Product Description: If you want to play the cello, this book is for you! Whether you're an absolute beginner wondering whether it might be fun to rent an instrument to try it out, a student in school who is thinking of signing up for an orchestra class, or a budding cellist who has been playing for a year or two and is looking for ways to develop a better technique and a better sound, PICTURE YOURSELF PLAYING CELLO will provide practical, hands-on advice that you can use...read more

From hit records to home studios, synthesizers are used in almost every genre of music. This book fills the know-how gap left by skimpy or garbled owner's manuals. It maps out the components of contemporary synths in clear, concise detail, and discusses how they can be harnessed to achieve specific musical effects. Each chapter presents hands-on projects that help musicians hone their skills. The companion CDROM contains audio examples that teach programming techniques.

Discusses computer programs for making music and current sound synthesis techniques, covering topics including physical modeling, MIDI, and sampled loop libraries.

Product Description: ..new kind of music program, with a sophisticated pattern-based sequencer,an arsenal of software-based synthesizers, and a full set of high-quality effects built-in...along with the tutorial examples on the companion CD-Rom, takes you step by step through creating your own sound...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Trapped inside a walled city of telepaths in the Earth's distant past, Danlo Ree feels isolated and alone, until he is kidnapped by a band of wild humans who give him a taste of freedom. Original.

Human sea captain and adventurer Salas Tarag sets out to rescue a missing lilith, a mysterious veiled and hooded Vli priestess on a diplomatic mission to Falnerescu