The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio

Making great audio recordings requires striking the right balance between technical know-how and practical understanding of recording sessions. Even in the digital age, some of the most important aspects of creating and recording music are non-technical and, as a result, are often overlooked by traditional recording manuals. The Art of Digital Audio Recording teaches readers what they really need to know in order to make great sound recordings with computers - both the practical and the technical information, including: · What to look and listen for in a recording environment · Straightforward advice on recording almost any instrument · Essentials of digital audio workstations · Essentials of recording gear: microphones, mixers, and speakers · Fundamentals of understanding and applying EQ, compression, delay, and reverb · Secrets to running creative recording sessions · Practical application of digital editing, mixing, and mastering A special section identifies solutions to the most common challenges in the recording studio, and the book also features an addendum with essential tips and reference information including: · How to walk into a commercial studio and be the engineer · Researching and buying gear: Internet vs. brick and mortar · Digital formats: A handy reference As a whole, The Art of Digital Audio Recording is an essential resource that gives recordists the tools they need to let technical understanding serve greater musical goals.

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Savage, Steve

Music

Oxford University Press

Making great audio recordings requires striking the right balance between technical know-how and practical understanding of recording sessions. Even in the digital age, some of the most important aspects of creating and recording music are non-technical and, as a result, are often overlooked by traditional recording manuals. The Art of Digital Audio Recording teaches readers what they really need to know in order to make great sound recordings with computers - both the practical and the technical information, including: � What to look and listen for in a recording environment � Straightforward advice on recording almost any instrument � Essentials of digital audio workstations � Essentials of recording gear: microphones, mixers, and speakers � Fundamentals of understanding and applying EQ, compression, delay, and reverb � Secrets to running creative recording sessions � Practical application of digital editing, mixing, and mastering A special section identifies solutions to the most common challenges in the recording studio, and the book also features an addendum with essential tips and reference information including: � How to walk into a commercial studio and be the engineer � Researching and buying gear: Internet vs. brick and mortar � Digital formats: A handy reference As a whole, The Art of Digital Audio Recording is an essential resource that gives recordists the tools they need to let technical understanding serve greater musical goals.

Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

Police Reform: Forces for Change

This book focuses on the very topical subject of police reform in the U.K. . Currently, the police service is undergoing a time of significant change and reform as a result of the 'modernization' agenda. Planned force re-structuring, the performance culture, recruitment and training issues are just a few elements of this extensive reform process. There is therefore a need for a text which looks at this current agenda for reform against its historical backdrop and debates the long term future of this process. The book spans three decades and is structured thematically around the main driving forces for reform, looking at the policy process and its related contexts. Key topics covered include system failure (when things go wrong), public order policing, international influences, economic issues and value for money, internal influences and political issues. The book addresses a complex and ever-shifting subject in an accessible manner.

Criminal Law

This book focuses on the very topical subject of police reform in the UK. Currently, the police service is undergoing a time of significant change and reform as a result of the 'modernization' agenda. Planned force re-structuring, the performance culture, recruitment and training issues are just a few elements of this extensive reform process. There is therefore a need for a text which looks at this current agenda for reform against its historical backdrop and debates the long term future of this process. The book spans three decades and is structured thematically around the main driving forces for reform, looking at the policy process and its related contexts. Key topics covered include system failure (when things go wrong), public order policing, international influences, economic issues and value for money, internal influences and political issues. The book addresses a complex and ever-shifting subject in an accessible manner.

Mixing and mastering are the final challenges in creating great recordings. Great mixes require both creativity and a practical understanding of process, while final masters require both a clear sense for purpose and specialized ears for achieving artistic goals. Mixing and Mastering in the Box gives readers the practical tools for accomplishing both of these tasks while highlighting the artistry of the creative process. While much of the information presented in Mixing and Mastering in the Box is applicable to those using analog mixing gear, or a hybrid of digital and analog tools, the book focuses directly on working completely within the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Author Steve Savage lets readers in on such topics as the secrets of collaboration and using EQ, compression, delay, reverb, and brickwall limiting to improve the sound of records, each topic illustrated with a myriad of concrete examples. Mixing and Mastering in the Box is the ultimate reference manual for the home recordist and the perfect basic to intermediate text for any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) training class in mixing or mastering. The book is also ideal for readers who handle their own mixing and mastering or who wish - or are professionally required - to be better informed when collaborating on mixes and masters.

Mixing and Mastering in the Box: The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer

Bytes and Backbeats: Repurposing Music in the Digital Age (Tracking Pop)

From Attali's "cold social silence" to Baudrillard's hallucinatory reality, reproduced music has long been the target of critical attack. In Bytes and Backbeats, however, Steve Savage deploys an innovative combination of designed recording projects, ethnographic studies of contemporary music practice, and critical analysis to challenge many of these traditional attitudes about the creation and reception of music. Savage adopts the notion of "repurposing" as central to understanding how every aspect of musical activity, from creation to reception, has been transformed, arguing that the tension within production between a naturalizing "art" and a self-conscious "artifice" reflects and feeds into our evolving notions of creativity, authenticity, and community.At the core of the book are three original audio projects, drawing from rock & roll, jazz, and traditional African music, through which Savage is able to target areas of contemporary practice that are particularly significant in the cultural evolution of the musical experience. Each audio project includes a studio study providing context for the social and cultural analysis that follows. This work stems from Savage's experience as a professional recording engineer and record producer.    

University of Michigan Press

From Attali's "cold social silence" to Baudrillard's hallucinatory reality, reproduced music has long been the target of critical attack. In Bytes and Backbeats, however, Steve Savage deploys an innovative combination of designed recording projects, ethnographic studies of contemporary music practice, and critical analysis to challenge many of these traditional attitudes about the creation and reception of music. Savage adopts the notion of "repurposing" as central to understanding how every aspect of musical activity, from creation to reception, has been transformed, arguing that the tension within production between a naturalizing "art" and a self-conscious "artifice" reflects and feeds into our evolving notions of creativity, authenticity, and community.
At the core of the book are three original audio projects, drawing from rock &amp; roll, jazz, and traditional African music, through which Savage is able to target areas of contemporary practice that are particularly significant in the cultural evolution of the musical experience. Each audio project includes a studio study providing context for the social and cultural analysis that follows. This work stems from Savage's experience as a professional recording engineer and record producer.

Woods and Forests (Exploring Ecosystems)

Provides instructions for projects and activities that explore forest habitats and demonstrate why they are valuable.

Teen & Young Adult

Martin, Patricia A. Fink

Education & Reference

Franklin Watts

Discusses the history and evolution of modern pop rhythms, and provides background information to enable readers to write, play, and record rhythm and drum patterns

The Billboard Book of Rhythm

Bpi Communications

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The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio

The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio

Police Reform: Forces for Change

Police Reform: Forces for Change

Mixing and Mastering in the Box: The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer

Mixing and Mastering in the Box: The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer

Bytes and Backbeats: Repurposing Music in the Digital Age (Tracking Pop)

Bytes and Backbeats: Repurposing Music in the Digital Age (Tracking Pop)

Woods and Forests (Exploring Ecosystems)

The Billboard Book of Rhythm