Overview
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
• This popular bestseller covers the latest digital techniques for professional and home studios, and location recording
• Now features a dedicated website packed with audio clips to enhance the text
• Now includes a brand new chapter on computer recording procedures
Practical Recording Techniques is a hands-on practical guide for 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), with 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. Two extensive glossaries clearly explain audio jargon and sound-quality descriptions.
NEW material includes: Extensive coverage of digital recording technology and techniques, including computer DAWs and optimizing them for best performance
Synopsis
- A step-by-step approach to professional audio recording.
- Covers the latest techniques for professional studio, home studio, and on-location.
- Completely updated including extensive information on the latest advancements in MIDI and digital audio.
The book offers up-to-date information on the latest recording technology, such as digital tape recording, hard-disk recording, keyboard and digital workstations, SMPTE, and MIDI. It also guides the beginner through the basics, showing how to make quality recordings with the new breed of inexpensive home-studio equipment. Other topics include: choosing and operating recorder-mixers based on cassette, Mini-Disc, and hard-disk; hum prevention; the latest monitoring methods; microphone selection and placement; audio-for-video techniques; troubleshooting bad sound; guidelines for good sound. With its step-by-step approach and easy-to-read format, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to create professional sounding recordings.
Booknews
Teaches readers to conduct a complete recording session from pre- production to master-reel or DAT assembly. For novice and intermediate recording engineers, and musicians. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)