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Practical Recording Techniques, 5th Edition
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Practical Recording Techniques, 5th Edition

by Bruce Bartlett
July 2013
Beginner
656 pages
15h
English
Focal Press
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CHAPTER 12 Mixer Operation

 

 

Get your hands on those knobs. You're going to operate a mixer as part of a recording session. This will be a basic run-through. Detailed session procedures are described in Chapter 15. Most of these procedures also apply to operating a virtual mixer in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

First recall the stages in making a recording:

1. Session preparation

2. Recording

3. Punching in

4. Overdubbing

5. Mixdown

This chapter considers each stage in turn.

SESSION PREPARATION

If you're recording on a hard drive, make sure you have enough drive space for the project. Chapter 13 has simple equations and a table that show how much space you need.

Plan your track assignments. Write a track sheet that tells what instrument ...

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ISBN: 9780240811444