Practical Recording Techniques
The Step- by- Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording
- 6th Edition - August 1, 2012
- Latest edition
- Authors: Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett
- Language: English
Get started recording with this hands-on, practical guide. Filled with tips and shortcuts, Practical Recording Techniques gives you advice on equipping a home studio (whether… Read more
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Get started recording with this hands-on, practical guide. Filled with tips and shortcuts, Practical Recording Techniques gives you advice on equipping a home studio (whether low-budget or advanced), with suggestions for how to set up and use the gear, optimize acoustics, choose monitor speakers, and prevent hum. Learn to judge your recordings and improve them to produce professional-sounding results.
With Practical Recording Techniques, you get:
* A companion website with audio samples so you can hear the effects and techniques described in the book
* Updated information on plugs-ins, Pro Tools, iOS recording systems, and recording websites
* Fully up-to-date information on DAWs and the technical details of MIDI
* This popular bestseller covers the latest digital techniques for professional and home studios, and location recording
* Features a dedicated website packed with audio clips to enhance the text
* Includes a brand new chapter on computer recording procedures
* Features a dedicated website packed with audio clips to enhance the text
* Includes a brand new chapter on computer recording procedures
Home and project studio engineers, musicians, students, and amateur recording enthusiasts. Suitable for courses such as Audio Production, Digital Audio, Music Technology, Introduction to Music Technology, Audio Recording, Audio Engineering Technology, and Basic Recording. Suitable for beginner and intermediate levels, and as reference for professional recording engineers.
1 Music: Why We Record
3 Sound, Signals, and Studio Acoustics
4 Equipping Your Studio
5 Monitoring
6 Microphones
7 Microphone-Technique Basics
8 Microphone Techniques
9 Effects and Signal Processors
10 Mixers and Mixing Consoles
11 Mixer Operation
12 Judging Sound Quality
13 Digital Recording
14 Computer Recording
15 Session Procedures, Mastering, and CD Burning
16 MIDI and Looping
17 On-Location Recording of Popular Music
18 On-Location Recording of Classical Music
19 Web Audio and Online Collaboration
Appendix A dB or Not dB
Appendix B Optimizing Your Computer for Multitrack Recording
Appendix C Impedance
Appendix D Phantom Power Explained
Appendix E Where to Learn More
- Edition: 6
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2012
- Language: English
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Bruce Bartlett
Affiliations and expertise
Microphone engineer/designer, audio journalist, recording engineer, live sound mixer, and audio consultant.JB
Jenny Bartlett
Affiliations and expertise
Freelance technical writer specializing in audio and computer software.