The Musicians Guide to Home Recording. The updated edition of this popular guide includes advice on creating great demos, secrets to using four-track Portasound cassette decks, tips for assembly, the best use of 16-track home studios, a buyer's guide to new and used equipment, hints from studio musicians, and more.

Improve the sound of your recordings with Audio Mastering: Essential Practices. Mastering is the art of optimizing recorded sound finding the ideal volume levels and tonal quality and insuring dataintegrity necessary to produce a professional-quality duplication and distribution-ready master. Audio Mastering: Essential Practices introduces the techniques and tools of audio mastering suitable forcommercial and home/project studio environments. Technical discussions address gear studio setup methodologies goals and other considerations for making tracks sound their best individually and in relationship to othertracks.The accompanying recording has audio examples that support two detailed case studies where readers can follow a mastering engineer's manipulations step by step.

et to know the ins and outs of studio craft with this accessible and comprehensive tutorial by Tom Hapke set across a hard-back book and 2 double DVDs.This amazing tutorial will get you closer than ever before to learning how to use all manner of studio equipment including microphones mixers effects and processors and much more. Learn what it takes to get the best from your gear and from your performers - no matter what instrument is being played.Set across two double-DVDs this tutorial lets you see and hear the details for yourself. You will actually see the process as engineers and producers share the secrets of their successful working practices. Muchmore than just a simple guide this is as close as you will get without actually being in the studio yourself!The whole package is presented in n attractive slipcase that will keep the lessons in perfect condition.

Modern Techniques for the Electric Guitarist-In this in-depth instructional DVD funk/fusion guitar master and GIT instructor Dean Brown explains and demonstrates: two-hand rhythmic independence; developing rhythm patterns over a variety of grooves; creating rhythmic variety & texture; improv tools and concepts; and more.Includes a lesson book embedded play-along tracks and bonus live performances featuring an all-star band.

Rockschool-Everything you need for your Grade 4 exam in one essential book. Rockschool's Music Production syllabus is the world's first graded system for aspiring music producers recording and mix engineers and recording artists. Continuing a 25-year history of innovation in music education the 2018 Coursework Edition syllabus offers a unique opportunity for the next generation of music production students to gain a comprehensive understanding of both classic and contemporary production techniques across a range of genres whilst earning a globally recognised qualification. Featuring: Coursework tasks including technical skills and professionalscenarios Theory examinations covering music production terminology and sound and audio fundamentals Listening tests in sonic fidelity music theory and harmony and stylistic awareness Sample exam paper Professionally produced audio Glossary

Complete Guide to Studio Gear and Software-A complete guide to studio gear and software. With this Berklee Guide you can learn to create edit and master digital recodings like a pro. Experienced sound engineers share their expertise on microphone mixing and masteringtechniques that can be applied in any studio.

Apple's Logic 9 is the most comprehensive and complete music production software package on the market today. Logic 9 Studio comes with an impressive array of software instruments plug-ins synthesizers applications and more while the slimmed-down Logic 9 Express delivers an amazing amount of power with many of the same plug-ins and a nearly identical digital audio and MIDI workstation production application. Power Tools for Logic 9 unlocks Logic's immense capabilities to help you achieve amazing results for your audio and music productions with techniques you won't find in beginner-level books or videos. Rick Silva teaches you powerful ways to use both Studio and Express giving you easy-to-understand strategies for using the complex production tools built into Logic. You'll tap into known features in ways you never thought of before while learning to use new features to produce spectacular audio recordings. Go beyond beginner with Power Tools for Logic 9 ! DVD-ROM included with new music-making strategies demonstrated in videos and session files.

Michael Ross: All About Effects is a fun and easy way to learn the ins and outs of Effects including compression delay distortion filters reverb looping vocoder and many more.You'll learn when how and why to use them; and how to create the sound you desire. Covers equipment pedal tips power recommendations and more.The CD demos 72 effects and includes full tracks of popular songs demonstrating the effects.

