Digital Music Doctor DVDs

Digital Music Doctor provides instructional materials for producers, engineers, and computer-based musicians with easy to understand DVDs. Digital Music Doctors DVDs cover topics including: Digital Audio, Mixing, Mastering, and Recording with such software titles as ProTools, Cubase, SONAR, GarageBand, SoundForge, ACID and many more.

Digital Music Doctor Mixing and Mastering - Know It All! DVD
Digital Music Doctor’s Mixing & Mastering DVD is your complete guide to digital audio mixing and mastering. The tutorials begin with an “Overview” section, which introduces the necessary audio engineering concepts. Both the “Mixing” and “Mastering” sections are organized into a straightforward framework consisting of 5 elements: volume, panning, dynamics, EQ, and FX.The tutorials illustrate the principles and concepts of mixing and mastering using a number of examples created in popular pro audio products. Examples in the “Mixing” section use primarily Pro Tools, Sonar, and Cubase, and examples in the “Mastering” section concentrate on Ozone, Sound Forge, and Audition. Audio plug-ins from Waves Audio, PSP Audioware, and Camel Audio are also demonstrated.The Mixing & Mastering tutorials are 2 hours and 50 minutes of Adobe Flash interactive videos in DVD and digital distribution formats.Overview Introduction: Covers the course overview, navigation, framework, and monitoring. Length is 7:11. Audio Environment: Sets the stage by introducing the audio engineering concepts necessary for an understanding of digital mixing and mastering. Includes sample rate, bit depth dither, plug-ins (DX/VST/RTAS/AU), mixer architecture, clipping, freezing, Fletcher-Munson Effect, and audio meters. Length is 16:35.Mixing Primary products featured in this section include Cakewalk Sonar 6, Steinberg Cubase 4, and DigiDesign Pro Tools 7. Volume: Topics include baseline, relative levels, master level, track automation, clip automation, and grouping. Length is 8:48. Panning: Topics include stereo pan laws, pseudo stereo, panning conventions, and Waves PAZ Analyzer. Length is 7:29. Dynamics: Covers compression, limiting, expansion, gates, submixes, New York compression, side chains, and electronica (CamelSpace). Length is 23:46. EQ: Topics include goals, EQ ranges, filter types, bandwidth (Q), EQ examples, and noise reduction. Length is 19:56. FX: Covers delay, chorus, flanging, distortion and exciters, FX panning and EQ, reverb, Sony Acoustic Mirror, Perfect Space Convolution reverb, electronica (CampelPhat), RoomWorks reverb, and guitar amp simularion (Amplitube 2). Length is 26:50.Mastering Primary products featured in this section include iZotope Ozone 3, Sound Forge 8, and Adobe Audition 2 (Cool Edit). Techniques: Covers spectral analysis, CD master creation, and Sony CD Architect. 13 minutes. Volume: Topics are peak/RMS normalization and volume maximization. 10:24 in length. Panning: Stereo expansion is the primary topic of this portion of the mastering section. 6:32 in length. Dynamics: Focuses on multiband compression and compares several popular plug-ins, including Waves C4 Compressor, PSP Audioware Vintage Warmer, and Sonitus:fx Multiband. 8:19 in length. EQ: Covers EQ profiles, multiband exciters, BBE Sonic Maximizer, Pro Tools 7-Band EQ, Waves Renaissance EQ, and PSP Audioware 6-Band EQ. 11:08 in length.

