Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles
- Author: King, Richard
Book
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 How to Listen: Loudspeakers, headphones, and listening environment
- Chapter 3 Understanding Microphones
- Part 2: Recording Orchestra
- Chapter 4 The Orchestra and its various iterations
- Chapter 5 The Hall, and how to deal with it
- Chapter 6 Main microphone systems - How to record it
- Chapter 7 - Recording Strings
- Chapter 8 Recording Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
- Chapter 9 - Recording Harp, Piano, Celeste and Organ
- Chapter 10 Recording Orchestra and Chorus
- Part 3: Variations on a Theme
- Chapter 11 Recording Concertos - balancing solo instruments with orchestra
- Chapter 12 Recording Solo Voice and Orchestra
- Part 4: The Recording Session
- Chapter 13 The Role of the producer in classical music recording
- Chapter 14 How to carry out a successful recording session
- Chapter 15 Live Concerts, Live Opera and productions with Video
- Part 5: Other Challenges in Classical Recording
- Chapter 16 Recording Chamber Orchestra
- Chapter 17 Recording String Quartet
- Chapter 18 Recording piano with other instruments - violin, cello, voice, etc.
- Chapter 19 Recording solo piano
- Part 6: Post Production
- Chapter 20 Editing
- Chapter 21 Mixing
- Chapter 22 Final assembly and Mastering
- Part 7: Multi-channel Recording and Mixing
- Chapter 23 Multi-channel recording: How to listen in surround
- Chapter 24 How to record and mix for surround sound
- Appendix A: Quick Start Guides, by ensemble
- A.1 Orchestra Quick Start guide
- A.2 Chorus Quick Start guide
- A.3 Chamber Orchestra Quick Start guide
- A.4 String Quartet Quick Start guide
- A.5 Piano and Other Instruments Quick Start guide
- A.6 Solo Piano Quick Start guide
- Index