Updated edition includes advice on creating great demos, secrets to using 4-track Portasound cassette decks, tips for assembly and best use of 16-track home studios, a buyer’s guide to new and used equipment, hints from studio musicians, and more.
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Product Details
Author:
Peter McIan
Paperback:
327 pages
Publisher:
Amsco Publications
Publication Date:
December 31, 1994
Language:
English
ISBN:
0825613787
Package Length:
11.6 inches
Package Width:
8.8 inches
Package Height:
0.9 inches
Package Weight:
2.75 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 15 reviews
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Typical information with dated equipment Jul 09, 2006 Overall the book is informative if you are looking for an overview of recording and some of the techniques used. The book is very dated with both its reference to artists and equipment that are reviewed. I was looking for more information regarding the digital domain. This book is based firmly in analog and the analog equipment in reference were mainly used in the 70's and 80's.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A litte outdated... Apr 15, 2006 This is a very comprehensive book with lots of tips and tricks for the home recordist. Unfortunately it was written in the late 80's so it was not written with ditial media in mind. If youre lucky enough to own or use a reel-to-reel then this book is great.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Excelent BooK For The Beginer Or Experienced! Dec 05, 2005 I agree with some of the other reviewers, it is outdated due to the advent of the digital realm but, this book is targeted at Musicians who are begining to record thier music (so, that is an
irrelevant comment) and I do wish the authors would write a part 2 with the same title taking off where the first ended, because they are simply so lucid in making it simple by speaking
"english" and not using technical studio terms. But, I doubt that will happen because (if you have read the book, as I have) it is obviously noticed that both authors are dedicated to
anologue. It does not matter that it does not go in depth into digital, because, lets get realistic here, most Home Recordists start out on anologue anyway! Being able to apply recording applications in anologue is a prerequisite to using the digital realm and being able to apply them there. A Musician does not have a spare 50K in their pocket to spend on a digital studio when starting out! My point is this, we have not changed the meathods in which we audiably make and sculpt our music (i.e., the Instruments and Effects), we have only changed how we have captured our music (i.e., the Computers, Digital Audio Recorders and Digital Audio Work Stations). No matter what meathod or device you use for the stages of recording, it only has 2 functions, to play and record. This book gives a solid know how on the tequniques and applications (EQing, FX, Panning, ect.) needed to make the music sound the way you want it before
commiting it to whatever recording meathod you may use and how to mix it into a master copy. It also has many other helpful chapters on how to record the individual Instruments (including
Vocals), the diference in Microphones and how to properly use them, how to buy used gear, how to sound proof and studio acoustics and much, much more! This book helped pioneer other books like this one because, at the time it originally came out, there were books you could buy on the subject but, only with technical verbage in it to where the reader (who was just starting) that did not know the terms used in the industry, would be even more confused than before and the simplicity of word usage in thib book is a unique characteristic of the book and makes it easy to understand. I have used this book as a Recording Bible Faithfully and would recomend it above all others reguardless if
you are a beginer or not, reguardless if you have anologue, digital or a combination (as I do). If you are not a beginner, it is still a excelent reference book to have in your Library on this subject.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Soild, but outdated... Aug 12, 2002 A very good starter book for sure. In other words, if ya know little about recording or sound mechanics, pick it up, but it is definetly outdated. Its amazing how far sound recording has come in the last 15 or so years. The digital machines mentioned in here are nothing like the ones out now. Even the portastudios in here are obsolete. Generally good advice for most instruments but hey, I'm a drummer and that section needs to be revamped big time. No serious mentions of the perks of edrums in the studio, and that is a major plus in todays recording studio. Like I said earlier, if McLan decides to upgrade this book, it will be the go-to guide for beginners, but as is, it is a solid, not spectacular book.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Out Of Date Dec 25, 2001 The general content in the area of how-to was ok, but with so much reference to open reel tapes and minimal to digital recording made it disapointing. Copyright dated 1988, 1994, the changes not covered that have taken place in the last five years are amazing. The pointers on mic-ing are good, along with ideas on getting cleaner recorded tracks. I am getting a lot more out of "Home Recording Power!" by Ben Milstead. It is slanted toward the CakeWalk Sonar software, but gets things moving fast! The sugestions are current as well.
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based on 15 reviews
Typical information with dated equipment Jul 09, 2006
A litte outdated... Apr 15, 2006
Excelent BooK For The Beginer Or Experienced! Dec 05, 2005
Out Of Date Dec 25, 2001
