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Home Recording for Dummies
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Make your next track a studio-quality gem with this celebrated recording guide

Have you ever dreamed of producing the next big song? Or maybe you need some hints on the recording gear used to create pro podcasts? With just a little bit of guidance, there's nothing stopping you from creating crystal-clear, studio-quality tracks from the comfort of your own home. In Home Recording For Dummies, expert sound engineer and celebrated author Jeff Strong demystifies the world of recording and walks you through every step of creating high-fidelity audio.

With this book at your side, you'll discover how to choose a room that fits your studio needs, get the hardware you can't live without, choose the right microphone for the task at hand, record live and virtual instruments, build rhythm tracks and loops, and edit, mix, and master your recording.

Learn how to:
* Set up your home studio, acquire and connect all the right gear, and build multi-track recordings
* Understand the different types of microphones and the best use for each
* Record audio from live sound or virtual instruments
* Edit your tracks for better project management
* Mix and master your music for public consumption

Home Recording For Dummies is the must-read guide that helps home create high-fidelity, multi-track songs and recordings that blow audiences away.
Make your next track a studio-quality gem with this celebrated recording guide

Have you ever dreamed of producing the next big song? Or maybe you need some hints on the recording gear used to create pro podcasts? With just a little bit of guidance, there's nothing stopping you from creating crystal-clear, studio-quality tracks from the comfort of your own home. In Home Recording For Dummies, expert sound engineer and celebrated author Jeff Strong demystifies the world of recording and walks you through every step of creating high-fidelity audio.

With this book at your side, you'll discover how to choose a room that fits your studio needs, get the hardware you can't live without, choose the right microphone for the task at hand, record live and virtual instruments, build rhythm tracks and loops, and edit, mix, and master your recording.

Learn how to:
* Set up your home studio, acquire and connect all the right gear, and build multi-track recordings
* Understand the different types of microphones and the best use for each
* Record audio from live sound or virtual instruments
* Edit your tracks for better project management
* Mix and master your music for public consumption

Home Recording For Dummies is the must-read guide that helps home create high-fidelity, multi-track songs and recordings that blow audiences away.
Über den Autor

Jeff Strong is a percussionist, composer, recording engineer, researcher, and Director of the Strong Institute?an auditory brain stimulation research organization?and creator of Brain Shift Radio (BSR), an interactive brain stimulation music site.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Getting Started with Home Recording 5

