The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio

Author:   Steve Savage (Instructor of Recording Arts, Instructor of Recording Arts, Los Medanos College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:  

9780195394092


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   16 June 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Steve Savage (Instructor of Recording Arts, Instructor of Recording Arts, Los Medanos College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 27.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780195394092


ISBN 10:   0195394097
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   16 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

"Introduction 1. The Starting Point - Sound meets the computer 1.1 Why computers 1.2 What does it sound like? 1.3 Signal path 2. The Essentials - Where and how recordings are made 2.1 Recording rooms and control rooms 2.2 Studio monitors 2.3 Microphones and mic placement 2.4 Mixing boards and control surfaces 2.5 EQ: general information 2.6 Dynamics (compressors and noise gates) 2.7 FX: delay 2.8 FX: reverb 2.9 Beyond traditional DSP 3. Recording Sessions - A practical guide 3.1 Set up 3.2 Headphone mixes 3.3 Survey of recording techniques for instruments and voice 4. Editing - The new frontier 4.1 Editing functions 4.2 Screen ""real estate"" 4.3 Virtual tracks (playlists) 4.4 Advanced Editing 5. Three Fundamentals - Techniques every recordist needs to know 5.1 Insert/Plug-ins 5.2 Send & return 5.3 Auto-switching (auto-input) 6. Mixing - The most creative and the most challenging stage 6.1 Mixing requirements 6.2 Building a mix 6.3 Automation and recall 6.4 Mix collaboration, communication and delivery 7. Mastering - One last session 7.1 What, Why, How and Where 8. Three Best Practices - Easy ways to raise the level of your sessions 8.1 Session flow 8.2 Talkback 8.3 Playback volume Addendum: 1. How to Walk into a Commercial Studio and be the Engineer 2. Researching and Buying Gear: Internet vs. brick and mortar Appendix: Digital Audio Formats, Delivery and Storage Index"

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<br> Steve Savage is the best - his mellow, positive personality makes him a pleasure to work with. I'm very happy with the two projects we've done together. He's very together in the studio, and with Steve there are no technical problems to interrupt the flow of the music making. He's a smart guy and his musical opinions are solid. I'm glad he wrote this book. --Elvin Bishop, legendary recording artist <br> Savage succinctly sums up the digital do's and don'ts, ties the techniques and terminology back to their analog roots and relates it all to the needs of the music and musicians. Great book! --Richard James Burgess Ph.D., author of The Art of Record Production and The Art of Music Production<br> Steve Savage's combination of industry and academic experience give this book the huge advantage of bringing together the rigor of his research and theoretical knowledge with his practical grounding in the technicalities, social dynamics, and psychology of how the recording process works


<br> Steve Savage is the best - his mellow, positive personality makes him a pleasure to work with. I'm very happy with the two projects we've done together. He's very together in the studio, and with Steve there are no technical problems to interrupt the flow of the music making. He's a smart guy and his musical opinions are solid. I'm glad he wrote this book. --Elvin Bishop, legendary recording artist<p><br> Savage succinctly sums up the digital do's and don'ts, ties the techniques and terminology back to their analog roots and relates it all to the needs of the music and musicians. Great book! --Richard James Burgess Ph.D., author of The Art of Record Production and The Art of Music Production<p><br> Steve Savage's combination of industry and academic experience give this book the huge advantage of bringing together the rigor of his research and theoretical knowledge with his practical grounding in the technicalities, social dynamics, and psychology of how the recording process works. I loved it. --Simon Zagorski-Thomas, Chairman of the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production and Director of the Art of Record Production Conference<p><br> Savage's book reads like a conversation with an elder craftsman, providing a practical and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the processes and considerations of today's recording environments...It's refreshing to find an author in the recording industry that continually keeps the focus on the major priorities and gives a solid presentation of how a student should begin developing their paradigm of audio recording. Any instructor of music production would be well advised to add The Art of Digital Audio Recording to their short list of essential texts to prepare their students for the technical choices, and creative opportunities, that await them. --Journal on the Art of Record Production<p><br>


<br> Steve Savage is the best - his mellow, positive personality makes him a pleasure to work with. I'm very happy with the two projects we've done together. He's very together in the studio, and with Steve there are no technical problems to interrupt the flow of the music making. He's a smart guy and his musical opinions are solid. I'm glad he wrote this book. --Elvin Bishop, legendary recording artist <br><p><br> Savage succinctly sums up the digital do's and don'ts, ties the techniques and terminology back to their analog roots and relates it all to the needs of the music and musicians. Great book! --Richard James Burgess Ph.D., author of The Art of Record Production and The Art of Music Production<p><br> Steve Savage's combination of industry and academic experience give this book the huge advantage of bringing together the rigor of his research and theoretical knowledge with his practical grounding in the technicalities, social dynamics, and psychology of how the recording process


Savage's book reads like a conversation with an elder craftsman, providing a practical and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the processes and considerations of today's recording environments...It's refreshing to find an author in the recording industry that continually keeps the focus on the major priorities and gives a solid presentation of how a student should begin developing their paradigm of audio recording. Any instructor of music production would be well advised to add The Art of Digital Audio Recording to their short list of essential texts to prepare their students for the technical choices, and creative opportunities, that await them. * Journal on the Art of Record Production * Steve Savage's combination of industry and academic experience give this book the huge advantage of bringing together the rigor of his research and theoretical knowledge with his practical grounding in the technicalities, social dynamics, and psychology of how the recording process works. I loved it. * Simon Zagorski-Thomas, Chairman of the Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production and Director of the Art of Record Production Conference * Savage succinctly sums up the digital do's and don'ts, ties the techniques and terminology back to their analog roots and relates it all to the needs of the music and musicians. Great book. * Richard James Burgess Ph.D., author of The Art of Record Production and The Art of Music Production * Steve Savage is the best - his mellow, positive personality makes him a pleasure to work with. I'm very happy with the two projects we've done together. He's very together in the studio, and with Steve there are no technical problems to interrupt the flow of the music making. He's a smart guy and his musical opinions are solid. I'm glad he wrote this book. * Elvin Bishop, legendary recording artist *


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An active producer, recording engineer, and instructor, Steve Savage has been the primary engineer on seven Grammy-nominated CDs. He is the author of numerous books, including the forthcoming Bytes & Backbeats: Repurposing Audio in the Digital Age.

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