CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOREWORD BY JULIAN ‘JULES’ STANDEN

INTRODUCTION

The Act of Recording

PART I – CORE CONCEPTS

1  Recording Environments

2  The Recording Team

3  The Tools

Microphones

DI / Direct Injection Boxes

Analogue Audio Cables

Digital Audio Cables

Other Cables

Microphone Preamplifiers

Equalisers

Dynamic Range Processors

Mixing Consoles

Patchbays

Effects Processors

Multitrack Recorders

Two-Track Recorders

The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

The Monitoring System

PART II – PRE-PRODUCTION

4  Preparing to Record

Research

The Compositions

The Instruments

The ‘Recce’ / Visiting the Recording Venue

Equipment Requirements

The Session Plan

PART III – PRODUCTION

5  Studio Preparation

Acoustics

Power and Distribution

Equipment Alignment

Preparing the DAW Session File

6  Live Room Set-Up

Instrument Placement

Microphone Placement

Stereo Microphone Techniques

7  The Control Room Set-Up

Gain Structure

8  The Sound-Check

9  The Musicians’ Cue Mix

10  Tracking

11  Overdubbing

12  A Few Words on Studio Psychology

13  The Monitor or Reference Mix

Filtering

Level Balancing

Panning

Equalisation

Dynamic Range Processing

Effects Processing

14  Session Information

Recall Sheets

Track Sheets and Session Notes

Lyrics Sheets

The Production Progress Chart

Song-Based Progress Charts

End of Recording

OUTRO

Is It Worth It?

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 – Working with References

Appendix 2 – Bar Charts

Appendix 3 – Equal Loudness Contours

Appendix 4 – Instrument Part Names

Appendix 5 – Setting Gain Structure and Routing Signals

Appendix 6 – Drum Tuning and Timbre

INDEX

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