Chapter 1: Understanding Home Recording 7

Examining the Anatomy of a Home Studio 7

Exploring the recording essentials 8

Checking out recording system types 10

Getting a Glimpse into the Recording Process 11

Setting up a song 11

Getting a great sound 11

Recording 12

Overdubbing 12

Making Sense of Mixing 12

Cleaning up tracks using editing 13

Equalizing your tracks 13

Processing your signal 13

Blending your tracks 13

Adding the Final Touches 14

Mastering your mixes 14

Putting your music out into the world 15

Promoting your music 16

Chapter 2: Getting the Right Gear 17

Determining Your Home Studio Needs 18

Detailing Your Digital Options 21

Computer-Based Digital Recording Systems 23

Finding the right computer setup 23

Getting the sound in and out 26

Choosing the right software 30

Studio-in-a-Box Systems 33

Taking a look at the benefits 33

Examining some popular SIAB systems 33

Mobile-Device Recording 34

Android 35

Apple iOS 36

Exploring Sample Setups 37

Live and MIDI studio 38

MIDI-intensive studio 38

Live studio 41

Podcasting studio 42

Audio-for-video studio 43

Mobile on-location studio 44

Chapter 3: Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio 45

Understanding Analog Connections 46

The ¿-inch analog plug 46

XLR 49

RCA 49

Delving into Digital Connections 50

MIDI 50

AES/EBU 50

S/PDIF 51

ADAT Lightpipe 51

TDIF 51

USB 52

FireWire 53

Thunderbolt 54

Working Efficiently 55

Taming heat and dust 57

Monitoring your monitors 57

Optimizing Your Room 58

Isolating sound 58

Controlling sound 60

Chapter 4: Meet the Mixer 69

Meeting the Many Mixers 69

Analog mixer 70

Digital mixer 71

Software mixer 72

Computer control surface 73

Understanding Mixer Basics 74

Examining inputs 75

Checking out the channel strip 76

Recognizing mixer routing 82

Opting for outputs 83

Chapter 5: Multitrack Recording 85

Understanding Multitracking 85

Getting Ready to Record 86

Setting up a song 87

Creating and organizing your tracks 87

Selecting a sound source 90

Setting levels 92

Getting the sound you want 92

Choosing a monitoring source 95

Setting a Tempo Map 95

Saving Your Work 95

Sharing Files with Others 96

Part 2: Working with Microphones 97

Chapter 6: Understanding Microphones 99

Meeting the Many Microphone Types 100

Construction types 100

Polarity patterns 106

Assessing Your Microphone Needs 110

Deciding How Many Microphones and What Kind 111

Getting started 111

Movin' on 113

Going all out 115

Finding the Right Mic for the Situation 117

Partnering Mics with Preamps 120

Solid-state 120

Vacuum tube 121

Hybrid 121

Considering Compressors 122

Analyzing Some Microphone Accessories 123

Microphone cords 123

Microphone stands 123

Pop filters 123

Caring for Your Microphones 124

Daily care 125

Storage 125

Chapter 7: Taking a Look at Microphone Techniques 127

Singling Out Close Miking 128

Detailing Distant Miking 130

Assessing Ambient Miking 131

Selecting Stereo Miking 133

X-Y pairs 133

Blumlein technique 134

Spaced pairs 135

Stereo microphones 136

Overcoming problems with stereo miking 137

Creating Miking Combinations 139

Chapter 8: Miking Your Instruments 141

Getting a Great Lead Vocal Sound 142

Making the most of the room 142

Choosing the best mic 142

Getting Good Backup Vocals 145

Examining Electric Guitar Miking 146

Using the room 147

Getting the most out of the mics 147

Exploring Electric Bass Miking 149

Managing the room 149

Getting the most from the mic 149

Miking Acoustic Guitars and Similar Instruments 150

Making the most of the room 150

Using your mics 150

Maneuvering Horn Mics 152

Understanding the role of the room 152

Making the most of the mics 152

Placing Mics for a Piano 153

Harnessing the sound of the room 153

Managing the mics 153

Setting Up Mics for Strings 154

Making the most of the room 154

Making sense of the mics 154

Digging into Drum Set Miking 155

First things first: Tuning your drums 155

Using the room to your benefit 156

Picking up the kick (bass) drum 156

Setting up the snare drum 159

Tackling the tom-toms 160

Handling the hi-hats 161

Creating the best cymbal sound 161

Miking the whole kit 162

Getting Your Hands on Hand Drums 163

Perfecting Percussion Miking 163

Exploring the impact of the room 163

Choosing and using the mics 164

