A Guide to MySQL
Author: Victor Cruz Hernandez
The MySQL® database has become the world's most popular open source database because of its consistent fast performance, high reliability, and ease of use. That's why best-selling authors Phil Pratt and Mary Last are pleased to introduce their latest database textbook - A Guide to MySQL. This straightforward text utilizes three case databases - Premiere Products, Henry Books, and Alexamara Marina Group - to teach the concepts and techniques of using MySQL. Your students will gain the skills to build professional quality MySQL databases, thanks to this real-world approach. Additional hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter offer students the opportunity to problem-solve based on what they've previously learned.
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GarageBand2: The Missing Manual
Author: Janos Zempleni
Whether you're a professional musician or a mere novice,Apple's GarageBand software has everything you need toproduce commercial-quality recordings entirely on your own. Just imagine how many thousands of singers andinstrumentalists remain undiscovered because they lack thecapability to produce viable demos. Well, no more.
Now there's no need to assemble a backup band or book timeat a professional studioGarageBand has it covered. AndGarageBand 2: The Missing Manual gives you the know-how youneed to make it all happen. It's an authoritative, wittyguide to constructing digital recordings with GarageBand.
Written by the master of the Missing Manual series, and amusician himself, David Pogue, this top-selling book showsyou how to maximize the program's entire set of tools. Pre-recorded loops, sampled sounds, live recordingsthey'reall explained in easy-to-understand language. It also showsyou how to apply professional-sounding effects like reverbor chorusing, and then export the finished product toiTunes, where you can download your work to an iPod, exportit as an MP3, or burn it onto CDs.
Now revised to reflect GarageBand's latest features, thisbook's second edition also addresses how to:use GarageBand's eight-track capabilitiesdisplay music notation in real timeenhance timing and pitch for better quality recordingschange the tempo and key of recorded instrumentstune guitars with GarageBand before recording
So if you're chasing a dream or just having fun, GarageBand2: The Missing Manual is the only resource you need to makethe finest musical recordings possible.
Table of Contents:
Ch. 1 | Setting up the Garage | 11 |
Ch. 2 | Loops | 29 |
Ch. 3 | Regions | 49 |
Ch. 4 | Software instruments (MIDI) | 69 |
Ch. 5 | Editing software instrument parts | 89 |
Ch. 6 | Recording and editing live audio | 109 |
Ch. 7 | Effects, guitar amps, and instrument modules | 125 |
Ch. 8 | Mixing and publishing | 145 |
Ch. 9 | Adding on, moving up | 171 |
Ch. 10 | The speed chapter | 197 |
Ch. 11 | Troubleshooting | 209 |
App. A | The GarageBand music crash course | 221 |
App. B | GarageBand, menu by menu | 229 |
App. C | GarageBand 2 keyboard shortcuts | 241 |
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