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 Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Music: Why We Record
- Chapter 2 The Recording Process
- Chapter 3 Sound, Signals, and Studio Acoustics
- Chapter 4 Equipping Your Studio
- Chapter 5 Monitoring
- Chapter 6 Microphones
- Chapter 7 Microphone Technique Basics
- Chapter 8 Microphone Techniques
- Chapter 9 Effects and Signal Processors
- Chapter 10 Mixers and Mixing Consoles
- Chapter 11 Mixer Operation
- Chapter 12 Judging Sound Quality
- Chapter 13 Digital Recording
- Chapter 14 Computer Recording
- Chapter 15 Session Procedures, Mastering, and CD Burning
- Chapter 16 MIDI and Looping
- Chapter 17 On-Location Recording of Popular Music
- Chapter 18 On-Location Recording of Classical Music
- Chapter 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
Product information
- Title: Practical Recording Techniques, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2013
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136125331
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