Part 3: Recording Live Audio 165

Chapter 9: Getting a Great Source Sound 167

Making Sense of the Signal Chain 167

Setting Optimal Signal Levels 169

Understanding Pre and Post Levels 171

Interpreting the various levels 171

Looking at examples 173

Getting Great Guitar, Bass, and Electronic String Instrument Sounds 174

Connect directly 174

Process beforehand 175

Leverage your amp 176

Creating Killer Keyboard Tracks 176

Recording E-Drums, Drum Machines, and Electronic Percussion 177

Making the Most of Microphones 178

Placing mics properly 179

Compressing carefully 179

Chapter 10: Recording Audio 183

Performing Your First Take 183

Punching In and Out 185

Manual punching 185

Punching with a foot switch 185

Automatic punching 185

Repeated punching (looping) 186

Exploring Overdubbing 187

Submixing 188

Bouncing 189

Keeping Track of Your Tracks 190

Chapter 11: Understanding Electronic Instruments and MIDI 191

Meeting MIDI 192

Perusing MIDI ports 192

Understanding MIDI channels 194

Appreciating MIDI messages 195

Managing modes 196

Taking orders from General MIDI 197

Gearing Up for MIDI 198

Sound generators 199

Sound card 202

MIDI controller 203

Sequencer 204

MIDI interface 204

Chapter 12: Recording Electronic Instruments Using MIDI 207

Synchronizing Your Devices 207

Synchronizing two (or more) synthesizers 208

Synchronizing a computer sequencer and a synthesizer 209

Synchronizing a sequencer and an audio recorder 210

Using the transport function from one device to control another 212

Sequencing 214

Recording MIDI data 215

Overdubbing 217

Saving Your Data 218

Transferring Data Using MIDI 219

Chapter 13: Working with Loops 221

Understanding Loops and Loop Types 222

Choosing Loop Formats 222

Setting Up Your Session 223

Setting tempo and time and key signatures 223

Creating song maps 224

Enabling a metronome 225

Adding Loops to Your Sessions 226

Browsing loop libraries 226

Previewing loops 227

Adding loops to your session 227

Editing Loops 229

Creating Loops 229

Part 4: Editing and Enhancing Your Tracks 233

Chapter 14: Getting into Editing 235

Understanding Digital Editing 236

Copy 237

Cut/Delete/Erase 237

Insert 238

Paste 239

Move 240

Export/Import 240

Undo 241

Finding the Section You Want to Edit 241

Editing aurally 241

Editing visually 242

Editing to Improve the Sound of a Performance 244

Replacing a bad note 245

Evening out a performance 246

Getting rid of distortion 247

Getting rid of noise 248

Correcting pitch problems 248

Creating a Performance That Never Happened 249

Creating loops 249

Assembling a song 250

Making compilations of your tracks 250

Discovering Other Ways to Use Editing 251

Adjusting the length of a performance 251

Reversing a phrase 251

Chapter 15: Editing MIDI Data 253

Understanding MIDI Windows 253

Selecting track material 255

Setting MIDI patches on tracks 255

Adding MIDI events 256

Deleting MIDI notes 257

Editing MIDI Data 257

Changing a note's pitch 258

Changing a note's duration 258

Changing a note's velocity 259

Changing time locations 259

Moving notes freely 260

Editing Program Data 260

Changing program patches 260

Moving program change markers 260

Changing Continuous Controller Data 261

Editing lines with the Pencil tool 261

Editing breakpoints 262

Scaling breakpoints 262

Quantizing Your Performance 263

Transposing Your Performance 266

Saving Your Data 267

Transferring Data Using MIDI 267

Part 5: Mixing and Mastering Your Music 269

Chapter 16: Mixing Basics 271

Understanding...

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 448 S.
ISBN-13: 9781119711100
ISBN-10: 111971110X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Strong, Jeff
Auflage: 6th edition
Hersteller: Wiley
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de
Maße: 232 x 191 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Jeff Strong
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,6 kg
Artikel-ID: 118429205
Über den Autor

Jeff Strong is a percussionist, composer, recording engineer, researcher, and Director of the Strong Institute?an auditory brain stimulation research organization?and creator of Brain Shift Radio (BSR), an interactive brain stimulation music site.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Getting Started with Home Recording 5

