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Title: The Midi Companion by Jeffrey Rona, Scott R. Wilkinson, Jeff Rona ISBN: 0-7935-3077-6 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: This is a great book by the long-time contributor to Keyboard Magazine Jeff Rona. It eases the beginner into the basics and thoroughly covers everything you'll need to know to get started in the whacky and wonderful world of MIDI. It's a very decent reference book that should be on the shelf of all musicians who would like to take advantage of all the creative possibilities that MIDI offers.
Rating: 5
Summary: great book for MIDI overview
Comment: Who would be better at writing an over view of MIDI than Mr Rona, who was one of the founders of the MIDI Manufacturers' Association? i am thoroughly enjoying this book, because it is not too technical for the average reader, and yet it does explain the internal functions of computers and digital machines to the extent of providing a good understanding of the instruments we use. i always find it useful to know a little background information to anything i'm learning, and there is a (very) short history of how MIDI was developed. the book is written in a very lively manner, with some subtle humour found in the illustrations, veyr clear (almost condescendingly simple) diagrams. the sections are structures in a logical way, so the whole learning process is very comfortable. i know nothing about computers, and wanted to really understand how MIDI works so that i can properly hook up a few pieces of drum machines/sampler/sequencer/MIDI controller i have, and i find this book very helpful. i highly recommend it for the MIDI newbie.
Rating: 1
Summary: lousy, outdated guide, with horrible printing flaws!
Comment: First thing I noticed about this book was that the pages were stuck together. No, really...they were. The printer did not get it right when they cut the edges of this book. There were many pages that had to be hand cut just to TURN them. I could not stand the ... design. Then, once I get everything readable, I find that the information herein is, oh, about 15 years old and totally useless for current midi applications.
MIGHT be ok if you are looking for a history of midi and want to spent an hour making the book readable by cutting the uncut pages so that you can actually READ them.
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Title: Basic MIDI by Paul White ISBN: 1860742629 Publisher: Sanctuary Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Midi for the Professional by Paul Lehrman, Tim Tully ISBN: 0825613744 Publisher: Music Sales Corp Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Basic Digital Recording by Paul White ISBN: 1860742696 Publisher: Sanctuary Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Basic Effects & Processors by Paul White ISBN: 186074270X Publisher: Sanctuary Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies by Jeff Strong ISBN: 0764516345 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 05 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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