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Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects
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By
Alex Case, is an Assistant Professor of Sound Recording Technology at the University of Massachusetts. An active member of the Audio Engineering
Society, and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Case is an engineer, educator, and author who speaks frequently on audio
and acoustics across the United States and internationally.
Description
Every session, every gig, every day, recording engineers strive to make the most of their audio signal processing devices. EQ, Compression,
Delay, Distortion, Reverb and all those other FX are the well-worn tools of the audio trade. Recording and mixing, live and in the studio,
engineers must thoroughly master these devices to stay competitive sonically. Its not enough to just know what each effect is supposed
to do. Sound FX explains the basic and advanced signal processing techniques used in professional music production, describing real world
techniques used by experienced engineers, and referencing popular music examples released internationally. The reader learns not just
how to, but also what if, so they can better achieve what they already hear in the productions they admire and chase what they only hear
in their imaginative minds ear. Sound FX will immediately help you make more thorough, more musical use of your sound FX.
The accompanying
website www.soundfx-companion.com includes audio exaples of FX featured in the book.
Features:
A chapter dedicated
to each key effect:
Distortion
Compression & Limiting
Expansion & Gating
Reverb
Equalization
Delay
Pitch Shift
Volume
More than 100
line drawings and illustrations.
Accompanying website featuring examples of all FX covered in the book.
Discography of FX at the end
of each relevant chapter.
From the Sound FX Intro:
The most important music of our time is recorded music. The recording
studio is its principle musical instrument. The recording engineers and music producers who create the music we love know how to use
signal processing equipment to capture the work of artists, preserving realism or altering things wildly, as appropriate. While the talented,
persistent, self-taught engineer can create sound recordings of artistic merit, more productive use of the studio is achieved through
study, experience and collaboration. This book defines the technical basis of the most important signal processing effects used in the
modern recording studio, highlights the key drivers of sound quality associated with each, shares common production techniques used by
recording engineers with significant experience in the field, references many of the touchstone recordings of our time, and equips the
reader with the knowledge needed to comfortably use effects devices correctly, and, more importantly, to apply these tools creatively.
Audience
Students of audio, Practising recording engineers, Musicians of all types who are making music with laptops, samplers, synthesizers, and looping tools
Contents
SECTION 1: Sound – Signals, Systems and Sensation
Chapter 1 : The Audio Waveform
Chapter 2 : Signal Flow
Chapter 3 : Perception
SECTION
2: Amplitude Effects
Chapter 4 : Distortion
Chapter 5 : Equalization
Chapter 6 : Compression and Limiting
Chapter 7 : Expansion and
Gating
Chapter 8 : Volume
SECTION 3: Time Effects
Chapter 9 : Delay
Chapter 10 : Pitch Shift
Chapter 11 : Reverb
SECTION 4: Applied
Effects
Chapter 12 : A Basic Mix
Chapter 13 : The Snare Drum
Chapter 14 : The Piano
Chapter 15 : The Automated Mix
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 432 pages, publication date: JUL-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-52032-2
ISBN-10: 0-240-52032-7
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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