The Best iTunes Books of All Time

Apple‘s exciting new Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) initiative, introduced in early 2012, introduces new possibilities for delivering high-quality audio. For the first time, record labels and program producers are encouraged to deliver audio materials to iTunes in a high resolution format, which can produce better-sounding masters. In iTunes Music, author and world-class mastering engineer Bob Katz starts out with the basics, surveys the recent past, and brings you quickly up to the present where the current state of digital audio is bleak.

Katz explains the evolution of standards for dynamic range through the present and with implications for the future. He details the new methods that Apple is developing to accept high resolution audio and shows step by step how audio engineers and producers can take advantage of them. This book is designed for all those dealing with sound, from sound engineers to music industry executives and musicians and those aspiring to all these roles. This book will help you understand the issues around delivering high-quality environment and get all your facts straight for when you encounter resistance to good sound. Topics covered include:. Contrasting the production of CD albums with iTunes albumsHigh Resolution audioDitheringDistortion (and how to avoid it)Lossy CodingLoudness MeteringSound Check and how it affects our production techniquesApple‘s tools for Mastered for iTunes. Foreword by renowned mastering engineer Bob Ludwig. Join the forums at www.digido.com/iTunes, for the latest information and discussions!

Covers iPod touch 4th and 5th Generation running iOS 6. Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPod touch photos so that you can see exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPod touch problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPod touch. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPod touch working just the way you want. Learn how to:. • Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPod touches, iPhones, and iPads.

• Use Siri to get information, write texts and emails, set reminders/appointments, and more just by speaking to your iPod touch 5th Generation. • Customize your iPod touch with folders, wallpaper, sounds, and much more. • Configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts, reminders, and calendars. • Communicate via FaceTime videoconferences, text messages, and email. • Make the most of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all your email from one inbox. • Listen to music, subscribe and listen to podcasts, and watch video—including movies and TV shows. • Capture and edit photos and video. • Use your photos in slideshows, for wallpaper, and your contacts, or share them via email, iCloud, and texts; use PhotoStream to automatically save and share your photos. • Find, download, install, and use awesome iPod touch apps. • Take advantage of iCloud to keep your content and information in sync on all your devices.

Describes how to get the most out of an iPod and iTunes, covering such topics as customizing the menu, creating a playlist, using the iPod in a car, downloading movies and videos, and using the iTunes store.