Burning Down the House: Ripping, Recording, Remixing, and More!

CNet recommended this book for the course they were offering on becoming proficient with the editing of digital multimedia and recording it to CDs. I can attest they knew what they were doing. The book is easy to read, deals with the technology with a non-geek tone and handles the legal issues properly and with a proper tongue-in-cheek manner. An excellent value.

This is a must buy for any newbie and intermediate level digital music enthusiast. i found his book to be chock full of info that i hadn't known.Now my digital music life is much easier. Thank you! mr. van buskirkBTW.. please check out his column on c-net, also very helpful.

Finally, a friendly, huggable book that answers embarrassing questions like how to "Digitize Your Vinyl" and "Remixing 101." Most of us pretend that we know how to do this stuff, but now we can actually know instead. No one this experienced is addressing what people really do when they remix and make music online and then broadcast it to the world. It's an intelligent and fun read, told with humor and best of all, soul. Take Van Buskirk's dedication for instance: "To anyone who's ever made something because they wanted to." I mean, come on!

Buskirk's book is a perfect introduction to the world of digital music and home recording. Many newbies have a hard time coming to terms with digital file formats, hardware, software and the diversity in cost/quality/platforms,etc. and which way to take these choices. If that is you, this is an ideal guide for your initial dive into modern audio technology. If you are only interested in downloading mp3's and burning cd's from this material or are an aspiring producer/home recording/musician, this book is for you. It could also be a good review of modern production options and the free or commercial software to flesh out your sonic ideas. All of the above without presenting the information in a dry or overly academic style. An enjoyable read!

This book is a must for those interested in digital audio. It definitely gives the novice computer audiophile a ton of great basic info to get started, but at the same time has loads of great tips and tricks for more experienced users like myself.It's written in an easy to read, fun style... rather than too technical and boring like so many other computer oriented books.And the software he mentions and uses as examples throughout are all open-source, which means free.... so you don't already have to have some expensive software package before you can start making remixes, burning cd's, etc....Anyway, definitely a good book and well worth the money