Modern recording techniques : a practical guide to modern music production / David Miles Huber, Emiliano Caballero, and Robert E. Runstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, David Miles, author.

Caballero, Emiliano, author.

Runstein, Robert E., author.

Series:

Audio Engineering Society Presents Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound--Recording and reproducing.

Sound.

Magnetic recorders and recording.

Digital audiotape recorders and recording.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (681 pages)

Edition:

Tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

"Modern Recording Techniques is the bestselling, authoritative guide to sound and music recording. Whether you're just starting out or are looking to improve your skills, this book provides an in-depth guide to the art and technologies of music production and is a must-have reference for all audio bookshelves. Using its familiar and accessible writing style, this new edition has been fully updated, presenting the latest production technologies and including detailed coverage of DAWs, networked audio, MIDI, signal processing and much more. Modern Recording Techniques is supported by a host of video tutorials which provide additional listening and visual examples, making this text essential reading for students, instructors and professionals. This updated tenth edition includes: newly expanded "Art and Technology" chapters, providing more tips, tricks and insights for getting the best out of your recording, mixing, monitoring and mastering; an expanded MIDI chapter to include MIDI 2.0; more in-depth coverage of Digital audio and the Digital Audio Workstation; greater coverage of immersive audio, including Dolby Atmos Production"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

The Professional Studio Environment

The Professional Recording Studio

The Control Room

The Project Studio

Making the Project Studio Pay for Itself

The Portable Studio

The iRevolution

The Retro Revolution

The Changing Faces of the Music Studio Business

Live/On-Location Recording: A Different Animal

Audio for Video and Film

Audio for Games

The DJ

The Times, They've Already Changed: Multimedia and the Web

Power to the People!

Whatever Works for You

The People Who Make It All Happen

The Artist

Studio Musicians and Arrangers

The Producer

The Engineer

Assistant Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Mastering Engineer

Studio Management

Music Law

Women and Minorities in the Industry

Behind the Scenes

Career Development

Self-Motivation

Networking: "Showing Up Is Huge"

So, What Are Some Good Ways to Get Started?

A Word on Professionalism

In Conclusion

Chapter 2 Sound and Hearing

The Basics of Sound

Waveform Characteristics

Amplitude

Frequency

Frequency Response

Velocity

Wavelength

Reflection of Sound

Diffraction of Sound

Phase

Harmonic Content

Envelope

Loudness Levels: The Decibel

Logarithmic Basics

The Decibel

Sound-Pressure Level

Voltage

Power

The "Simple" Heart of the Matter

The Ear

Threshold 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

Chapter 3 Studio Acoustics and Design

Studio Types

The Professional Recording Studio.

The Audio-for-Visual and Media Production Environment

The Audio-for-Gaming Production Environment

Primary Factors Governing Studio and Control Room Acoustics

Acoustic Isolation

Walls

Floors

Risers

Ceilings

Windows and Doors

ISO-Rooms and ISO-Booths

Acoustic Partitions

Noise Isolation Within the Control Room

Symmetry in Control-Room Design

Frequency Balance

Reflections

Absorption

High-Frequency Absorption

Low-Frequency Absorption

Flexible Surfaces

The Practical Side of Acoustics

Symmetry

25/25/50

Speaker Placement

Room Reflections and Acoustic Reverberation

Acoustic Echo Chambers

Chapter 4 Microphones: Design and Application

Microphone Design

The Dynamic Microphone

The Ribbon Microphone

Further Developments in Ribbon Technology

The Condenser Microphone

Powering a Condenser Mic

External Power Supply

Phantom Power

The Electret-Condenser Microphone

Microphone Characteristics

Directional Response

Transient Response

Output Characteristics

Sensitivity Rating

Equivalent Noise Rating

Overload Characteristics

Microphone Impedance

Balanced/Unbalanced Lines

Soldering, Baby!

Microphone Preamps

Modeled Condenser Mic Systems

Microphone Techniques

Other Microphone Pickup Issues

Low-Frequency Rumble

Proximity Effect

Popping

Off-Axis Pickup

Pickup Characteristics as a Function of Working Distance

Close Microphone Placement

Leakage

Recording Direct

Distant Microphone Placement

Room Microphone Placement

Room Pickup in the Studio

The Boundary Effect

"Reamping It" in the Mix

Accent Microphone Placement

Stereo and Immersive Mic Techniques

Spaced Pair

X/Y

M/S

Decca Tree

Surround Miking Techniques

Ambient/Room Surround Mics.

Immersive Decca Tree

Ambisonic Pickup

Microphone Placement Techniques

Brass Instruments

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

French Horn

Guitar

Acoustic Guitar

Miking Near the Sound Hole

Room and Surround Guitar Miking

Nylon or Spanish Guitar

The Electric Guitar

Miking the Guitar Amp

The Electric Bass Guitar

Keyboard Instruments

Grand Piano

Upright Piano

Electronic Keyboard Instruments

Percussion

Drum Set

Miking the Drum Set

Kick Drum

Snare Drum

Overheads

Rack Toms

Floor Tom

Hi-Hat

Tuned Percussion Instruments

Congas and Hand Drums

Xylophone, Vibraphone and Marimba

Stringed Instruments

Violin and Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Voice

Mic Tools for the Voice

Woodwind Instruments

Clarinet

Flute

Saxophone

Harmonica

Microphone Selection

Shure SM57

Telefunken M81

AKG D112

Royer Labs R-121

Beyerdynamic M-160

AEA A440

Audio-Technica AT5045

AKG C214

Neumann TLM102

Warm Audio WA-47

Telefunken U47, C12 and ELA M251E

Chapter 5 The Analog Tape Recorder

To Commit or Not to Commit It to Tape?

