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Sound Recording Advice
*NEW 45-PAGE ADDENDUM WRITTEN FOR 2014* (This comes with the book purchase) Sound Recording Advice is a thorough yet simplified guide on how to set up a home recording studio. The book reads easily and covers all aspects of recording including power, ground, acoustics, studio layout and furniture, what new and used equipment to buy and where to buy it for lowest prices, how to record various instruments and then mix, bounce tracks and generate a master recording.
The book also includes hundreds of other important tips, including info on how to make and modify some of your own equipment and troubleshoot studio problems. It is perfectly placed on the ladder of technical depth, and handles the subject of home recording with an informed, do-it-yourself, hands-on mentality. This book will show you how to get the biggest bang for your buck.
The new update adds 40 pages to the book and covers these topics below. This update to the book covers the latest techniques on how to use a computer in the home recording
Why Record With a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
To Get Successful Results, What s Required?
Build or Buy a Computer to Host the DAW? And Which DAW to Buy?
Optimize Your Computer for Audio Recording and Efficient Real time DAW Operation.
Which DAW Should You Use?
Which Audio Interface Should You Use?
Important Gain Staging in the DAW
Tracking with the DAW
Before You Mix
Mixing with Plugins in the DAW
Mastering with the DAW
The DAW Controller
Tuning Your Room and Monitor System
Other DAW tips
Free or Near-free Stuff to Download and Try with Your DAW
The book and addendum also come with the latest equipment recommendations and the answers to hundreds of questions that have been sent into the author's website over the years. All these are included with the book purchase!
The book also includes hundreds of other important tips, including info on how to make and modify some of your own equipment and troubleshoot studio problems. It is perfectly placed on the ladder of technical depth, and handles the subject of home recording with an informed, do-it-yourself, hands-on mentality. This book will show you how to get the biggest bang for your buck.
The new update adds 40 pages to the book and covers these topics below. This update to the book covers the latest techniques on how to use a computer in the home recording
Why Record With a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
To Get Successful Results, What s Required?
Build or Buy a Computer to Host the DAW? And Which DAW to Buy?
Optimize Your Computer for Audio Recording and Efficient Real time DAW Operation.
Which DAW Should You Use?
Which Audio Interface Should You Use?
Important Gain Staging in the DAW
Tracking with the DAW
Before You Mix
Mixing with Plugins in the DAW
Mastering with the DAW
The DAW Controller
Tuning Your Room and Monitor System
Other DAW tips
Free or Near-free Stuff to Download and Try with Your DAW
The book and addendum also come with the latest equipment recommendations and the answers to hundreds of questions that have been sent into the author's website over the years. All these are included with the book purchase!
336 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 2003
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