Chapter 1: Understanding Home Recording 7

Examining the Anatomy of a Home Studio 7

Exploring the recording essentials 8

Checking out recording system types 10

Getting a Glimpse into the Recording Process 11

Setting up a song 11

Getting a great sound 11

Recording 12

Overdubbing 12

Making Sense of Mixing 12

Cleaning up tracks using editing 13

Equalizing your tracks 13

Processing your signal 13

Blending your tracks 13

Adding the Final Touches 14

Mastering your mixes 14

Putting your music out into the world 15

Promoting your music 16

Chapter 2: Getting the Right Gear 17

Determining Your Home Studio Needs 18

Detailing Your Digital Options 21

Computer-Based Digital Recording Systems 23

Finding the right computer setup 23

Getting the sound in and out 26

Choosing the right software 30

Studio-in-a-Box Systems 33

Taking a look at the benefits 33

Examining some popular SIAB systems 33

Mobile-Device Recording 34

Android 35

Apple iOS 36

Exploring Sample Setups 37

Live and MIDI studio 38

MIDI-intensive studio 38

Live studio 41

Podcasting studio 42

Audio-for-video studio 43

Mobile on-location studio 44

Chapter 3: Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio 45

Understanding Analog Connections 46

The ¿-inch analog plug 46

XLR 49

RCA 49

Delving into Digital Connections 50

MIDI 50

AES/EBU 50

S/PDIF 51

ADAT Lightpipe 51

TDIF 51

USB 52

FireWire 53

Thunderbolt 54

Working Efficiently 55

Taming heat and dust 57

Monitoring your monitors 57

Optimizing Your Room 58

Isolating sound 58

Controlling sound 60

Chapter 4: Meet the Mixer 69

Meeting the Many Mixers 69

Analog mixer 70

Digital mixer 71

Software mixer 72

Computer control surface 73

Understanding Mixer Basics 74

Examining inputs 75

Checking out the channel strip 76

Recognizing mixer routing 82

Opting for outputs 83

Chapter 5: Multitrack Recording 85

Understanding Multitracking 85

Getting Ready to Record 86

Setting up a song 87

Creating and organizing your tracks 87

Selecting a sound source 90

Setting levels 92

Getting the sound you want 92

Choosing a monitoring source 95

Setting a Tempo Map 95

Saving Your Work 95

Sharing Files with Others 96

Part 2: Working with Microphones 97

Chapter 6: Understanding Microphones 99

Meeting the Many Microphone Types 100

Construction types 100

Polarity patterns 106

Assessing Your Microphone Needs 110

Deciding How Many Microphones and What Kind 111

Getting started 111

Movin' on 113

Going all out 115

Finding the Right Mic for the Situation 117

Partnering Mics with Preamps 120

Solid-state 120

Vacuum tube 121

Hybrid 121

Considering Compressors 122

Analyzing Some Microphone Accessories 123

Microphone cords 123

Microphone stands 123

Pop filters 123

Caring for Your Microphones 124

Daily care 125

Storage 125

Chapter 7: Taking a Look at Microphone Techniques 127

Singling Out Close Miking 128

Detailing Distant Miking 130

Assessing Ambient Miking 131

Selecting Stereo Miking 133

X-Y pairs 133

Blumlein technique 134

Spaced pairs 135

Stereo microphones 136

Overcoming problems with stereo miking 137

Creating Miking Combinations 139

Chapter 8: Miking Your Instruments 141

Getting a Great Lead Vocal Sound 142

Making the most of the room 142

Choosing the best mic 142

Getting Good Backup Vocals 145

Examining Electric Guitar Miking 146

Using the room 147

Getting the most out of the mics 147

Exploring Electric Bass Miking 149

Managing the room 149

Getting the most from the mic 149

Miking Acoustic Guitars and Similar Instruments 150

Making the most of the room 150

Using your mics 150

Maneuvering Horn Mics 152

Understanding the role of the room 152

Making the most of the mics 152

Placing Mics for a Piano 153

Harnessing the sound of the room 153

Managing the mics 153

Setting Up Mics for Strings 154

Making the most of the room 154

Making sense of the mics 154

Digging into Drum Set Miking 155

First things first: Tuning your drums 155

Using the room to your benefit 156

Picking up the kick (bass) drum 156

Setting up the snare drum 159

Tackling the tom-toms 160

Handling the hi-hats 161

Creating the best cymbal sound 161

Miking the whole kit 162

