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Taylor and Francis Practical Recording Techniques The Step-By-Step Approach To Professional Audio Recording 7Th Edn 2017 Edition by Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett
Practical Recording Techniques covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this hands-on, practical guide gives advice on equipping a home studio (whether low-budget or advanced) and suggestions for set-up, acoustics, effects, choosing mics and monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also instructs how to mike instruments and vocals, judge recordings and improve them, work with MIDI and loops, do mastering, and put your music on the web. Two chapters cover live recording of classical and popular music. New in the seventh edition: Complete update of all types of recording equipment, plug-ins, and recording softwareIncreased focus on current industry and classroom trends like DAW signal flow and operation (during recording and mixdown), while still covering analog fundamentalsUpdated organization to focus and break up topicsUpdated tips on optimizing your computer for multitrack recording - for both Windows and MacNew sections on streaming audio, mobile-device recording, live recording with digital consoles, and psychoacousticsListen Online boxes highlight where audio samples on the website relate to chapter discussionsUpdated companion website with audio examples, articles, and suggested activities, plus expanded user-friendly links to the best sites for videos and articles, recording techniques, equipment, and other learning resources. Instructors can download figures from the book, the audio files, and a test bank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1: A Basic Overview of the Recording Process CHAPTER 2: Sound and PsychoacousticsCHAPTER 3: Studio AcousticsCHAPTER 4: Signal Characteristics of Audio DevicesCHAPTER 5: Equipping Your Studio CHAPTER 6: Monitoring CHAPTER 7: Microphones CHAPTER 8: Microphone Technique Basics CHAPTER 9: Microphone Techniques for Instruments and Vocals CHAPTER 10: Equalization (EQ) CHAPTER 11: Effects and Signal ProcessorsCHAPTER 12: Mixers and Mixing ConsolesCHAPTER 13: Digital AudioCHAPTER 14: Computer RecordingCHAPTER 15: DAW Signal FlowCHAPTER 16: DAW OperationCHAPTER 17: Judging Sound Quality with Critical Listening CHAPTER 18: MIDI and Loops CHAPTER 19: Session Procedures CHAPTER 20: Mastering and CD Burning CHAPTER 21: On-Location Recording of Popular MusicCHAPTER 22: On-Location Recording of Classical MusicCHAPTER 23: Web Audio, Streaming, 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: Legacy Recording Devices AUDIO GLOSSARY INDEX