Title:
Audio engineering 101 : a beginner's guide to music production / Tim Dittmar.
Author:
Dittmar, Tim., author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Call Number:
TK7881.4 .D596 2018
Abstract:
"Practical, concise, and approachable, Audio Engineering 101, Second Edition covers everything aspiring audio engineers need to know to make it in the recording industry, from the characteristics of sound to microphones, analog versus digital recording, EQ/compression, mixing, mastering, and career skills. Filled with hand-ons, step-by-step technique breakdowns and all-new interviews with active professionals, this updated edition includes instruction in using digital consoles, iPads for mixing, audio apps, plug-ins, home studios, and audio for podcasts. An extensive companion website features fifteen new video tutorials, audio clips, equipment lists, quizzes, and student exercises."-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781138658769
9781138658776
Physical Description:
x, 244 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A Focal Press book"--Cover.
Contents:
Chapter 1. What is sound? Seven important characteristics -- chapter 2. How to listen. Remember when your parents told you to listen? Well, you should have listened! -- chapter 3. EQ points of interest. Frequencies made easy -- chapter 4. Mixing consoles. So many knobs, so little time -- chapter 5. Signal flow. The keys to directing audio traffic -- chapter 6. Microphone guide and their uses. Hey, is this thing on? -- chapter 7. Signal processors. Toys you could play with for days! -- chapter 8. Studio session procedures. How a recording session happens and in what order -- chapter 9. Basic acoustics. How to make your recording space sound better -- chapter 10. The history of audio. It helps to know where you came from -- chapter 11. People skills. Recording isn't all technical! -- chapter 12. Now that I am dangerous, should I get an internship? -- chapter 13. Jobs. What can I do with these skills? -- chapter 14. FAQs. Hear it from the pros -- Appendix A: Balanced versus unbalanced; More on decibels -- Appendix B: Audio connectors.
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