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116 relations: Ableton Live, ADAT, Adobe Audition, Ampex, Analog recording, Analog-to-digital converter, Apogee Electronics, Ardour (software), Arrangement, Audacity (audio editor), Audio engineer, Audio interface, Audio signal, Avid Audio, Bass guitar, Cakewalk Sonar, Central processing unit, Click track, Comparison of digital audio editors, Digital audio workstation, Digital Performer, Digitization, Disc jockey, Drum kit, Dynamic range compression, Effects unit, Electric guitar, Equalization (audio), Eric Woolfson, FL Studio, Focusrite, Fostex, Free software, George Martin, Graphic notation (music), Guitar solo, Hard disk drive, Harmony, Headphones, IEEE 1394, Jokosher, Key (music), Laptop, Lead vocalist, Les Paul, Line level, List of musical works released in a stem format, Logic Pro, Low-frequency effects, M-Audio, ... Expand index (66 more) »
Ableton Live
Ableton Live, also known as Live or sometimes colloquially as "Ableton", is a digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows developed by the German company Ableton.
See Multitrack recording and Ableton Live
ADAT
Alesis Digital Audio Tape, commonly referred to as ADAT, is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs, and the basis of a series of multitrack recorders by Alesis.
See Multitrack recording and ADAT
Adobe Audition
Adobe Audition is a digital audio workstation developed by Adobe Inc. featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.
See Multitrack recording and Adobe Audition
Ampex
Ampex Data Systems Corporation is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M. Poniatoff as a spin-off of Dalmo-Victor.
See Multitrack recording and Ampex
Analog recording
Analog recording is a category of techniques used for the recording of analog signals.
See Multitrack recording and Analog recording
Analog-to-digital converter
In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal.
See Multitrack recording and Analog-to-digital converter
Apogee Electronics
Apogee Electronics is an American manufacturer of audio interfaces and audio converters, USB & iOS microphones as well as audio production software.
See Multitrack recording and Apogee Electronics
Ardour (software)
Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application that runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows.
See Multitrack recording and Ardour (software)
Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.
See Multitrack recording and Arrangement
Audacity (audio editor)
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
See Multitrack recording and Audacity (audio editor)
Audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.
See Multitrack recording and Audio engineer
Audio interface
An audio interface is a piece of computer hardware that allows the input and output of audio signals to and from a host computer or recording device.
See Multitrack recording and Audio interface
Audio signal
An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers for digital signals.
See Multitrack recording and Audio signal
Avid Audio
Avid Audio (formerly Digidesign) is an American digital audio technology company.
See Multitrack recording and Avid Audio
Bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.
See Multitrack recording and Bass guitar
Cakewalk Sonar
Sonar was a digital audio workstation created by the former Boston, Massachusettsbased music production software company Cakewalk.
See Multitrack recording and Cakewalk Sonar
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
See Multitrack recording and Central processing unit
Click track
A click track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings, sometimes for synchronization to a moving image.
See Multitrack recording and Click track
Comparison of digital audio editors
The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software. Multitrack recording and Comparison of digital audio editors are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Comparison of digital audio editors
Digital audio workstation
A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.
See Multitrack recording and Digital audio workstation
Digital Performer
Digital Performer is a digital audio workstation and music sequencer software package published by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) of Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms.
See Multitrack recording and Digital Performer
Digitization
Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital (i.e. computer-readable) format.
See Multitrack recording and Digitization
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.
See Multitrack recording and Disc jockey
Drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.
See Multitrack recording and Drum kit
Dynamic range compression
Dynamic range compression (DRC) or simply compression is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range.
See Multitrack recording and Dynamic range compression
Effects unit
An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing. Multitrack recording and effects unit are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Effects unit
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
See Multitrack recording and Electric guitar
Equalization (audio)
Equalization, or simply EQ, in sound recording and reproduction is the process of adjusting the volume of different frequency bands within an audio signal. Multitrack recording and Equalization (audio) are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Equalization (audio)
Eric Woolfson
Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
See Multitrack recording and Eric Woolfson
FL Studio
FL Studio (known as FruityLoops before 2003) is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by the Belgian company Image-Line.
See Multitrack recording and FL Studio
Focusrite
Focusrite PLC is an English music and audio products group based in High Wycombe, England (with its history in Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.). The Focusrite Group trades under eight brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Martin Audio, ADAM Audio, Novation, Ampify Music, Optimal Audio and Sequential.
