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Summary: Every recording professional will benefit from this book
Review: Although at times, a bit too formal, Dr. Monyan's book is a definitive course for those interested in learning how to truly listen, and transfer these skills to the art of recording and mixing.The author does not examine any particualr recording technique or equipment at all. Rather, he focuses on developing the tools that enable the professional to judge and craft sound for maximum artistic expression.
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Summary: Textbookish reading
Review: I can't say I learned too many new concepts reading this book. The later chapters are interesting but here's my problem: For one thing, the author goes into gross academic details of concepts he could've summed up in two paragraphs. Don't get me wrong, length is fine as long as there's something to be said or taught. This book is 320 pages and in my opinion should have been 150. It's wordy, too academic and too un-technical for my taste (especially chapters 1-5). I felt like I was reading about concepts I intuitively knew about anyway. But, not to be too cruel, there are few things that are interesting (chapters 6-15). For instance, you learn the techniques of critical listening, evaluating time, pitch, dynamics and overall sound quality. But, again these are concepts that are intuitive to me, these chapters just spell it out. Let's not forget that this is a text book and if you're impatient like me, and don't want every thing spelled out, you might get bored. But if you are taking the academic route to recording and are a beginner then...ahhh... you decide.
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Summary: This is a book with a difference
Review: Most books rechew the same basic homerecording info you already read dozens of times. This book stands out with info you don't read anywhere else. It's mostly about training and development of hearing.
Great book, but like previous reviewers said, a bit dry and academic to read.
Would buy again.
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Summary: Just what I was looking for
Review: Recording is all about the art of listening and this book teaches you just that. So if you are serious about being able to produce something worthwhile this book is a good read. Some would categorized it as advanced, but for me I think it addresses the most essential part of the recording process. Building from the actual physical penomenon it moves to concepts/terms more frequently encountered; EQ, Compression etc.
My favorite is that it teaches you to be a better listener.
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Summary: Dear Amazon, Please Take this book off your shelves
Review: The only audio book I've NEVER been able to finish, written by the only man I would like to see depart the educational world along with the university. This is a degrading piece of trash to any 'doctor' out there. Just take a visit to UMass Lowell and see the impact this book has caused on its students.
Textually, I have reason to believe Mr. Moylan intended the 3-paged first draft as a children's book, then discovered a thesaurus while using the book as a counterweight to his pompous ego. Roughly translated, this book breaks down into "Beatles are God, Worship Them."
I fully do not recommend this book or the program at UMass Lowell as an educational expansion of knowledge in any form.
~Best of Luck Mr. Moylan~
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Summary: A Disappointing Book
Review: The self-important author favors generalizations, over-inflated ideas, and wrong terminology. The book is an quasi-academic treatise in which obvious concepts are discussed in depth by a writer of limited professional knowledge. I returned my copy. Spend your book-buying dollars on another title.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: The title of the book tells it all: it is for those willing to make art of their recording, to make their concepts sound, not to move blindly, but understand each step to be taken. There are many good, even fine, books on equipnemt and on how to use this or that device, but this one transcends them, goes a step higher. It teaches to listen and think about the sounds heard, and in this respect it is unique.
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Summary: A very thorough textbook, not a gentle introduction
Review: This is a very thorough mixing textbook. The author goes far beyond the usual mixing book by establishing techniques and vocabulary for describing all aspects of sound. I'd recommend it to college students, music or audio professionals, and serious amateurs. Although the book has useful content, it is highly technical (thankfully, no math), so it may not be appropriate for some readers. Also, either the author's style was dense, or I'm dense (probably both).
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Summary: A very thorough textbook, not a gentle introduction
Review: This is a very thorough mixing textbook. The author goes far beyond the usual mixing book by establishing techniques and vocabulary for describing all aspects of sound. I'd recommend it to college students, music or audio professionals, and serious amateurs. Although the book has useful content, it is highly technical (thankfully, no math), so it may not be appropriate for some readers. Also, either the author's style was dense, or I'm dense (probably both).
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Summary: wrong title.....
Review: William Moylan looks to be an expert in the industry and he tries to write a book that's different than other books; no straight point to the topic and no cook book. He is a professor at university and he knows about stuff that other people don't. He can write wonderfully about audio and use his powerful English to get you into it. So he thinks he can write such a book. Ok till now everything sounds good and you think this is gonna be a great book right? But the problem starts when he finds out that he doesn't have enough material to write in his book. Like the other person said this book had to be fewer than 150 pages not 320. He tells you the same thing over and over and over in the same page. He talks about some obvious stuff. One of my biggest problems with this book was that author tells you what you should be but fails when he advises you how to be it. He mentions many times that you have to develop a perfect hearing but doesn't really tell you how. But don't get me wrong I still highly recommend this book cause of its exclusive information but the title of this book is wrong. May be a title like "Hearing and Recording" would work better than the current one. Overall I give it a bad rate for wasting my time and 2.5 stars for the material that's included in this book which you won't find it anywhere else.
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