ABSTRACT

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

chapter 1|1 pages

Music: Why You Record

chapter 2|10 pages

The Recording Chain

chapter |16 pages

+ + =

chapter 4|30 pages

Equipping Your Studio

chapter 5|4 pages

Monitoring

chapter |5 pages

POWERED (ACTIVE) MONITORS

chapter |1 pages

HEADPHONES

chapter |2 pages

THE CUE SYSTEM

chapter 6|2 pages

Microphones

chapter |6 pages

+ – – +

chapter |14 pages

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

chapter 7|4 pages

Microphone Technique Basics

chapter |11 pages

OFF-AXIS COLORATION

chapter 8|25 pages

Microphone Techniques

chapter |2 pages

ACOUSTIC BASS

chapter |9 pages

STRING QUARTET

chapter |1 pages

BACKGROUND VOCALS

chapter |1 pages

ABC

chapter 9|1 pages

Digital Recording

chapter |9 pages

DIGITAL RECORDING

chapter |1 pages

JITTER

chapter 10|31 pages

Effects and Signal Processors

chapter |1 pages

ANALOG TAPE SIMULATOR

chapter |1 pages

DISTORTION

chapter |8 pages

MULTI-EFFECTS PROCESSOR

chapter 11|1 pages

Mixers and Mixing Consoles

chapter |18 pages

MIXER FUNCTIONS AND FORMATS

chapter |1 pages

CONTROL SURFACE

chapter 12|26 pages

Mixer Operation

chapter 13|16 pages

Computer Recording

chapter |26 pages

DSP CARD

chapter 14|25 pages

Judging Sound Quality

chapter |1 pages

COPYRIGHTS AND ROYALTIES

chapter |2 pages

SOUND CHECK AND RECORDING

chapter 18|7 pages

On-Location Recording of Classical Music

EQUIPMENT

chapter |10 pages

MICROPHONE PLACEMENT

chapter |10 pages

SURROUND MEDIA

chapter |14 pages

DATA COMPRESSION

chapter |7 pages

Appendix A dB or Not dB

chapter |8 pages

PREVENTING INTERRUPTIONS

chapter |5 pages

Appendix C Impedance

WHAT IS IMPEDANCE?

chapter |5 pages

Appendix D Where to Learn More

BOOKS AND VIDEOS

chapter |60 pages

Glossary

chapter |24 pages

Index