See Multitrack recording and Focusrite
Fostex
is an electronics company that manufactures loudspeakers and audio equipment for other companies or sells them under the trade name Fostex.
See Multitrack recording and Fostex
Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
See Multitrack recording and Free software
George Martin
Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician.
See Multitrack recording and George Martin
Graphic notation (music)
Graphic notation (or graphic score) is the representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation.
See Multitrack recording and Graphic notation (music)
Guitar solo
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.
See Multitrack recording and Guitar solo
Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
See Multitrack recording and Hard disk drive
Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
See Multitrack recording and Harmony
Headphones
Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears.
See Multitrack recording and Headphones
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 is an interface standard for a serial bus for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer.
See Multitrack recording and IEEE 1394
Jokosher
Jokosher is a free software, non-linear multi-track digital audio editor, released under the GPL-2.0-only.
See Multitrack recording and Jokosher
Key (music)
In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, art music, and pop music.
See Multitrack recording and Key (music)
Laptop
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC).
See Multitrack recording and Laptop
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard.
See Multitrack recording and Lead vocalist
Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.
See Multitrack recording and Les Paul
Line level
Line level is the specified strength of an audio signal used to transmit analog sound between audio components such as CD and DVD players, television sets, audio amplifiers, and mixing consoles.
See Multitrack recording and Line level
List of musical works released in a stem format
The following is a list of musical works that have been released legally in a stem format for public use.
See Multitrack recording and List of musical works released in a stem format
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a proprietary digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform developed by Apple Inc. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by Emagic.
See Multitrack recording and Logic Pro
Low-frequency effects
The low-frequency effects (LFE) channel is a band-limited audio track that is used for reproducing deep and intense low-frequency sounds in the 3–120 Hz frequency range.
See Multitrack recording and Low-frequency effects
M-Audio
M-Audio (formerly Midiman) is a business unit of inMusic Brands that designs and markets audio and MIDI interfaces, keyboards and MIDI controllers, synthesizers, loudspeakers, studio monitors, digital DJ systems, microphones, and music software.
See Multitrack recording and M-Audio
Mac (computer)
Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.
See Multitrack recording and Mac (computer)
Magix Samplitude
MAGIX Samplitude/ Sequoia is a computer program made by MAGIX for recording, editing, mixing, mastering and outputting audio.
See Multitrack recording and Magix Samplitude
Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. Multitrack recording and magnetic tape are sound recording and tape recording.
See Multitrack recording and Magnetic tape
Mark of the Unicorn
Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) is a music-related computer software and hardware supplier.
See Multitrack recording and Mark of the Unicorn
Mary Ford
Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American guitarist and vocalist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford.
See Multitrack recording and Mary Ford
Metronome
A metronome is a device that produces an audible click or other sound at a uniform interval that can be set by the user, typically in beats per minute (BPM).
See Multitrack recording and Metronome
Microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic, or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Multitrack recording and microphone are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Microphone
Microphone preamplifier
The term microphone preamplifier can either refer to the electronic circuitry within a microphone, or to a separate device or circuit that the microphone is connected to.
See Multitrack recording and Microphone preamplifier
MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
See Multitrack recording and MIDI
MIDI mockup
A MIDI mockup is an extensive demo of a recording project built using virtual instrument software or hardware to stand in for acoustic instruments.
See Multitrack recording and MIDI mockup
Mixcraft
Mixcraft is a digital audio workstation for Windows, developed by Acoustica since its first release in April 2004.
See Multitrack recording and Mixcraft
Mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems.
See Multitrack recording and Mixing console
Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists.
See Multitrack recording and Modern Drummer
Module file
Module file (MOD music, tracker music) is a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in the late 1980s.
See Multitrack recording and Module file
Monaural sound
Monaural sound or monophonic sound (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position.
See Multitrack recording and Monaural sound
Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
See Multitrack recording and Motherboard
Motown
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.
See Multitrack recording and Motown
N-Track Studio
n-Track Studio by n-Track Software is a multitrack audio editing, digital audio workstation (DAW) program for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Android and iOS.
See Multitrack recording and N-Track Studio
Non-linear editing
Non-linear editing is a form of offline editing for audio, video, and image editing.
See Multitrack recording and Non-linear editing
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
See Multitrack recording and Open-source software
Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
See Multitrack recording and Orchestra
Overdubbing
Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more available tracks of a digital audio workstation (DAW) or tape recorder.
