Modern Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition

Chapter 7. The Digital Audio Workstation

Over the history of digital audio production, the style, form and function of hard-disk recording has changed to meet the challenges of faster processors, bigger drives, improved hardware systems and the ongoing push of marketing forces to sell, sell, sell! As a result, there are numerous hard-disk system types that are designed for various purposes, budgets and production styles. As new technologies and programming techniques continue to turn out new hardware and software systems at a staggering pace, many of the long-held production limitations have vanished as increased track counts, processing power and affordability have changed the way we see the art of production itself. In recent years, no single ...