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Book Description
Hands-on practical guide covering all aspects of recording, ideal for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this book offers advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced), suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also tells how to judge recordings and improve them to produce maximum results.New material covered in the 5th edition to include:
* complete revision and update of digital media sections
* new section on mixing tips
* new section on podcasts and file sharing
* new section equipment and connector levels
* new section function and connector types
* new section on digital metering
* new section exporting projects from other studios
* new photos
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Music: Why We Record
- 2. The Recording Process
- 3. Sound, Signals, and Studio Acoustics
- 4. Equipping Your Studio
- 5. Monitoring
- 6. Microphones
- 7. Microphone Technique Basics
- 8. Microphone Techniques
- 9. Effects and Signal Processors
- 10. Mixers and Mixing Consoles
- 11. Mixer Operation
- 12. Judging Sound Quality
- 13. Digital Recording
- 14. Computer Recording
- 15. Session Procedures, Mastering, and CD Burning
- 16. MIDI and Looping
- 17. On-Location Recording of Popular Music
- 18. On-Location Recording of Classical Music
- 19. Web Audio and Online Collaboration
- Appendix A. dB or Not dB
- Appendix B. Optimizing Your Computer for Multitrack Recording
- Appendix C. Impedance
- Appendix D. Phantom Power Explained
- Appendix E. Where To Learn More
- Audio Glossary
- Index