology Series. Understand the transfer of real-time audio digital dataCovers the latest specifications and standard agreements aimed at audio applicationsWritten by an experienced practising audio engineer and IT expert.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-07-18
Dewey code: 005
List Price: $29.99
Price: $38.03
Review Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6 for News and Sports Quick-Reference Guide (Apple Pro Training) / Peachpit Press:Broadcast editors work with deadlines that are the most demanding in the field. To help you meet those deadlines and learn to use Final Cut Pro at the same time, this easy look-up guide focuses on the essential components that you need to get your stories done quickly and with high quality. For editing everything from voiceovers to sports and news packages, you’ll get tips for efficient setup, customization, and trimming techniques. You’ll learn the best methods for making audio adjustments, how to use common transitions and effects, splice in fat and tight bites, cover narration with B-Roll, and prepare a story for delivery.
Creator: John L. Nealon
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-01-12
Dewey code: 620.28563
List Price: $49.95
Price: $39.96
Review Applications of Software Agent Technology in the Health Care Domain (Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing) / Birkhäuser Basel:This volume contains a collection of papers that provides a unique, novel and up-to-date overview of how software agents technology is being applied in very diverse problems in health care, ranging from community care to management of organ transplants. It also provides an introductory survey that highlights the main issues to be taken into account when deploying agents in the health care area.
Creator: John Chowning
Publication date: 2007-06-30
Dewey code: 781.2
List Price: $52.00
Price: $41.59
Review Musimathics, Volume 2: The Mathematical Foundations of Music / The MIT Press:"Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune," writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music—a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the nonspecialist reader. Volume 2 of Musimathics continues the story of music engineering begun in volume 1, focusing on the digital and computational domain. Loy goes deeper into the mathematics of music and sound, beginning with digital audio, sampling, and binary numbers, as well as complex numbers and how they simplify representation of musical signals. Chapters cover the Fourier transform, convolution, filtering, resonance, the wave equation, acoustical systems, sound synthesis, the short-time Fourier transform, and the wavelet transform. These subjects provide the theoretical underpinnings of today's music technology. The material in volume 1 is all preparatory to the subjects presented in this volume, although either volume can be read independently. Cross-references to volume 1 are provided for concepts introduced in the earlier volume, and additional mathematical orientation is offered where necessary. The topics are all subjects that contemporary composers, musicians, and music engineers have found to be important. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio. [+]The level of scholarship and the pedagogical approach also make Musimathics ideal for classroom use. Additional material can be found at a companion web site.
Edition: Repr. with corr
Publication date: 1999-07-02
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $98.00
Price: $45.00
Review Design-For-Test For Digital IC's and Embedded Core Systems (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design Series' Sub Series: PH Signal Integrity Library) / Prentice Hall PTR:The purpose of this book is to introduce the basic concepts of test and design-for-test (DFT), and to then address the application of these concepts with an eye toward the trade-offs of the engineering budgets (area, frequency, power, etc. ), the business drivers, and the cost drivers. This practical guide on the test and Design-for-test topics has been developed along the lines of a just what you need to know and how to do it guide that explains the topic, the trade-offs, and relates the topic to the design flow.
Publication date: 1988-04-30
Review Advanced Commodore 128 Graphics and Sound Programming / TAB Books Inc:
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