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Feb 1, 2005 12:00 PM
If you're making the move from simply plugging in your keyboard rig to your soundcard and pressing Record to actually tracking professional-sounding vocals and acoustic instruments, a decent companion text outlining the basics of recording can be a huge help. What would be even more beneficial is a 300-plus-page handbook detailing everything from standard studio preamps, compressors and mics to instrument miking and troubleshooting phase relationships. Well, if this something you need, you're in luck. New from Artist Pro is The Recording Engineer's Handbook written by longtime studio guru Bobby Owsinski.
Written as a companion piece to Owsinski's other texts, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook and The Mastering Engineer's Handbook, this latest piece is divided into roughly three parts. The first offers a general description of some of the more common pieces of studio equipment, ranging from Teletronix LA-2A compressors to Sennheiser MD 421 mics. The book's second emphasis is centered on real-life recording applications, including multitrack drum sessions, guitar-amp recording and more. And, finally, the book includes both anecdotal comments from various top engineers as well as lengthy interviews with figures such as Steve Albini, Michael Beinhorn, Frank Filipetti and others. For more information, take a peek at www.courseptr.com.
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