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Summary: Outstanding..tricks of the trade galore
Review: The closest I've read to being a Bible on home recording. Full of valuable secrets. Mine's an older edition, so there's not alot on digital, but as far as meat and potatoes-EQ, mic placement and tricks, panning, bouncing, and optimal sonic oomph and clarity, it's all here. Spirit and performance is what it comes down to, but the icing on the cake's all layed out in this outstanding book.Read it.
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Summary: Out Of Date
Review: The general content in the area of how-to was ok, but with so much reference to open reel tapes and minimal to digital recording made it disapointing. Copyright dated 1988, 1994, the changes not covered that have taken place in the last five years are amazing. The pointers on mic-ing are good, along with ideas on getting cleaner recorded tracks. I am getting a lot more out of "Home Recording Power!" by Ben Milstead. It is slanted toward the CakeWalk Sonar software, but gets things moving fast! The sugestions are current as well.
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Summary: Out Of Date
Review: The general content in the area of how-to was ok, but with so much reference to open reel tapes and minimal to digital recording made it disapointing. Copyright dated 1988, 1994, the changes not covered that have taken place in the last five years are amazing. The pointers on mic-ing are good, along with ideas on getting cleaner recorded tracks. I am getting a lot more out of "Home Recording Power!" by Ben Milstead. It is slanted toward the CakeWalk Sonar software, but gets things moving fast! The sugestions are current as well.
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Summary: Totally awesome step by step
Review: These guys really know how to explain the art of making a great recording to the beginner. I especially like chapter 16 "Mixdown Techniques" as it really explains the basic steps of eq, delay and panning for positioning the parts of a song in the mix! I have 15 books on this subject and this one is the one that has given me the most ahaa!'s.
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Summary: Totally awesome step by step
Review: These guys really know how to explain the art of making a great recording to the beginner. I especially like chapter 16 "Mixdown Techniques" as it really explains the basic steps of eq, delay and panning for positioning the parts of a song in the mix! I have 15 books on this subject and this one is the one that has given me the most ahaa!'s.
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Summary: "very informative"
Review: this book is full recording tips I use in my own studio. the wording is easy to understand .there's no studio language,novice can relate to what the writers are explaining.I recommend this book for everyone from begginers to professionals.
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Summary: Why didn't somebody tell me to read this before?
Review: This book is nearly perfect. Yeah, it's a little dated, but so is my equipment, so it makes a great source of info for me. I've been in bands and around bands and managed bands for just about my whole life and have read lots of books relating to music technology, and I must say that this book offers the most insight to practical problems that I've ever encountered. I recently bought a used TASCAM 688 Midistudio and, even though I'm a former electrical engineer, this complex piece of equipment is a little daunting to me. This book explained how to use it and much more. Things I thought I knew were clarified. Things I didn't know were explained. Things I never even thought of were brought to my attention. I borrowed (ok, swiped) this book from a friend last week and now must return it. That's why I'm at Amazon now, to buy my own copy. I'm also getting a copy of 'Using Your Portable Studio' by the same author. If you've got a home studio, especially one with a multitrack tape deck, you've gotta read this book. Even if you're recording digitally, the discussions of EQ'ing instruments, miking, acoustics, and procedures would make it worth your while. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: Why didn't somebody tell me to read this before?
Review: This book is nearly perfect. Yeah, it's a little dated, but so is my equipment, so it makes a great source of info for me. I've been in bands and around bands and managed bands for just about my whole life and have read lots of books relating to music technology, and I must say that this book offers the most insight to practical problems that I've ever encountered. I recently bought a used TASCAM 688 Midistudio and, even though I'm a former electrical engineer, this complex piece of equipment is a little daunting to me. This book explained how to use it and much more. Things I thought I knew were clarified. Things I didn't know were explained. Things I never even thought of were brought to my attention. I borrowed (ok, swiped) this book from a friend last week and now must return it. That's why I'm at Amazon now, to buy my own copy. I'm also getting a copy of 'Using Your Portable Studio' by the same author. If you've got a home studio, especially one with a multitrack tape deck, you've gotta read this book. Even if you're recording digitally, the discussions of EQ'ing instruments, miking, acoustics, and procedures would make it worth your while. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: wonderful resource for novice and intermediate recordists
Review: this book is terrific. it is full of eq charts and sage advice on everything from drum micing to acoustic treatments. this book is by far the most turned to resource in my audio library. a must have.
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