Digital Music Doctor Digital Producer - Know It All! DVD
Digital Music Doctor’s Digital Producer DVD is your complete guide to making music using digital sources: loops, synthesizers, and samplers. The tutorials cover a wide variety of musical genres-everything from making beats to creating orchestral tracks.The “Overview” and “Concepts” sections present a brief history of digital music production and the role of the producer, as well as providing a foundation of basic audio and MIDI concepts used throughout the course. There are two general sections, “Synths & Samplers” and “Time & Pitch,” which illustrate the techniques of digital music production. These sections use examples primarily from Native Instruments Absynth and Kontakt, as well as Sony Acid Pro and Pro Tools Beat Detective.There are four sections which address creating music for specific instrument groups: the “Drums” section uses examples from FXpansion BFD and GURU, as well as Ableton Live Impulse and FL Studio. The “Guitar & Bass” section focuses on Steinberg Virtual Guitarist, MusicLab RealGuitar, Spectrasonics Trilogy, and Bornemark Broomstick Bass. The “Jazz & Orchestra” section includes examples from the Garritan Jazz & Big Band, Cakewalk Dimension Pro, Giga Virtual Instrument, Propellerheads Reason Piano Refill, and Kontakt. The “Vocals” section covers vocal editing and processing using Melodyne Celemony and the Waves Vocal Bundle, as well as addressing such topics as Vocoders, stutter, and vocal extraction.The Digital Producer tutorials are 4 hours and 6 minutes of Adobe Flash interactive videos in data DVD format.Overview Introduction: Covers the course overview and navigation. 6:15 in length. History: Addresses digital music production and producers. 5:11 in length.Audio Primary products featured in this section include Adobe Audition Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, and Dimension Pro. Audio: Covers digital audio, harmonics, and ADSR envelopes. 10:21 in length. MIDI: Topics include channels, patches, note events, editors, quantizing, and controllers. 12:22 in length.Synthesizers & Samplers Primary products featured in this section include Native Instruments Absynth and Kontakt, Cakewalk Dimension Pro, Garritan Jazz & Big Band, Reason Subtractor Malstrom, Ableton Live, and Arturia MiniMoog. Synthesizers: Covers architecture, multitimbrality, subtractive synthesis, wavetable synthesis, polyphony, and sample-based synths. 10:45 in length. Samplers: Covers multisampling, zone mapping, velocity switching, cross fading, sample editing, and disk streaming. 9:41 in length. Modifiers: Topics include filters, LFOs, envelopes, and FX. 10:18 in length. Techniques: Covers oscillator layering, sample laying, patch layering, granular synthesis, FM synthesis, and virtual instruments. 16:34 in length.Time & Pitch Primary products featured in this section include Sony Acid Pro, Cubase Audio Warp, Pro Tools Beat Detective, Reason Dr. Rex NN-XT, and Celemony Melodyne.

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Digital Music Doctor GarageBand ‘08 - Know It All! Tutorial
The Apple GarageBand tutorial is a complete guide to making music with GarageBand software. The lessons contain a What s New section that covers all of the major new features in GarageBand 08. The Quick Start section provides a grand tour of the features and functions in GarageBand and also introduces the overall process of creating a project. The Tracks section discusses how to incorporate Real and Software Instruments in detail and also contains information on how to create Apple Loops and incorporate third-party synthesizers. The Mixer section provides advice on how to use both GarageBand standard effects and third-party effects. The Recording section covers both audio and MIDI recording including tips on how to interface external music gear. The final section demonstrates the application of many GarageBand functions by creating a remix from imported audio tracks and loops from the Apple Loop Library.The GarageBand ‘08 tutorials are 1 hour and 42 minutes of Adobe Flash videos in DVD and digital download formats.

Digital Music Doctor Know It All - Acid Pro 6 DVD
Pro audio training course for Acid Pro. This video training course contains more than 2 hours of content as well as sample projects.Course Summary: This course contains 15 modules and is organized into 5 sections: There is an overview section which covers the features that are new to Acid Pro 6 and also provides an introductory tour of the Acid workspace. The second section is devoted to the setup, editing and producing of Acid projects. There are in-depth sections for both audio and midi that cover setting up, editing, mixing and producing using actual project examples. Finally there is a Tools & Techniques section discussing Recording and 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing, as well as the use of the Kompakt Sampler and the Media Manager.

Digital Music Doctor Know It All - Pro Tools 7 DVD
This interactive video course contains over 2 hours of content for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered as well as sample projects.Course Summary: This course contains 21 modules and is organized into 5 sections: There is a Quick Start section which provides an overview of the features and functions in Pro Tools as well as a presentation of the major new features in Pro Tools 7. The next four sections contain detailed instruction on how to use the major functions in Pro Tools and are built on session examples. The Mixing & Mastering section includes an example of mixing using Sends, Inserts, Plug-ins, and Automation as well as a mastering session using iZotope Ozone. The Loops & Remix section explains the Beat Detective and also walks through creating a loop composition. The MIDI section demonstrates the use of the MIDI Studio Setup and MIDI Operations functions. The Tools & Techniques section covers Recording and Video, as well as Rewire and Software Synthesizers including the use of Propellerheads Reason and the VST-RTAS Adapter.

Digital Music Doctor Know It All - Cubase 4 DVD
Pro audio training course for Cubase. These interactive video courses contain over 2 hours of content as well as sample projects.Course Summary: The Cubase 4 course contains 20 modules and is organized into 5 sections: There is a Quick Start section covering elements common to both midi and audio. This section provides an introduction to Cubase projects as well editing and mixing. There is an in-depth section for digital audio that covers recording, mixing and mastering audio using Cubase 4. The Loops & Remix section demonstrates the tools used for loop compositions, Audio Warp and Play Order Track. There is also a comprehensive section on MIDI that explains setting up Cubase to work with MIDI devices as well as recording and editing. The Tools & Techniques section includes tutorials on Surround Sound Mixing and the Score Editor, as well as a module on interfacing Propellerheads Reason and VST synthesizers with Cubase 4.

