Savage, Steve - The Art of Digital Audio Recording

In The Art of Digital Audio Recording, expert author Steve Savage synthesizes years of professional recording experience - including 7 grammy-nominated records - and his teaching experience as instructor in recording techniques to equip professional readers with both the essential technical as well as practical knowledge they need to succeed.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
1. The Starting Point - Sound meets the computer
1 Why computers
2 What does it sound like?
3 Signal path
2. The Essentials - Where and how recordings are made
4 Recording rooms and control rooms
5 Studio monitors
6 Microphones and mic placement
7 Mixing boards and control surfaces
8 EQ: general information
9 Dynamics (compressors and noise gates)
10 FX: delay
11 FX: reverb
12 Beyond traditional DSP
3. Recording Sessions - A practical guide
13 Set up
14 Headphone mixes
15 Survey of recording techniques for instruments and voice
4. Editing - The new frontier
16 Editing functions
17 Screen real estate
18 Virtual tracks (playlists)
19 Advanced Editing
5. Three Fundamentals - Techniques every recordist needs to know
20 Insert/Plug-ins
21 Send & return
22 Auto-switching (auto-input)
6. Mixing - The most creative and the most challenging stage
23 Mixing requirements
24 Building a mix
25 Automation and recall
26 Mix collaboration, communication and delivery
7. Mastering - One last session
27 What, Why, How and Where
8. Three Best Practices - Easy ways to raise the level of your sessions
28 Session flow
29 Talkback
30 Playback volume
Addendum:
31 How to Walk into a Commercial Studio and be the Engineer
32 Researching and Buying Gear: Internet vs. brick and mortar
Appendix:
Digital Audio Formats, Delivery and Storage
Index