Table of Contents:
  • Music : why you record
  • The recording chain
  • Sound, signals, and studio acoustics
  • Equipping your studio
  • Monitoring
  • Microphones
  • Microphone technique basics
  • Microphone techniques
  • Digital recording
  • Effects and signal processors
  • Mixers and mixing consoles
  • Mixer operation
  • Computer recording
  • Judging sound quality
  • Session procedures, mastering, and CD burning
  • The MIDI studio : equipment and recording procedures
  • On-location recording of popular music
  • On-location recording of classical music
  • Surround sound : techniques and media
  • Web audio and online collaboration
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-545) and index