Basic Rhythm Programming

by Mark K. Roberts

(Music Sales America). With today's hardware and software sequencers, it's possible for anyone recording music on a budget to lay down professional-sounding grooves and produce music in the comfort of their home. Basic Rhythm Programming provides a guide to creating rolls, fills, and paradiddles on your computer, explaining every aspect of the process, from connecting up your soundcard to producing material rivalling that of the veteran programmers! If you're making music, or you want to, this book is for you.

Genres: Music

264 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like others in this series, this book covers material that's well documented in other sources, and it's a tad dated, but it's short, clear, and will give anyone looking to create rhythm tracks in a recording a solid basis from which to expand. From here you might want to move on to material on either programming specific hardware and/or software, or creating rhythm tracks in particular musical traditions and styles. The little books in this series are definitely worth adding to your library if you're recording music (or for that matter, a podcast, vlog, etc.) and want to polish the way your work sounds.