Loops And Grooves: The Musician's Guide to Groove Machines and Loop Sequencers

By Todd Souvignier

(Reference). Loops and Grooves is an overview of the technology and art of making music with loops by a nationally recognized expert on music technology. The book surveys the fundamentals and evolution of loop-based composition and explores in depth the power of current groove-making technology. Loops and Grooves includes a special focus on loop-sequencing hardware, which hasn't been covered in book form before. The complete section on loop slicing software makes it easy to select and use the best loop sequencing programs. An extra bonus is a value added CD including audio examples and software demos. B/W photographs; Book/CD Pack; Paperback Original; May; Reference; World Rights. Todd Souvignier is the author of Computer Audio: The Complete Guide to Mac and Windows Music and Sound (Alfred Publishing), co-author of The Musician's Guide to the Internet, 2nd Edition (Hal Leonard) and a frequent contributor to Electronic Musician magazine. His writings have been featured in the pages of Mix and Guitar magazines. Souvignier is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Exploit Systems, Inc., a technology company that assists copyright owners in the peer-to-peer file sharing arena. As the former Vice President of Marketing for OSC and Arboretum Systems, Souvignier helped grow two groundbreaking music software startups and assisted in popularizing desktop hard disk recording and digital signal processing. He lives in New Orleans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0634048139
• ISBN13: 9780634048135
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Hal Leonard
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 1.1" x 1.1"

Customer Reviews

Don't be a hater shameless

Stop hating on the author... why would anyone want to read the manuals?! They aren't going to say anything about how to make music within these terms. Duh

Don't be fooled - great book!

I can't help but disagree with the negative review given. This is a great mid-level book for anyone just starting to understand the concepts of sound synthesis. The value in the book is that it ties alot of fundamental concepts together using current production tools in examples. Understand these concepts and you'll be off to the races, if you care to think for yourself. This'll give great incentive to really delve into the software manuals, which are informative if not initially overwhelming. Rock on!

a note from the author

Hi, I'm the guy who wrote this book, and I just wanted to point out that this is the only book on the market that really covers Grooveboxes, tabletop samplers and loop-slicing hardware. If you use the Roland MC-505, Boss SP-1, Korg Electribe ES-1, Yamaha SU200 or RS7000, this is the book you've been waiting for. Plenty of machine-specific coverage, lots of general tips and tricks applicable to any groove machine, and detailed chapters about looping software as well! I give it five stars, and I think you will, too.