Book description
As the most popular and authoritative guide to recording available, Modern Recording Techniques provides everything you need to master the tools and day-to-day practice of music recording and production. The sixth edition has been expanded to cover the latest digital audio technology and features a new section on surround sound. For those who are just starting out or are looking for their next job in the industry, this edition also provides essential advice on career options and networking.David Miles Huber's approachable writing style, coupled with over 500 technical diagrams, screen shots and product illustrations, makes this an essential resource which you will want to refer to again and again.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Trademarks
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1 Introduction
- The Recording Studio
- The Control Room
- The Project Studio
- The Portable Studio
- Whatever Works for You
- Making the Project Studio Pay for Itself
- Live/On-Location Recording: A Different Animal
- Audio for Video and Film
- Multimedia
- The Web
- The People Who Make It All Happen
- Career Development
- The Recording Process
- 2 Sound and Hearing
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3 Studio Acoustics and Design
- Studio Types
- Primary Factors Governing Studio and Control Room Acoustics
- Acoustic Isolation
- Walls
- Floors
- Risers
- Ceilings
- Windows and Doors
- Iso-Rooms and Iso-Booths
- Noise Isolation within the Control Room
- Partitions
- Symmetry in Control Room Design
- Frequency Balance
- Reverberation
- Acoustic Echo Chambers
- Power- and Ground-Related Issues
- A Few Helpful Hints
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4 Microphones: Design and Application
- The Microphone: An Introduction
- Microphone Design
- Microphone Characteristics
- Microphone Preamps
- Microphone Techniques
- Pickup Characteristics as a Function of Working Distance
- Stereo Miking Techniques
- Surround Miking Techniques
- Recording Direct
- Microphone Placement Techniques
- Brass Instruments
- Guitar
- Keyboard Instruments
- Percussion
- Tuned Percussion Instruments
- Stringed Instruments
- Voice
- Woodwind Instruments
- Microphone Selection
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5 The Analog Tape Recorder
- To 2-Inch or Not To 2-Inch?
- Magnetic Recording and Its Media
- The Professional Analog ATR
- The Tape Transport
- The Magnetic Tape Head
- Equalization
- Bias Current
- Recording Channels and Monitoring Modes
- The Remote Control Unit and Autolocator
- To Punch or Not To Punch
- MIDI Machine Control
- Tape, Tape Speed, and Head Configurations
- Print-Through
- Cleanliness
- Degaussing
- Head Alignment
- Electronic Calibration
- Backup and Archive Strategies
- 6 Digital Audio Technology
- 7 MIDI and Electronic Music Technology
- 8 Multimedia and the Web
- 9 Synchronization
- 10 Amplifiers
- 11 The Audio Production Console
- 12 Signal Processing
- 13 Noise Reduction
- 14 Monitoring
- 15 Surround Sound
- 16 Mastering
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17 Product Manufacture
- Choosing the Right Facility and Manufacturer
- CD Manufacturing
- The Process
- CD Burning
- Rolling Your Own
- Burning Speeds
- CD Labeling
- CD and DVD Handling and Care
- DVD Burning
- Cassette Duplication
- Vinyl Disc Manufacture
- Disc Cutting
- Disc-Cutting Lathe
- Recording Discs
- The Mastering Process
- Vinyl Disc Plating and Pressing
- Producing for the Web
- 18 Studio Session Procedures
- 19 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Index
Product information
- Title: Modern Recording Techniques, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136117732
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