Getting Your Hands on Hand Drums 163

Perfecting Percussion Miking 163

Exploring the impact of the room 163

Choosing and using the mics 164

Part 3: Recording Live Audio 165

Chapter 9: Getting a Great Source Sound 167

Making Sense of the Signal Chain 167

Setting Optimal Signal Levels 169

Understanding Pre and Post Levels 171

Interpreting the various levels 171

Looking at examples 173

Getting Great Guitar, Bass, and Electronic String Instrument Sounds 174

Connect directly 174

Process beforehand 175

Leverage your amp 176

Creating Killer Keyboard Tracks 176

Recording E-Drums, Drum Machines, and Electronic Percussion 177

Making the Most of Microphones 178

Placing mics properly 179

Compressing carefully 179

Chapter 10: Recording Audio 183

Performing Your First Take 183

Punching In and Out 185

Manual punching 185

Punching with a foot switch 185

Automatic punching 185

Repeated punching (looping) 186

Exploring Overdubbing 187

Submixing 188

Bouncing 189

Keeping Track of Your Tracks 190

Chapter 11: Understanding Electronic Instruments and MIDI 191

Meeting MIDI 192

Perusing MIDI ports 192

Understanding MIDI channels 194

Appreciating MIDI messages 195

Managing modes 196

Taking orders from General MIDI 197

Gearing Up for MIDI 198

Sound generators 199

Sound card 202

MIDI controller 203

Sequencer 204

MIDI interface 204

Chapter 12: Recording Electronic Instruments Using MIDI 207

Synchronizing Your Devices 207

Synchronizing two (or more) synthesizers 208

Synchronizing a computer sequencer and a synthesizer 209

Synchronizing a sequencer and an audio recorder 210

Using the transport function from one device to control another 212

Sequencing 214

Recording MIDI data 215

Overdubbing 217

Saving Your Data 218

Transferring Data Using MIDI 219

Chapter 13: Working with Loops 221

Understanding Loops and Loop Types 222

Choosing Loop Formats 222

Setting Up Your Session 223

Setting tempo and time and key signatures 223

Creating song maps 224

Enabling a metronome 225

Adding Loops to Your Sessions 226

Browsing loop libraries 226

Previewing loops 227

Adding loops to your session 227

Editing Loops 229

Creating Loops 229

Part 4: Editing and Enhancing Your Tracks 233

Chapter 14: Getting into Editing 235

Understanding Digital Editing 236

Copy 237

Cut/Delete/Erase 237

Insert 238

Paste 239

Move 240

Export/Import 240

Undo 241

Finding the Section You Want to Edit 241

Editing aurally 241

Editing visually 242

Editing to Improve the Sound of a Performance 244

Replacing a bad note 245

Evening out a performance 246

Getting rid of distortion 247

Getting rid of noise 248

Correcting pitch problems 248

Creating a Performance That Never Happened 249

Creating loops 249

Assembling a song 250

Making compilations of your tracks 250

Discovering Other Ways to Use Editing 251

Adjusting the length of a performance 251

Reversing a phrase 251

Chapter 15: Editing MIDI Data 253

Understanding MIDI Windows 253

Selecting track material 255

Setting MIDI patches on tracks 255

Adding MIDI events 256

Deleting MIDI notes 257

Editing MIDI Data 257

Changing a note's pitch 258

Changing a note's duration 258

Changing a note's velocity 259

Changing time locations 259

Moving notes freely 260

Editing Program Data 260

Changing program patches 260

Moving program change markers 260

Changing Continuous Controller Data 261

Editing lines with the Pencil tool 261

Editing breakpoints 262

Scaling breakpoints 262

Quantizing Your Performance 263

Transposing Your Performance 266

Saving Your Data 267

Transferring Data Using MIDI 267

Part 5: Mixing and Mastering Your Music 269

Chapter 16: Mixing Basics 271

Understanding...

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 448 S.
ISBN-13: 9781119711100
ISBN-10: 111971110X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Strong, Jeff
Auflage: 6th edition
Hersteller: Wiley
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de
Maße: 232 x 191 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Jeff Strong
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,6 kg
Artikel-ID: 118429205
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