The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio

Contents

• Introduction
• 1 The Starting Point - Sound meets the computer
• Why computers
• What does it sound like?
• Signal path
• 2 The Essentials - Where and how recordings are made
• Recording rooms and control rooms
• Studio monitors
• Microphones and mic placement
• Mixing boards and control surfaces
• EQ: general information
• Dynamics (compressors and noise gates)
• FX: delay
• FX: reverb
• Beyond traditional DSP
• 3 Recording Sessions - A practical guide
• Set up
• Headphone mixes
• Survey of recording techniques for instruments and voice
• 4 Editing - The new frontier
• Editing functions
• Screen real estate
• Virtual tracks (playlists)
• Advanced Editing
• 5 Three Fundamentals - Techniques every recordist needs to know
• Insert/Plug-ins
• Send & return
• Auto-switching (auto-input)
• 6 Mixing - The most creative and the most challenging stage
• Mixing requirements
• Building a mix
• Automation and recall
• Mix collaboration, communication and delivery
• 7 Mastering - One last session
• What, Why, How and Where
• 8 Three Best Practices - Easy ways to raise the level of your sessions
• Session flow
• Talkback
• Playback volume
• Addendum:
• 1. How to Walk into a Commercial Studio and be the Engineer
• 2. Researching and Buying Gear: Internet vs. brick and mortar
• Appendix:
• Digital Audio Formats, Delivery and Storage
• Index