EpiK DrumS EDU is the best tool for anyone interested in learning how to record and mix real drum kits. With today's technology, sampled drums are used more and more, but every engineer and producer needs to know how to record and mix a real drum kit.

TRANSDAT Geosoftware executes coordinate transformations and geodetic datum shifts between many coordinate and reference systems of America, Australasia, Europe, Germany special and world-wide, at high precision and high speed.

In Mandarin Chinese, the word “ma” can mean four different things depending on the tone (the pitch)--“mother,” “hemp,” “horse,” or “to scold”--even though the pronunciation is the same. If you are not a native speaker of Chinese, you may find this aspect of learning the language daunting. McGraw-Hill’s Chinese Pronunciation makes it easier for you to pronounce Chinese words correctly. You are first introduced to the simple sounds; you then learn their combinations and correct tones. Vibrant illustrations in the book and video demonstrations on the CD-ROM even show tongue placement and mouth shapes to help you get the words right.

The Complete Taoist Teachings of Master Mantak Chia are now available as 36 Chi Kung (Qigong) Workshops consisting of 60 DVDs. Empower yourself with the Taoist Heritage DVD Collection, our comprehensive introductory set of 20 total DVDs. This exclusive collection takes you into the workshops with world-renowned Taoist Master Mantak Chia to follow the same step-by-step instructions that his students receive. It comprises the core of Master Chia's system and gives you everything you need to practice Chi Kung (Qigong).

Exercise files are the identical files (documents, photos, and so on) the author uses throughout this course. The files will help you make the most of your learning experience because you open them in your own software and follow along with tutorials. Exercise files are available to Premium members only.

The PLAY series… entertaining instructional programs that illustrating both scale & chord voicings made recognizable by some of the world's greatest guitarists. This program will concentrate on the only three-time inductee to the Rock Roll Hall of Fame and 4th greatest guitarist of all time (as ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine), ERIC CLAPTON. Use your DVD remote to choose or change options at anytime. You can also pause or watch the video in slow motion!

The Legendary Robert Johnson is reputed to be the man who sold his soul at the crossroads to play the blues. During his short life, he enjoyed little success or recognition, and it would be 20 years after his death before his music received its deserved acclaim. Now regarded as a maestro of the blues, Johnson has been a key influence on many famed guitarists. MAX MILLIGAN, Guitar Institute (London) Instructor and Senior Examiner for Registry of Guitar Tutors (London College of Music) will show how to incorporate his techniques into your own style so you too will be able to play like Johnson!

In this series of tutorials we cover the fundamentals of texturing characters in Photoshop. We will start off by setting up our Photoshop document in a way that will be optimal for texture painting. Then we'll start laying down our base colors, highlights, and shadows. Once we're happy with our color selection, we'll continually refine the textures until we're happy with the result.

Get ready to impress your clients, puzzle your competition, and blow your models’ minds!After years of working as a art director for several major publications, photographer Clint Davis now shares the tips, tricks, and techniques that he’s used to create stunning photo-composites for over 100 magazine covers!

The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition book and screencast series teach you how to develop and deploy real, industrial-strength web applications with Ruby on Rails, the open-source web framework that powers top websites such as Twitter, Hulu, GitHub, and the Yellow Pages.

Adobe After Effects is an incredibly deep and rich set of tools for creating motion graphics, manipulating movies, adding visual effects, and more.

This excellent 2 DVD set will teach you the riffs and solos that catapulted these LA rockers into superstardom!