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
- Half Title
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1 Music: Why You Record
- CHAPTER 2 The Recording Chain
- 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 Digital Recording
- CHAPTER 10 Effects and Signal Processors
- CHAPTER 11 Mixers and Mixing Consoles
- CHAPTER 12 Mixer Operation
- CHAPTER 13 Computer Recording
- CHAPTER 14 Judging Sound Quality
- CHAPTER 15 Session Procedures, Mastering, and CD Burning
- CHAPTER 16 The MIDI Studio: Equipment and Recording Procedures
- CHAPTER 17 On-Location Recording ofPopular Music
- CHAPTER 18 On-Location Recording of Classical Music
- CHAPTER 19 Surround Sound: Techniques and Media
- CHAPTER 20 Web Audio and Online Collaboration
- APPENDIX A dB or Not dB
- APPENDIX B Optimizing Your Computer for Multitrack Recording
- APPENDIX C Impedance
- APPENDIX D Where to Learn More
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- Practical Recording Techniques Demo Web Site
Product information
- Title: Practical Recording Techniques, 5th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2013
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136125256
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