Digital Music Doctor Know It All - Audition 2 DVD
Digital Music Doctor creates pro audio training courses for Adobe Audition 2. This course contains over 2 hours of interactive videos covering all aspects of audio recording, editing, mixing, and mastering for Adobe Audition 2 pro audio software and includes session examples.Course Summary: This course contains 25 modules and is organized into 6 sections: There is an Overview section which provides a grand tour of the features and functions in Audition as well as a presentation of the major new features and an introduction to digital audio. Recording & Editing covers basic recording and editing functions as well as markers and scripts. The Effects section first provides an overview of using FX in Audition including signal flow and routing in Multitrack View. This section includes examples of applying the basic FX categories: Normalizing, Dynamics, Delay, and EQ. The Mixing & Mastering section uses session examples to illustrate mixing and mastering concepts. The mixing example includes the use submixes with Sends and Bus routing, and the mastering example includes Stereo Expansion and Multi-band Compression. The Loops & Rewire section has an example session that shows how to create both loops and loop compositions as well as how to use Rewire clients. The Tools & Techniques section covers six additional functions available in Audition: Surround Mixing, Wave Analysis, MIDI, Vocal Processing, CD Creation, and Repair and Noise Reduction.

Digital Music Doctor Sonar 7 - Know It All! Tutorial
Get familiar with the ins and outs of Sonar 7 with this tutorial. Course summary: The Quick Start section reviews the added features in Sonar 7 software and contains an introduction to Sonar projects as well as sound editing and mixing. The Audio section provides in-depth coverage on recording, mixing and mastering digital audio using Sonar 7. The Loops & Remix section demonstrates the tools used for Grooves and Acidized clips, including the AudioSnap features. There is a comprehensive lesson on MIDI that explains setting up Sonar to work with Virtual Instruments, Rewire, and hardware MIDI devices as well as recording and editing. The Tools & Techniques section includes tutorials on Cakewalk Session Drummer and Step Sequencer as well as Surround Sound Mixing. The Sonar 7 tutorial is 3 hours and 9 minutes of Adobe Flash interactive videos in data DVD format.

Digital Music Doctor Sound Forge 9 - Know It All! DVD
Digital Music Doctor’s Sound Forge 9 - Know It All! DVD is your complete guide to audio recording, editing, and mastering with Sound Forge. The Overview section covers the features that are new to Sound Forge 9 and also provides an introductory tour of the Sound Forge workspace.The second section, “Projects,” is the heart of the course. It has a Quick Start tutorial, which provides an introduction to Sound Forge editing and processing tools, followed by three in-depth modules, which demonstrate editing and processing techniques using project examples.The “Tools & Techniques” tutorials contain seven mini-tutorials, which cover the specialized functions available in Sound Forge: spectrogram, video, MIDI, batch converter, acid loops, synthesis, and repairing. Finally, there is a section on CD Architect 5.2, which covers both CD creation as well as mastering using the iZotope Mastering Bundle.The Sound Forge 9 tutorials are 2 hours and 14 minutes of Adobe Flash videos in data DVD and digital download formats.Introduction: Explains how the course is organized and how to use the interactive navigation control bar. 3:41 in length. What’s New: Covers the 8 channels of Sound Forge 9 multichannel, iZotope mastering bundle, noise reduction bundle, GraceNote, Dolby AC3, phase scope meters, Sony internet mastering, and Windows Vista support. 2:39 in length. Grand Tour: Introduces the main components of the Sound Forge workspace-data windows, selections, preferences, toolbars, status boxes, time ruler, and play meters. 10:44 in length. Quick Start: Overview of the functions and techniques that are used in audio editing and processing, including file types, shortcuts, cut, copy, and paste; fades ripping; saving projects; normalize; volume curves; recording; undo and redo; repeat; real time processing; and multichannel architecture. 16:30 in length. Editing: Introduction of the tools and facilities available for editing projects, including markers, playlist/cutlist, auto trim/crop, regions, auto region, crossfading, panning, mixing, replicating, channel expanding, and channel conversion. 12:47 in length. Processing I: Topics include normalization, limiters, compression, expansion, and gates. 11:59 in length. Processing II: Topics include band EQ, EQ shelving, reverb, and acoustic mirror. 9:06 in length. Repair: Topics include clipping, glitches, repair, clipped peak repair, noise reduction, click and crackle removal, and audio restoration. 8:43 in length. Generating Sounds: Three tone-generating functions will be covered, including simple synthesis, DTMF Tone Generator, and FM synthesizer. 1:09 in length. Batch Converter: Two batch-processing functions available in Sound Forge 9 will be covered, including Batch Converter and Script Editor. 3:06 in length. MIDI Keyboard & Triggers: Covers the three functions related to MIDI, namely MIDI Keyboard, MIDI triggers, and region triggers. 2:51 in length.