![]() 1.5.2 Hardware for Digital Audio and MIDI Processing 1.5.2.1 Computer System Requirements All terminology will be defined more completely as the book progresses. Even if you don’t fully understand all the terminology, when you’re buying hardware and software to equip your DAW, you can refer your sales rep to this information to help you with your purchases. In the sections that follow, we use a number of technical terms with only brief, if any, definitions, assuming that you have a basic computer vocabulary with regard to RAM, hard drives, sound cards, and so forth. We give more information about the software for the learning supplements in 1.5.3. You should choose the types of learning supplements that are useful to you and gather the necessary software accordingly. We don’t expect that you’ll want to go through all the learning supplements or do all the exercises. C and Java programs, for which you’ll need C and/or Java compilers and IDEs if you wish to complete these assignments.Audio and MIDI processing worksheets that can be done in Logic, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason, Audition, Audacity, or some other digital audio or MIDI processing program.MATLAB exercises (with Octave as a freeware alternative).(If you wish to do the Max programming exercises you’ll need to purchase Max, or use the free alternative, Pure Data.) Max demo patchers, which can be viewed with the Max run-time environment, freely downloadable from the Cycling ’74 website.Flash interactive tutorials, accessible at our website and viewable within a standard web browser with the Flash plug-in installed (generally included and enabled by default).Thirdly, to use this book most effectively you’ll need to gather some additional software so that you can view the book’s learning supplements, complete some of the exercises, and even do your own experiments. Figure 1.2 A simple live sound reinforcement system Much of the equipment and connectivity is the same as or similar to equipment in a DAW. ![]() A live performance setup is pictured in Figure 1.2. Secondly, it’s possible that you’ll also be using equipment for live performances. Figure 1.1 Basic setup and signal flow of a digital audio workstation Suggestions for particular components or component types are given in Section 1.5.2. Software on your computer to do hands-on exercisesįirst, we assume most readers will want their own digital audio workstation (DAW), consisting of a computer and the associated hardware and software for at-home or professional sound production (Figure 1.1).Everyone will probably need the third to work with the suggested exercises in this book. It’s possible that you’ll need only one of the first two, depending on your focus. There are three things you may want to set up in order to work with this book.
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