Recording Tips for Engineers - Tim Crich

Recording Tips for Engineers

For cleaner, brighter tracks

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Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2005 | 2nd New edition
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-240-51974-6 (ISBN)
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Offers practical advice using real life studio situations. This book includes: tips on proper microphone choice, setup and placement; full sections on equalization and compression methods; guidance on recording drums, guitars and vocals; advice on creating professional mixes; and, best ways to take control of your recording environment.
Get ahead in the business - be the engineer everyone wants to hire - achieve success with the very best recordings. Tim Crich's bestselling Recording Tips for Engineers provides the knowledge you need to rise to the top. From years of experience working with big name rock stars, Tim Crich shares his expertise and gives you all the essential insider tips and short cuts.

Great for engineers of all levels, this guide is packed with simple and practical advice using real life studio situations. The bulleted lists and clear illustrations will save you valuable time and allow for fast in session reference.

Includes:

* Tips on proper microphone choice, setup and placement
* Full sections on equalization and compression methods
* Guidance on recording drums, guitars and vocals
* Advice on creating professional mixes
* Best ways to take control of your recording environment

Tim Crich has over 20 years of experience in the recording studio, and worked on records by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, KISS, Billy Joel, U2, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Ozzy, Cher, Bryan Adams, Tuff Beans and many more. He has engineered for some of the biggest producers in the world. He is also author of the bestselling 'Assistant Engineers Handbook' (Black Ink Publishing).

Chapter One - The Recording Engineer
Becoming a Better Recording Engineer; Dealing with Clients; Getting Paid; Keeping Up; Getting Work
Chapter Two - Studio Preparation
Room Preparation; Placement; Preparing For Microphone Setup; Choosing the Proper Microphone; Placing the Microphones; Close Miking; Distant Miking; Running the Cables; Eliminate the Hum; Minimizing Phase Cancellation
Chapter Three - Drums Setup
Placing the Drums; Changing Drum Heads; Tuning the Drums; Preparation; Miking the Kick Drum; Miking the Snare Drum; Miking the Tom-Toms; Miking the Cymbals / Overhead; Miking the Room Ambiance; Limited Microphone Setup; Click Track; Drum Machine;
Chapter Four - Electric Guitar Amplifier Placement; Connections In and Out; Loud Amplifiers; Preparation; Miking the Amplifiers
Chapter Five - Acoustic Instruments
Acoustic Preparation; Placing the Player; Placing the Microphones; Piano; Placing the Microphones; Keyboards; Horns
Chapter Six - Vocals
Placing the Microphone
Chapter Seven - The Control Room
Control Room Preparation; Control Room Analyzation; Speaker Placement; Speaker Connection; Computer; Creating Digital Audio Files; Digital Console; Equalizimg; Compressing; Noise gates
Chapter Eight - Starting Points
Drums; Bass Guitar; Electric Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Vocals; Horns; Piano; Something's Not Right
Chapter Nine - The Signal Routing
Track Layout; Levels To Record; Monitor Mix; Cue Mix
Chapter Ten - The Recording Sessions (Three Hours, Three Days, Three Weeks)
Tuning; In Record / Red Lights Punching; Recording Vocals; Pitch; Post Record; Recording Effects; The Part; Bouncing; Doubling; Digital Edits; Documentation; End Of Session
Chapter Eleven - The Mixing
Pre Mix; Setting Up To Mix; Mixing Basics; Processing; Gates and Side Chain; Effects; General Mix; Print Prep; Printing; After Printing
Chapter Twelve - Digital Appendix
Digital Conversion; Input Processing; Digital Storage; Digital Multitrack Recorder; CD/DVD; Audio Differences; Time Code; The End

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.4.2005
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 0-240-51974-4 / 0240519744
ISBN-13 978-0-240-51974-6 / 9780240519746
Zustand Neuware
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