Home Recording,9781575605630

Home Recording

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ISBN13: 9781575605630
ISBN10: 1575605635
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-15
Publisher(s): Cherry Lane Music
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Summary

Now you can have access to those indispensable studio basics that can help you to create recordings just like the pros! Home Recording Studio Basics contains 44 in-depth articles geared towards the home recordist and culled from the pages of Home Recording magazine. Includes tons of helpful information on studio setup and sound conditioning, cables and connectors, gear selection and issues, monitoring, recording, effects, mixing, mastering, and more!

Table of Contents

Studio Setup and Sound Conditioning
The Sweet Spot
How to Turn That Sow's Ear of a Workspace into a Silk Purse
7(4)
Rusty Cutchin
Supply-Side Recording
Cheap Studio Upgrades
11(3)
David Darlington
Adventures in Airspace
Making the Most of Your Listening Environment
14(4)
David Darlington
Filling in the Cracks
If You Really Want to Contain Sound from Room to Room, You Must Seal the Deal
18(4)
Arty Skye
Build Your Own Studio Baffles
How to Fight Reflections and Win
22(5)
Jerry Tardif
How to Construct a Sound Panel
27(1)
Levin Pfeufer
Stupid Mic Stand Tricks
28(90)
Emile Menasche
Function over Beauty
A Do-It-Yourself Keyboard Stand
30(2)
Jon Chappell
Cables and Connectors
The Quest for Signal Integrity
All About Connections, Cables, and Those Pesky Adapters
32(7)
Pat Kirtley
Cable Guy---Part 1
Wiring Your Own Cables Can Improve Your Sound and Save You Money
39(3)
Bill Philbrick
Cable Guy---Part 2
Tips and Techniques for Wiring Your Own Cables
42(3)
Bill Philbrick
The Convenience Connection
Simplifying Your Life (or at Least Your Studio) with Patchbays
45(4)
David Darlington
Gear---Selection and Issues
More Gear
You Can't Live with It
49(3)
Rusty Cutchin
Introduction to Microphones
All About the Essential Recording Tool
52(14)
Pat Kirtley
What's So Hot About Tubes?
Why This Vintage Technology Is Still Champ in the Digital Arena
66(7)
Pat Kirtley
Calibration
How to Make Sure Your Gear Is All on the Same Page
73(2)
Pat Kirtley
The Ins and Outs of SMPTE
Timecode Unraveled
75(2)
David Darlington
Monitors and Monitoring
Output, Output, Output
The Bottom Line on Gear
77(2)
Rusty Cutchin
Subwoofer Strategies
Put Some Boom in Your Room
79(2)
David Darlington
Monitoring 101
Creating a Quality Monitoring Environment---Part 1 of 3
81(6)
Pat Kirtley
Monitoring 101
Creating a Quality Monitoring Environment---Part 2 of 3
87(11)
Pat Kirtley
Monitoring 101
Creating a Quality Monitoring Environment---Part 3 of 3
98(8)
Pat Kirtley
Recording
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Technology Marches On
106(2)
David Darlington
Unconventional Wisdom
Exploding the 12 Great Myths About Recording
108(7)
Pat Kirtley
Pre-Production
The Session Before the Session
115(3)
Rusty Cutchin
Isolation on the Cheap
118(20)
Mike Levine
Vocals 101
Tips for Getting the Best from Your Singer
120(2)
David Darlington
Singers Unlimited
Techniques for Vocal Comping
122(2)
David Darlington
Make Mine Hot
Getting Your Best Level
124(2)
David Darlington
Mind over Meters
A Guide to Setting Levels---Part 1
126(5)
Pat Kirtley
Mind over Meters
A Guide to Setting Levels---Part 2
131(5)
Pat Kirtley
Effects
Coping with Compressors
Demystifying Those Dynamic Controllers
136(2)
David Darlington
Compression
138(29)
Julian McBrowne
(Sonic) Barbarians at the Gate
``Quiet Down Out There!''
141(2)
David Darlington
Stir of Echoes
Reverb Revealed
143(2)
David Darlington
Mixers, Mixing, and Mastering
Making Sense of Mixers
Signal Flow Basics
145(2)
Jerry Tardif
Anatomy of a Channel Strip
Out of One, Many
147(2)
David Darlington
Grand Central Station
Your Mixer's Center Section
149(2)
David Darlington
Mixer Logic---Part 1
Demystifying the Left Side of That with All the Knobs
151(3)
Jon Chappell
Mixer Logic---Part 2
Demystifying the Right Side of That Thing with All the Knobs
154(3)
Jon Chappell
Desktop Mixing
Your Digital Audio Workstation Console
157(2)
David Darlington
Organizing Your Mix
Clear the Way for a Clean Result
159(2)
David Darlington
Active Listening
How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Details on Your Way to a Great Mix
161(6)
Pat Kirtley
A CD Mastering Primer
Preparing Your Disc for the Duplicator
167
Pat Kirtley

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