The Medium of Magnetic Recording

The Professional Analog ATR

The Tape Transport

The Magnetic Tape Head

Equalization

Bias Current

Monitoring Modes

Tape, Tape Speed and Head Configurations

Print-Through

Analog Tape Noise

Cleanliness

Degaussing

Editing Magnetic Tape

Backup and Archive Strategies

Backing up Your Analog Project

Tape Restoration

Archive Strategies

Tape Availability

Tape Emulation Plug-Ins

Chapter 6 Digital Audio Technology

The Language of Digital

Digital Basics

Sampling

Quantization

The Devil's in the Details

The Nyquist Theorem

Oversampling

Signal-to-Error Ratio

Dither

Fixed- versus Floating-Point Processing.

The Digital Recording/Reproduction Process

The Recording Process

The Playback Process

Sound File Basics

Sound File Bit Depths

Sound File Sample Rates

Professional Sound File Formats

Regarding Digital Audio Levels

Digital Audio Transmission

AES/EBU

S/PDIF

SCMS

MADI

ADAT Lightpipe

TDIF

AES 67

Signal Distribution

What Is Jitter?

Wordclock

Chapter 7 The Digital Audio Workstation

Integration Now - Integration Forever!

DAW Hardware

The Desktop Computer

The Laptop Computer

System Interconnectivity

USB

Thunderbolt

FireWire

Audio over Ethernet

The Audio Interface

Audio Driver Protocols

Latency

Need Additional I/O?

DAW Controllers

Hardware Controllers

Instrument Controllers

Touch Controllers

Large-Scale Controllers

Sound File Formats

Sound File Sample and Bit Rates

Sound File Interchange and Compatibility Between DAWs

DAW Software

Sound Recording and Editing

Fixing Sound with a Sonic Scalpel

Comping

MIDI Sequencing and Scoring

Support for Video and Picture Sync

Real-Time, On-Screen Mixing

DSP Effects

DSP Plug-Ins

Accelerator Processing Systems

Fun With Effects

Dynamics

Delay

Pitch and Time Change

ReWire

Mixdown and Effects Automation

Exporting a Final Mixdown to File

Power to the Processor … Uhhh, People!

Get a Computer That's Powerful Enough

Make Sure You Have Enough Fast Memory

Keep Your Production Media Separate

Update Your Drivers … With Caution!

Read Your Manuals

Going (at Least) Dual Monitor

Keeping Your Computer Quiet

Backup, Archive and Networking Strategies

Computer Networking

Session Documentation

Documenting Within the DAW

Make Documentation Directories

Accessories and Accessorizing

Protect Your Investment.

Protect Your Hardware

Protect Your Body

Chapter 8 Groove Tools and Techniques

The Basics

Pitch-Shift Algorithms

Warping

Beat Slicing

Audio to MIDI

Groove Hardware

Groove Software

Looping Your DAW

Loop-based Audio Software

Groove and Loop-Based Plug-Ins

Drum and Drum Loop Plug-Ins

Pulling Loops into a DAW Session

iOS Groove Apps

Groove Controllers

DJ Software

Obtaining Loop Files from the Great Digital Wellspring

Chapter 9 MIDI and Electronic Music Technology

The Power of MIDI

MIDI Production Environments

What Is MIDI?

What MIDI Isn't

System Interconnections

The MIDI Cable

MIDI Phantom Power

Wireless MIDI

MIDI Jacks

MIDI Echo

Typical Configurations

The Daisy Chain

The Multiport Network

MIDI 1.0 and 2.0

Exploring the MIDI 1.0 Spec

The MIDI 1.0 Message

MIDI Channels

MIDI Modes

Channel Voice Messages

Explanation of Controller ID Parameters

System Messages

Exploring the MIDI 2.0 Spec

Introduction to MIDI 2.0

The Three Bs

Higher Resolution for Velocity and Control Messages

Tighter Timing

Sixteen Channels Become 256

Built-in Support for "Per-Note" Events

MIDI 2.0 Meets VST 3

MIDI Capability Inquiry (MIDI-CI)

The Three Ps

The Universal MIDI Packet

Groups

MIDI 1.0 Protocol Inside the Universal MIDI Packet

MIDI 2.0 Protocol Messages

Expanded Resolution and Expanded Capabilities

MIDI 2.0 Program Change Message

The Future of MIDI 2.0

MIDI and the Computer

Connecting to the Peripheral World

The MIDI Interface

Electronic Instruments

Inside the Toys

Instrument and Systems Plug-Ins

Keyboards

The MIDI Keyboard Controller

The Drum Machine

MIDI Drum Controllers

Drum Replacement

Sequencing

Integrated Hardware Sequencers

Software Sequencers.

Basic Introduction to Sequencing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-92675-3

1-00-326053-5

1-003-26053-5

1-000-92672-9

9781003260530

OCLC:

1410921645