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SECRETS OF RECORDING
Secrets of Recording
Professional Tips, Tools & Techniques
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Lorne Bregitzer, Lorne Bregitzer is an Engineer at Colorado Sound Studios, Assistant Professor at University of Colorado, Denver and Independent engineer. While at Colorado he has recorded such artists as Eminem, NSYNC, Henry Rollins & Talib Kweli. One highlight of his tenure here was recording vocals for Method Man & Redman, included on D'Angelo's Grammy winning "Voodoo" album (Virgin Urban Records). Both he & Colorado Sound have been awarded Platinum Records for work on this million-selling album.

Description
Packed with studio tips and professional tricks and more than 200 illustrations, Secrets of Recording by Lorne Bregitzer makes it easier than ever to create pro-quality music at home. This book is the only reference you will ever need to start producing and engineering your music, or other artists' music, in your own home studio. Covering less than ideal acoustics, solving problems before they occur, tools of the editing phase, and much more, you can gain the knowledge and know-how to make your recordings sound like pro recordings -- understand the technology, use it in the right way and you can make a good recording great.

Audience
Amateur and aspiring music producers, studio engineers wanting to learn new techniques, Musicians wanting to record, would be recording engineers, students in audio programs

Contents
Chap 1. Creating a greating recording from the start; 1.1 Fine-Tuning your studio; 1.2 Working with musicians, 1.3 Click Tracks, 1.4 The Recording Process, 1.5 Recording the basic tracks, 1.6 General Digital Editing, 1.7 A final word on getting a great start in the studio Chap 2. Timing Correction; 2.1 Intro to timing correction, 2.2 Beat Detective, 2.3 Elastic Time, 2.4 A final word about timing correction Chap 3. Replacing Sounds; 3.1 Replacing sounds overview, 3.2 Building a sound library, 3.3 SoundReplacer, 3.4 Drumagog, 3.5 A final word about replacing or triggering sounds Chap 4. Pitch Correction; 4.1 Pitch correction overview, 4.2 Auto-Tune, 4.3 Melodyne, 4.4 A final word about pitch correction Chap 5. Emulated Effects; 5.1 Guitar cabinet emulators, 5.2 Emulated compressors, 5.3 Emulated equalizers, 5.4 Modeled delays, 5.5 Convolutions signal processing, 5.6 A final word about using emulated effects Chap 6. Adding Midi Tracks to recordings; 6.1 Creating precussive and rhythmic loops, 6.2 Adding rhymthic melodic elements, 6.3 Emulated instruments, 6.4 A final word about adding MIDI tracks to a recording Chap 7. Mixing Techniques; 7.1 Preparing the session, 7.2 Panning audio, 7.3 Mixing drum tracks, 7.4 Bass, 7.5 Guitars, 7.6 Keyboard parts, 7.7 Lead vocals, 7.8 Automation, 7.9 Completing the mix, 7.10 Archiving the project, 7.11 A final word on mixing Chap 8. Mastering the recording; 8.1 Introduction to mastering, 8.2 Mastering the recording yourself, 8.3 A final word on mastering

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 232 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-81127-7
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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