Practical Recording Techniques

Practical Recording Techniques, Second Edition is a hands-on, practical guide for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. The book prepares the reader for work in a home studio, a small professional studio, or an on-location recording session.

The book offers up-to-date information on the latest recording technology, such as digital tape recording and computer workstations. The book prepares the reader for work in a home studio, a small professional studio, or an on-location recording session.rding, hard-disk recording, keyboard and digital workstations, SMPTE, and MIDI. It also guides the beginner through the basics, showing how to make quality recordings with the new breed of inexpensive home-studio equipment.

Other topics include:
· choosing and operating recorder-mixers based on cassette, Mini-Disc, and hard-disk;
· hum prevention;
· the latest monitoring methods;
· microphone selection and placement;
· audio-for-video techniques;
· troubleshooting bad sound; guidelines for good sound.
With its step-by-step approach and easy-to-read format, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to create professional sounding recordings.

Bruce Bartlett is a microphone engineer, audio journalist, and recording engineer. He has written over 600 articles on audio topics for such magazines as Modern Recording, db, Recording, EQ, Mix, Recording Engineer/Producer, Radio World, Pro Audio Review, Audio, and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. He has also written a number of books including Stereo Microphone Techniques (Focal Press).
A member of the Audio Engineering Society and Syn Aud Con, he holds a degree in physics and several patents on microphone design. He is also a musician and runs a 16-track digital studio specializing in live recording.
Jenny Bartlett is a freelance technical writer who specializes in audio and computer software.


· A step-by-step approach to professional audio recording
· Covers the latest techniques for professional studio, home studio, and on-location
· Completely updated including extensive information on the latest advancements in MIDI and digital audio