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From the Book - Fifth edition.
Introduction: -- About This Book -- Foolish assumptions -- Icons used in this book -- Beyond the book -- Where to -- Part 1: Getting Started With Home Recording: -- Understanding Home Recording: -- Examining the anatomy of a home studio: -- Exploring the recording essentials -- Checking out recording system types -- Getting a glimpse into the recording process: -- Setting up a song -- Getting a great sound -- Recording -- Overdubbing -- Making sense of mixing: -- Cleaning up tracks using editing -- Equalizing your tracks -- Processing your signal -- Blending your tracks -- Adding the final touches: -- Mastering your mixes -- Putting your music out into the world -- Promoting your music -- Getting the Right Gear: -- Determining your home studio needs -- Detailing your digital options -- Computer-based digital recording systems: -- Finding the right computer setup -- Getting the sound in and out -- Choosing the right software -- Studio-in-a-box systems: -- Taking a look at the benefits -- Examining some popular SIAB systems -- Mobile-device recording: -- Android -- Apple iOS -- Windows -- Stand-alone Recorders -- Examining analog goodies: -- Tube stuff -- Tape saturation emulators -- Reality check -- Exploring sample setups: -- Live and MIDI studio -- MIDI-intensive studio -- Live studio -- Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio: -- Understanding analog connections: -- 1/4-inch analog plug -- XLR -- RCA -- Delving into digital connections: -- MIDI -- AES/EBU -- S/PDIF -- ADAT lightpipe -- TDIF -- USB -- FireWire -- Thunderbolt -- Sampling some studio setups: -- Audio with some MIDI -- MIDI-intensive setup -- Live audio -- Working efficiently: -- Taming heat and dust -- Monitoring your monitors -- Optimizing your room: -- Isolating sound -- Controlling sound -- Part 2: Recording 101: -- Meet The Mixer: -- Meeting the many mixers: -- Analog mixer -- Digital mixer -- Software mixer -- Computer control surface -- Understanding mixer basics: -- Examining inputs -- Checking out the channel strip -- Recognizing mixer routing -- Opting for outputs -- MIDI And Electronic Instruments: -- Meeting MIDI: -- Perusing MIDI ports -- Understanding MIDI channels -- Appreciating MIDI messages -- Managing modes -- Taking orders from general MIDI -- Gearing up for MIDI: -- Sound generators -- Sound card -- MIDI controller -- Sequencer -- MIDI interface -- Understanding Microphones: -- Meeting the many microphone types: -- Construction types -- Polarity patterns -- Assessing your microphone needs -- Deciding how many microphones and what kind: -- Getting started -- Movin' on -- Going all out -- Finding the right mic for the situation -- Partnering mics with preamps: -- Solid-state -- Vacuum tube -- Hybrid -- Considering compressors -- Analyzing some microphone accessories: -- Microphone cords -- Microphone stands -- Pop filters -- Caring for your microphones: -- Daily care -- Storage -- Part 3: Getting Ready to Record: -- Getting A Great Source Sound: -- Making sense of the signal chain -- Setting optimal signal levels -- Understanding pre and post levels: -- Interpreting the various levels -- Looking at examples -- Getting a great guitar sound -- Creating a killer keyboard sound -- Making the most of microphones: -- Placing mics properly -- Compressing carefully -- Taking A Look At Microphone Techniques: -- Singling out spot miking -- Detailing distant miking -- Assessing ambient miking -- Selecting stereo miking: -- X-Y pairs -- Blumlein technique -- Spaced pairs -- Stereo microphones -- Overcoming problems with stereo miking -- Creating miking combinations -- Miking Your Instruments: -- Getting a great lead vocal sound: -- Making the most of the room -- Choosing the best mic -- Getting good backup vocals -- Examining electric guitar miking: -- Using the room -- Getting the most out of the mics -- Exploring electric bass miking: -- Managing the room -- Getting the most from the mic -- Miking acoustic guitars and similar instruments: -- Making the most of the room -- Using your mics --Maneuvering horns mics: -- Understanding the role of the room -- Making the most of the mics -- Placing mics for a piano: -- Harnessing the sound of the room -- Managing the mics -- Setting up mics for strings: -- Making the most of the room -- Making sense of the mics -- Digging into drum set miking: -- First things first: tuning your drums -- Using the room to your benefit -- Picking up the kick (bass) drum -- Setting up the snare drum -- Tacking the tom-toms -- Handling the hi-hats -- Creating the best cymbal sound -- Miking the whole kit -- Getting your hands on hand drums -- Perfecting percussion miking: -- Exploring the impact of the room -- Choosing and using the mics --
Part 4: Laying Track: Starting To Record:
Multitrack Recording:
Understanding multitracking
Getting ready to record:
Setting up a song
Selecting a sound source