See Multitrack recording and Overdubbing
Patti Page
Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer.
See Multitrack recording and Patti Page
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.
See Multitrack recording and Percussion instrument
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard.
See Multitrack recording and Peripheral Component Interconnect
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
See Multitrack recording and Personal computer
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records.
See Multitrack recording and Pet Sounds
Please Please Me
Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
See Multitrack recording and Please Please Me
Portastudio
The TASCAM Portastudio was the first four-track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape. Multitrack recording and Portastudio are sound recording and tape recording.
See Multitrack recording and Portastudio
PreSonus
PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. (often known and styled as PreSonus) is an American manufacturer of professional audio equipment and software, used to create, record, mix, and master music and other audio.
See Multitrack recording and PreSonus
Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and macOS. Multitrack recording and Pro Tools are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Pro Tools
Punch in/out
Punch in/out is an audio and video term that originated as a recording technique used on early multitrack recordings whereby a portion of the performance was recorded onto a previously recorded tape, usually overwriting any sound that had previously been on the track used. Multitrack recording and Punch in/out are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Punch in/out
Quadraphonic sound
Quadraphonic (or quadrophonic and sometimes quadrasonic) sound – equivalent to what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four audio channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of a listening space.
See Multitrack recording and Quadraphonic sound
Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
See Multitrack recording and Random-access memory
REAPER
REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording) is a digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer application created by Cockos.
See Multitrack recording and REAPER
Reason Studios
Reason Studios (formerly known as Propellerhead Software) is a music software company, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
See Multitrack recording and Reason Studios
Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
See Multitrack recording and Record producer
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. Multitrack recording and reel-to-reel audio tape recording are tape recording.
See Multitrack recording and Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item.
See Multitrack recording and Remix
Reverberation
Reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb), in acoustics, is a persistence of sound after it is produced.
See Multitrack recording and Reverberation
Revox
ReVox (on-logo styling REVOX) is a brand name, registered by Studer on 27 March 1951 for Swiss audio equipment.
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Rhythm section
A rhythm section is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band that provides the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band.
See Multitrack recording and Rhythm section
Ross S. Snyder
Ross Snyder (1920–2008) was an American engineer best known for his contribution to recording techniques, most notably multi-tracking and early stereo recording.
See Multitrack recording and Ross S. Snyder
Scratch vocal
A scratch vocal is a vocal performance that a singer records to provide a reference track that music producers and audio engineers can use as they craft other pieces of the recorded song.
See Multitrack recording and Scratch vocal
Sel-Sync
Sel-Sync or Selective Synchronous recording is the process of selectively using audio tape record heads as play back heads so that new signals can be recorded on other tracks in perfect sync with the existing tracks.
See Multitrack recording and Sel-Sync
SMPTE timecode
SMPTE timecode is a set of cooperating standards to label individual frames of video or film with a timecode.
See Multitrack recording and SMPTE timecode
Software synthesizer
A software synthesizer or softsynth is a computer program that generates digital audio, usually for music.
See Multitrack recording and Software synthesizer
Sound card
A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs.
See Multitrack recording and Sound card
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
See Multitrack recording and Sound recording and reproduction
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Steinberg Cubase
Cubase is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by Steinberg for music and MIDI recording, arranging and editing.
See Multitrack recording and Steinberg Cubase
Steinberg Nuendo
Nuendo is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by Steinberg for music recording, arranging, editing, and post-production.
See Multitrack recording and Steinberg Nuendo
Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. Multitrack recording and Stereophonic sound are sound recording.
See Multitrack recording and Stereophonic sound
Surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).
See Multitrack recording and Surround sound
Synchronization
Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison.
See Multitrack recording and Synchronization
Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
See Multitrack recording and Synthesizer
TASCAM
TASCAM is the professional audio division of TEAC Corporation, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California.
See Multitrack recording and TASCAM
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project were a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician, and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter, and pianist Eric Woolfson.
See Multitrack recording and The Alan Parsons Project
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
See Multitrack recording and The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Beatles (album)
The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968.
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Toto (band)
Toto is an American pop rock band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
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Toto IV
Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto, released on April 8, 1982 by Columbia Records.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.
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Virtual Studio Technology
Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio plug-in software interface that integrates software synthesizers and effects units into digital audio workstations.
See Multitrack recording and Virtual Studio Technology
Vocal harmony
Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture.
See Multitrack recording and Vocal harmony
References
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