Product Description: (Music Sales America). Four essential pocket-sized Basics guides in one handy reference pack. These cover all aspects of studio recording and include: Mixers , Effects and Processors , Mixing Technique , and Multitracking .

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International migration has long been a dominant feature of world literature from both post-industrial and developing countries. The increasing demands of the global economic system and continued political instability in many of the world's region have highlighted this shifting map of the world's peoples.Yet, political concern for the larger scale economic and social impact of migration has effectively obscured the nature of the migratory nature of the migratory experience itself, the emotions and practicalities of departure, travel, arrival and the attempt to rebuild a home.Writing Across Worlds explores an extraordinary range of migration literaturesm from letters and diaries to journalistic articles, autobiographies and fiction, in order to analyse the reality of the migrant's experience. The sheer range of writings - Irish, Friulian, Italian, Jewish and South Asian British, Gastarbeiter literature from Germany, Pied noir, French-Algerian and French West Indian writing, Carribbean novels, Slovene emigrant texts, Japanese-Canadian writing, migration in American novels, narratives from Australia, South Africa, Samoa and others - illustrate the diversity of global migratory experience and emphasise the social context of literature.The geographic and literary range of Writing Across Worlds makes this collection an invaluable analysis of migration, giving voice to the hope, pain, nostalgia and triumph of lives lived in other places.

Product Description: (Music Sales America). In this book, the absolute beginner is introduced to the concept of MIDI by way of analogy with familiar technology. Myths relating to the dehumanization of music by computers are explored from both sides and information is introduced in a straightforward, logical order...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: A wealth of quotations and elegantly phrased profound truths in simple terms, providing much food for thought. An absorbing way of studying China's culture and language. Illustrated, Chinese/English edition.

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Product Description: (Music Sales America). In music recording, the quality of a mix is every bit as important as the quality of the performance, and potential hit singles have been ruined by poor mixing. This helpful guide blows the lid off the secrets of mixing and explains in easy and illustrated terms how you can create a professional-quality recording with even the most basic equipment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Previewing the 1999 season and making predictions about the upcoming year in baseball, this special illustrated 'almanac' features detailed profiles of every franchise, team histories, minor league recaps, and much more. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: (Music Sales America). No matter how sophisticated computers or synthesizers become, the recording of a real sound always starts with a microphone. The problem is that, unlike the human ear, there is no single microphone that is ideal for all jobs...read more