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The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book

By : Doruk Somunkiran
Book Image

The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book

By: Doruk Somunkiran

Overview of this book

The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book is a detailed, step-by-step guide to creating music with Studio One’s extensive set of production tools. This practical, goal-oriented resource will help musicians start producing their own music with Studio One and teach audio professionals how to include Studio One in their production workflow. The book begins by showing you how to set up Studio One to work smoothly on your system. The following chapters will walk you through the process of creating a project, along with recording audio and using virtual instruments to construct a MIDI arrangement. As you advance, you’ll find out how to edit your songs to perfection using Melodyne, Audio Bend, and an extensive collection of MIDI modifiers. You’ll also discover how to mix in Studio One with the effects plugins included in it, along with applying audio mastering in the Project window. Throughout this book, you’ll gain the skills needed to leverage Studio One confidently and effectively, as well as build your own unique music production workflow. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to effortlessly translate your musical ideas into complete songs using Studio One’s powerful tools.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Studio One
5
Part 2: Creating in Studio One
9
Part 3: Editing in Studio One
14
Part 4:Mixing and Mastering

Recording best practices

Recording is by far the most complicated, difficult, and stressful part of the entire music production process. This is because several different and conflicting dynamics are at work during a recording session – the artistic desire for creativity, the technical urge to focus on details, the pressure to finish the project on time, personal insecurities about the quality of performance, and so on. If you’re recording yourself, all these conflicting dynamics will take place inside your head. If you’re working as part of a team, they will surface on an interpersonal level. Regardless of how they manifest themselves, these conflicting factors will challenge the success of every recording session.

Here are some recording best practices that will assist in turning your next recording session into a smooth sailing experience:

  • The ultimate goal of a recording session is to capture the best performance possible. Make sure that the person...