How to Get Great Sound from Any Studio (No Matter How Weird or Cheap Your Gear Is) A clever resource for the ever-growing home recording market. The revised edition is updated with a greater focus on digital recording techniques the most powerful tools available to the home recordist. There are chapters devoted to instrument recording humanizing drum patterns mixing with plug-ins and virtual consoles and a new section on using digital audio skills. And since many true ?Guerrillas? still record to analogue tape we have retained the best of that world. This edition features many more graphics than in the original edition further enforcing Guerrilla Home Recording's reputation as the most readable user-friendly recording title on the market.

The Comprehensive Guide to the New Features of Pro Tools 8!-Power Tools For Pro Tools 8 is the in-depth guide to Digidesign's digital-audio-workstation software the industry standard in recording applications. Includes advanced tips and tricks for using Pro Tools software (on both HD and LE-based systems) and easy-to-follow examples. Topics include MIDI and audio sequencing editing looping Elastic Audio and the entirely new graphical interface. The accompanying DVD-ROM includes audio examples and features QuickTime movies to show readers techniques previously known only to experienced Pro Tools users.

Rockschool-Everything you need for your Grade 7 exam in one essential book. Rockschool's Music Production syllabus is the world's first graded system for aspiring music producers recording and mix engineers and recording artists. Continuing a 25-year history of innovation in music education the 2018 Coursework Edition syllabus offers a unique opportunity for the next generation of music production students to gain a comprehensive understanding of both classic and contemporary production techniques across a range of genres whilst earning a globally recognised qualification. Featuring: Coursework tasks including technical skills and professionalscenarios Theory examinations covering music production terminology and sound and audio fundamentals Listening tests in sonic fidelity music theory and harmony and stylistic awareness Sample exam paper Professionally produced audio Glossary

Throughout this DVD you will learn several strategies for turning your recording sessions into productive experiences that help you make the most of your music. Recorded at New York's Bass Hit Studios where the music for HBO's hit series Oz is produced and featuring the contributions of more than 10 recording engineers producers and professional musicians the DVD offers 100 useful tips and tricks for all sort of recording studio activity including:Miking Drums and Other Instruments Pre-ProductionRecording GuitarsMixing and TrackingUsing ComputersPost-production.

If you want to know how to get the most out of Logic's features for working with audio this is the book you've been waiting for. Written in an entertaining and easy-to-read style Logic Audio Workshop is the perfect companion to Emagic's reference manual explaining everything you need to know in a musical context.The enclosed CD-ROM includes support material to accompany the tutorials enabling you to try out the examples for yourself along with a selection plug-ins application demos and other indispendable utilities. And since you'll want to spend most of your time making music with Logic rather than struggling with computer jargon this book also explains the relevantcomputer and audio hardware you'll need and provides an extensive collection of Internet links to assist you when purchasing and setting up your computer system for Logic. Topics include: BasicsRecommended Audio and Midi harware for use with logic understanding audio and MIDI in OS X optimizing your audio drivers making full use of dual-processor Macintosh computers Audio Handling and EditingWorking in the Arrange window creating tracks automatically audio track and region handling audio window tips and tricks recording audio and MIDI simultaneously using external audio editors loop handling Digital FactoryTime and Pitch Machine Audio energizer silencer groove machine audio to MIDI groove and back Mixer and FX RoutingAudio mixer objects effects routing send and insert effects series and parallel effects set up the Track Mixer EqualizersVersion 5.X audio track EQs version 6.X channel EQs parametric EQs explained tips and tricks for creative EQs Effects and Software InstrumentsDelays distortion effects dynamic processors EQs filters modulation effects reverbs special effects processors; using side-chains optimizing effects levels

Getting the Most Out of Your Project or Professional Recording Studio-Understanding Audio explores the fundamentals of audio and acoustics that impact every stage of the music recording process. Whether you are a musician setting up your first Pro Tools project studio or you are a seasoned recording engineer or producer eager to find a reference that fills in the gaps in your understanding of audio this book is for you. Understanding Audio will enable you to develop a thorough understanding of the underlying principles of sound and take some of the mystery and guesswork out of how equipment setup affects the quality of your recordings. Projects at the end of each chapter will assist you in applying these principles to your ownrecording environment. Learn about: - Basic and advanced audio theory - Cables and studio wiring - Recording studio and console signal flow - Digital and analog audio - Studio and listening room acoustics - Psychoacoustics - In the Studio insights relating audio principles to real recording situations.