Skip to Content
Sound Studio, 7th Edition
book

Sound Studio, 7th Edition

by Alec Nisbett
July 2003
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
18h 10m
English
Routledge
Content preview from Sound Studio, 7th Edition

Chapter 16

The virtual studio

 

 

 

 

The studio without a studio: welcome to the virtual studio! There is no dedicated acoustic space, just one room where the electrical analogue of sound is created, assembled, manipulated (or processed), mixed and recorded. Real sounds may still be captured by real microphones, but are not at the heart of the operation: they might be recorded during a moment of quiet in the same control space, or they may be imported.

Today, a virtual studio is most likely to be centred on a computer with software that duplicates many of the functions of a real studio – and in its simplest (or purest) form that is all there is. Even the recording process stays within the computer, although if the end-product is to be, say, ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Recording Studio Design, 4th Edition

Recording Studio Design, 4th Edition

Philip Newell
Sound and Recording, 7th Edition

Sound and Recording, 7th Edition

Francis Rumsey, Tim McCormick

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780240519111