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The Online Guitar Store - Recording Tips for Engineers, Second Edition: For cleaner, brighter tracks
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List Price: $35.95
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Manufacturer: Focal Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780240519746
ISBN: 0240519744
Label: Focal Press
Manufacturer: Focal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2005-05-03
Publisher: Focal Press
Studio: Focal Press
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Editorial Reviews:
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Get ahead in the business - be the engineer everyone wants to hire - achieve success with the very best recordings. Tim Crich's bestselling Recording Tips for Engineers provides the knowledge you need to rise to the top. From years of experience working with big name rock stars, Tim Crich shares his expertise and gives you all the essential insider tips and short cuts.
Great for engineers of all levels, this guide is packed with simple and practical advice using real life studio situations. The bulleted lists and clear illustrations will save you valuable time and allow for fast in session reference.
Includes:
* Tips on proper microphone choice, setup and placement
* Full sections on equalization and compression methods
* Guidance on recording drums, guitars and vocals
* Advice on creating professional mixes
* Best ways to take control of your recording environment
* Packed with insider tips and short-cuts to achieve the very best recordings
* Written in a concise and entertaining style for fast, in-session reference
* Learn from an experienced pro who has worked on records by the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, KISS, Billy Joel, US, David Bowie, Bon Jovi and many more!
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: not as good as i'd hoped
Comment: This book has some good tips but assumes you're working in a pro studio. Some of the material seems a bit dated. They should offer an alternative book for home studios.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Comment: This book is full of practical tips for Engineers... Just as one might suspect from the title. If your finding yourself wondering what settings to use for bass compresssion or how to get paid, get this book.
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Summary: Excellent! Excellent! Excellent Book!
Comment: This book is excellent! I've been recording since 1998 and I have had to stumble my way through learning new techniques through trial and error. I wish I had read this book the first day I started; it would have saved me a lot of time and gained me a lot of understanding and know how. Although, in the author's intro, he says that the book is intended for the guy that knows a little more of what he's doing, and not the beginner, this book is great for both the beginner and the experienced engineer. He offers a lot of recipe's for getting great sounds but also reminds the reader (with "maybe's") that these are all just good starting points and you have to make adjustments as you go, according to the music and the situation. The book is packed with a lot of advice from beginning to end. It is a very fun read; he has a lot of humor in it along with superb advice so you'll be constantly intrigued to continue learning and reading more. A lot about compression, eq, mic placements, studio set up, respecting the instuments, studio courtesy and organization and on, and on, and on- from technical to personal to musical- it's fantastic! Whether you're new at recording, or a seasoned engineer, you'll benefit somehow from this book, and for under $20 don't even think about it, just buy it. You won't regret it. Enjoy!
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Summary: Excellent Resource for the Project Studio generation
Comment: This is an excellent book for anyone interested in gaining instant knowledge for high quality sound recordings. Tim's approach is stratight forward, easy to understand, practical set up's which deliver immediate results. A "must have" book for project studio recordings as well as professional engineers.
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Summary: ..an entertaining read...
Comment: This book is a very different one. It does not have the technical and geeky feel to it , yet delivers all the required tips and tricks for a better recording experience on apart of the recording engineer, well almost.
From the book I could definitely say that tim is involved mostly on acoustic bands of the rock genre. That is good but what about dance bands, electronic acts and the like...these genres ahave a very different approach to recording, production, arrangements and mastering. For example, he writes that a drum fill should be different in verses and choruses and that different elements of a drum kit should be utilised as much as possible to keep the sound varied. What about a two bar loop of a blistering hip hop track? That would be so minimalistic but still that contributes to the overall feel of the track and the repitition is required. What about an IDM track that has precision breakbeats that vary every bar? That would be an overkill wouldnt it?
The mixing techniques explained are avery basic but definitely eye opening. And he tries to summarize mastering in one page....
Overall a very informative and humourous writing that keeps the readers entertained.
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