Setting levels
Getting the sound you want
Choosing a monitoring sources
Saving your work
Sharing files with others
Recording Audio:
Performing your first take
Punching in and out:
Manual punching
Punching with a foot switch
Automatic punching
Repeated punching (looping)
Exploring overdubbing
Submixing
Bouncing
Keeping track of your tracks
Recording And Editing MIDI Data:
Synchronizing your devices:
Synchronizing two (or more) synthesizers
Synchronizing a computer sequencer and a synthesizer
Synchronizing a sequencer and an audio recorder
Using the transport function from one device to control another
Sequencing:
Recording MIDI data
Overdubbing
Editing your data
Quantization
Transposing
Saving your data
Transferring data using MIDI
Part 5: Turning Your Tracks Into A Finished Song:
Editing Your Performance:
Understanding digital editing:
Copy
Cut/delete/erase
Insert
Paste
Move
Export/import
Undo
Finding the section you want to edit:
Editing aurally
Editing visually
Editing to improve the sound of a performance:
Replacing a bad note
Evening out a performance
Getting rid of distortion
Getting rid of noise
Correcting pitch problems
Creating a performance that never happened:
Creating loops
Assembling a song
Making composites of your tracks
Discovering other ways to use editing:
Adjusting the length of a performance
Reversing a phrase
Mixing Your Music:
Understanding mixing
Getting started mixing your song
Exploring equalization:
Graphic
High- and low-shelf
High- and low-pass filters
Parametric
Equalizing your tracks:
Dialing in EQ
Starting with general guidelines
Vocals
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Percussion
Piano
Horns
Using the stereo field:
Panning left or right
Placing sound in front or back
Adjusting levels: enhancing the emotion of the song:
Dynamics
Arrangement
Automation: riding the faders:
Real-time automation
Snapshot automation
Tuning your ears:
Listening critically
Choosing reference recordings
Dealing with ear fatigue
Making several versions
Dialing In Signal Processors:
Connecting effects:
Insert
Send/return
Controlling loudness and softness with dynamics processors:
Introducing compressors/limiters
Targeting frequency ranges with multiband compression
Getting started using compression
Sampling some compression settings
Introducing gates
Getting started using gates
Introducing expanders
Getting started using and expanders
Adding ambiance with effects processors:
Introducing reverb
Getting started using reverb
Introducing delay
Getting started using delay
Introducing pitch shifting
Chorus
Getting started chorusing
Simulating effects:
Microphone simulator
Amp simulator
Mastering Your Music:
Demystifying mastering:
Processing
Sequencing
Leveling
Getting ready to master
Paying a pro or doing it yourself
Hiring a professional mastering engineer
Mastering your music yourself:
Optimizing dynamics
Perfecting tonal balance
Sequencing your songs
Balancing levels
Preparing for distribution
Creating Your Finished Product:
Getting into CD recording
Purchasing CD-Rs
Recording your music to CD-R:
Using different CD recorders
Recording for mass production
Protecting your rights
Making multiple copies:
Doing it yourself
Having someone else do it
Understanding downloadable music files:
Bit rate
Mode
Creating MP3 files:
Choosing encoding software
Encoding your music
Pressing vinyl
Part 6: Part Of Tens:
Ten (Or So) Ways To Distribute And Promote Your Music:
Marketing yourself
Setting up your music website
Putting your music on a music host site
Engaging in social media networking
Offering free downloads
Selling downloads
Licensing your music
Streaming audio
Podcasting
Selling your CDs
Connecting with an Email newsletter
Ten Invaluable Recording Tips:
Using an analog tape deck
Layering our drum beats
Decorating your room
Setting a tempo map
Listening to your mix in mono
Doubling and tripling your tracks
Tapping the input of your mixer
Overdubbing live drums
Pressing record, even during a rehearsal
Leaving the humanity in your tracks
Index.
From the Book - Fourth edition.
Home recording studio basics
Recording 101
Getting ready to record
Laying track: starting to record
Turning your tracks into a finished song
The part of tens.
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Subjects
Subjects
Digital techniques
Equipment and supplies
Handbooks and manuals
Recording and reproducing
Sound
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Equipment and supplies
Sound studios
Sound studios -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Equipment and supplies
Handbooks and manuals
Recording and reproducing
Sound
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Equipment and supplies
Sound studios
Sound studios -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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9781118106891
111810689
9781118968017
9780764516344
111810689
9781118968017
9780764516344
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