ABSTRACT

Written in the author's clear conversational style, with ample illustrations and visual analogies, this book features software agnostic tutorials and "cookbook recipes" for each phase of postaudio processing. The author begins with a section of FAQs from readers of the author's magazine column. After summarizing the significant points of audio theory, the author describes the preliminaries of setting up a post studio. From there he details every aspect of postproduction - from getting the tracks into the computer, to 'fixing and mixing,' to dealing with details of compression and streaming. The companion audio CD contains diagnostics, tutorial tracks, and demonstrations.

chapter 1|14 pages

Help!

chapter 2|26 pages

Vibrations to Volts to Bits

chapter 3|20 pages

The Studio: Acoustics and Monitoring

chapter 4|24 pages

The Studio: Equipment and Wiring

chapter 5|16 pages

The Studio: Audio Software

chapter 6|16 pages

Planning the Track

chapter 7|32 pages

Getting Audio into the Computer

chapter 9|24 pages

Editing Dialog

chapter 10|28 pages

Finding and Editing Music

chapter 11|22 pages

Working with Sound Effects

chapter 12|20 pages

Equalization

chapter 13|24 pages

Dynamics Control

chapter 14|18 pages

Time-Domain Effects

chapter 15|18 pages

Time and Pitch Manipulation

chapter 16|16 pages

Noise Reduction

chapter 17|24 pages

Other Effects

chapter 18|28 pages

The Mix

chapter 19|14 pages

After the Mix