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|4 pages

Music: Why We Record

chapter 2|10 pages

The Recording Process

chapter 3|20 pages

Sound, Signals, and Studio Acoustics

chapter 4|30 pages

Equipping Your Studio

chapter 5|10 pages

Monitoring

chapter 6|20 pages

Microphones

chapter 7|20 pages

Microphone Technique Basics

chapter 8|36 pages

Microphone Techniques

chapter 9|36 pages

Effects and Signal Processors

chapter 10|18 pages

Mixers and Mixing Consoles

chapter 11|30 pages

Mixer Operation

chapter 12|22 pages

Judging Sound Quality

chapter 13|24 pages

Digital Recording

chapter 14|40 pages

Computer Recording

chapter 16|22 pages

MIDI and Looping

chapter 17|28 pages

On-Location Recording of Popular Music

chapter 18|14 pages

On-Location Recording of Classical Music

chapter 19|14 pages

Web Audio and Online Collaboration