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From: "Amanda Staab" 
To: "No Starch News" 
Subject: Press Release: Linux Music & Sound, June 2000
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:40:31 -0700


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For Immediate Release
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LINUX MUSIC AND SOUND GETS A TUNE-UP: New book solves readers' problems
toying with music and sound under Linux

Contact: Amanda Staab, Publicist, No Starch Press, 415-863-9900,
mailto:amanda@nostarch.com

San Francisco, CA--Working with music and sound under Linux is no trivial
matter-but the continuing development of music and sound support is crucial
to Linux's future success on the desktop. LINUX MUSIC & SOUND
(1-886411-34-4, $39.95, 350 pp. w/CD-ROM, No Starch Press, June 2000,
http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
takes an in-depth look at recording, storing, playing, and editing music
and sound under Linux.

In his new book, Dave Phillips, a Linux programmer and a performing
musician, explains the basics of digital sound and tackles Linux-specific
software and hardware issues. He covers general Linux audio set-up,
describes basic and advanced use of the system, and profiles and evaluates
the broad range of Linux sound and music applications. Readers learn how to:

* Record, mix, and add effects to music tracks
* Work with MOD, MIDI, and MP3 files
* Use hard disk multi-track recording
* Explore software sound synthesis programs like Csound
* Share sound resources over a network or broadcast live over the Internet
* Use realtime synthesizers
* Produce high quality scores with music notation programs

The CD-ROM includes over 100 MIDI applications, including digital audio and
music notation software, games, and utilities, as well as a PDF version of
the book with live hyperlinks to hundreds of Internet resources.

Available in fine bookstores everywhere or directly from No Starch Press
(1-800-420-7240, http://www.nostarch.com), LINUX MUSIC & SOUND is the first
and only book to document working with electronic music and sound under
Linux.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dave Phillips, a performing musician for over 30 years, is an expert in
MIDI, Csound, and Linux. He currently maintains a Linux MIDI and Sound
informational Web site found at http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound.

To request a review copy or to schedule a radio, TV, or print interview,
contact Amanda Staab at 415-863-9900 or mailto:amanda@nostarch.com.

No Starch Press
555 De Haro Street, Ste. 250
San Francisco, CA 94107
Fax (415) 863-9950