New Book for Cool Edit Users Announced
 January 21, 2002
Syntrillium Software and U.K. publisher PC Publishing announced the launch of a new book on PC-based music recording and editing using Syntrillium Software's industry-leading Cool Edit technology. Audio Editing With Cool Edit by Richard Riley, will be shipped in March priced at $20.00 and shows users how to get the best from Cool Edit with easy-to-understand walkthroughs and helpful hints and tips.
The 160-page paperback Audio Editing With Cool Edit explains how to install and set up the program, how to record from a variety of sources, how to apply EQ and effects like flanging, reverb, and delay, and how to sync via MIDI and SMPTE. Readers will learn how to use plug-ins to enhance, clean up, and generally improve recordings and how to save in multiple file formats, including MP3 and WAV for any platform or system.
For users who master to CD, the book explains how to use Cool Edit's tools for normalizing the mix, executing complex multi-band compression, noise reduction, and inserting silence, test tones and signals. There's also an invaluable troubleshooting section and a collection of tips and tricks gleaned from the author's years of experience using the program.
According to Bob Ellison, President Syntrillium Software, Audio Editing With Cool Edit is an essential addition to the library of any Cool Edit user. "Richard Riley and PC Publishing have a done an excellent job with this book," Ellison said today. "Audio Editing With Cool Edit is well written, intuitive, and comprehensive. It's a valuable companion to the product and the user manual and represents a worthwhile investment for Cool Edit users of all levels of sophistication."
Phil Chapman, Director of PC Publishing, adds that the appeal of Audio Editing With Cool Edit is a direct function of the broad market success of Cool Edit among professionals, musicians, and project recordists. "We expect Audio Editing With Cool Edit to be a tremendous asset to Cool Edit users everywhere," Chapman commented. "We've worked hard to make sure that the writing, the design and the content reflect the Cool Edit product as much as possible, and we"re convinced that Cool Edit users at all levels will appreciate this."
Richard Riley is a full time producer, musician and writer living in the south west of the UK with wife Jo. When not producing music in his home studio he's either writing about music technology for the UK press, playing guitar in a number of bands, or selling guitars for a local music store. Richard is a published author of The Electric Guitar Handbook (PC Publishing 1998) and numerous reviews, columns, and features for Total Guitar magazine, PC Plus, PC Guide, Future Music, The Mix, MP3 Magazine, Computer Music. The Guitar Magazine, and The Melody Maker among others. Richard has been playing guitar for 28 of his 39 years in venues as diverse as Abbey Road Studios and The Old Grey Whistle Test for numerous artists both famous and not so famous.
"Cool Edit is such an inspirational piece of software to use but it doesn't get as much attention as it should," Riley said today. "I've been using Cool Edit since 1997 to produce and create music for bands, singers, radio shows, theatres and tours. Through the software I've learnt a great deal about how to produce music that doesn't just sound good in my studio but through PA systems and PC speakers alike. Cool Edit Pro Version 2 is an exciting development as the software now includes real time effects and EQ, video and MIDI support, and a whole host of other features that will enable the user to remain within the high quality, easy to use Cool Edit environment from first recording to burning the final mix to CD. Instructions for the whole process are included in the book along with non-technical explanations of how digital recordings are made, instructions for fine tuning your PC, creating your own instruments using Cool Edit pro Version 2, plus tips on mastering and managing your sessions.
Alongside the book are tutorial files created for the book by the author, samples and finished tracks produced using Cool Edit Pro Version 2.
For more information, visit their web site at www.syntrillium.com. |
