Recording Handbook - Hol.gr
Recording Handbook - Hol.gr
Recording Handbook - Hol.gr
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Table Of Contents<br />
1. Sonic Fundamentals<br />
a. Loud vs. Soft<br />
b. Highs vs. Lows<br />
c. Speakers and Amplifiers and Rooms<br />
2. Getting Your Sound On Tape<br />
a. The Analog <strong>Recording</strong> Process<br />
b. The Digital <strong>Recording</strong> Process<br />
c. Theory of Multi-track recording<br />
* synchronization of tape machines<br />
3. The Sound Source<br />
a. Voices, Horns and Acoustic Piano<br />
* dynamic vs. condenser microphones<br />
* ribbon, PZM and other special types<br />
* signal processing<br />
b. Guitars, Basses and Things With Strings<br />
* amplifiers vs. direct<br />
* preamps and FX devices<br />
c. Samplers, Synthesizers and Drum Machines<br />
d. Real Drums and Real Drummers<br />
4. The Mixing Console<br />
a. Inputs and Outputs<br />
* in-line vs. split consoles<br />
* input trim and fader output<br />
* what does -10 and +4 mean?<br />
b. Equalization<br />
* <strong>gr</strong>aphic, parametric, tube EQ's etc.<br />
* vintage vs. new technology<br />
c. Effects Sends and Returns<br />
d. Insert Points and Patchbays<br />
5. Mixer Automation<br />
a. SMPTE<br />
b. VCA vs. Moving Faders<br />
c. MIDI automation<br />
6. Effects Devices<br />
a. Reverb<br />
* Halls , Plates and Rooms<br />
* Reverse Reverbs and other Perversions<br />
* "Backwards" Reverb<br />
b. Echoes and Delays<br />
c. Flanging, Chorus and Phasing<br />
d. Harmonizers and Exciters<br />
7. The MIDI Revolution<br />
a. Sequencers<br />
* Hardware and Software Based<br />
* MIDI Clock, MIDI Timecode(MTC) and MIDI Machine Control(MMC)<br />
b. Synthesizers<br />
c. Samplers<br />
d. Computers<br />
* digital editing<br />
8. <strong>Recording</strong> With Your PC<br />
a. Software<br />
* What do you want to do?<br />
* Stereo? Multi-track?<br />
* Ins and Outs<br />
* CD-r software<br />
b. Hardware<br />
* The Computer<br />
* RAM<br />
* Monitors<br />
* PCI/ISA slots<br />
* Power Supply<br />
* Hard Drives: SCSI vs. IDE, USB and FireWire<br />
* Removeable Drives<br />
* CD-r's<br />
* The Soundcard<br />
* Wordclock<br />
* Drivers<br />
* Cost?<br />
By Antony’s PC<br />
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