Modern recording techniques
"This expanded, up-to-date edition of Modern Recording Techniques can help guide you through the process of creating, understanding and mastering the professional and project studio. The tips, tricks, and tools in this best-selling book will enable you to record music in new and innovative ways...
| Otros Autores: | , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Focal Press/Elsevier
2010.
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| Edición: | 7th ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627955806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Half title page; Modern Recording Techniques; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Chapter 1 Introduction; The recording studio; The control room; The changing faces of the music studio business; The project studio; The portable studio; Studio in the palm of your hand; Knowledge is power!; Whatever works for you; Making the project studio pay for itself; Live/on-location recording: a different animal; Audio for video and film; Multimedia; The people who make it all happen; The artist; Studio musicians and arrangers; The producer; The engineer
- Assistant engineerMaintenance engineer; Mastering engineer; The DJ; The VJ; Studio management; Music law; Women and minorities in the industry; Behind the scenes; Career development; The recording process; Preparation; Recording; Overdubbing; Mixdown; Mastering; Song sequence editing; Product manufacturing; Marketing and sales; The transducer; Chapter 2 Sound and hearing; The basics of sound; Waveform characteristics; Amplitude; Frequency; Velocity; Wavelength; Phase; Harmonic content; Envelope; Loudness levels: the decibel; Logarithmic basics; The decibel; The simple heart of the matter
- The earThreshold of hearing; Threshold of feeling; Threshold of pain; Taking care of your hearing; Psychoacoustics; Auditory perception; Beats; Combination tones; Masking; Perception of direction; Perception of space; Direct sound; Early reflections; Reverberation; Doubling; Chapter 3 Studio Acoustics and Design; Studio types; The professional recording studio; The audio-for-visual production environment; The project studio; The portable studio; Primary factors governing studio and control room acoustics; Acoustic isolation; Symmetry in control room design; Frequency balance
- Room reflections and acoustic reverberationChapter 4 Microphones: Design and Application; The microphone: an introduction; Microphone design; The dynamic microphone; The ribbon microphone; The condenser microphone; Microphone characteristics; Directional response; Frequency response; Transient response; Output characteristics; Microphone preamps; Microphone techniques; Pickup characteristics as a function of working distance; Stereo miking techniques; Surround miking techniques; Microphone placement techniques; Brass instruments; Guitar; Keyboard instruments; Percussion; Stringed instruments
- VoiceWoodwind instruments; Microphone selection; Shure SM57; AKG D112; Beyerdynamic M160; Royer Labs R-121; Neumann KM 180 Series; AKG C3000B; MXL V67i; Telefunken M216 stereo mic; Chapter 5 The Analog Tape Recorder; To 2-inch or not to 2-inch?; Magnetic recording and its media; The professional analog ATR; The tape transport; The magnetic tape head; Equalization; Bias current; Monitoring modes; To punch or not to punch; Tape, tape speed and head configurations; Print-through; Cleanliness; Degaussing; Backup and archive strategies; Backing up your project; Archive strategies
- Chapter 6 Digital Audio Technology
