Lellis Music Production: Recording

A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-12622-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Your recording can make or break a record, and a clean recording is an essential catalyst for a record deal. Professional engineers with exceptional skills can earn vast amounts of money be in demand from the biggest acts.

To develop such skills you need to master both the art and science of recording. Rehearsal to Monitor Mix gives you all you need to know, the tools and techniques, to put into practice and improve your recording. Covering the entire process from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques and offering a multitude of tips and tricks and audio samples, this book has it all.

Carlos Lellis teaches you, how to craft and evaluate your recording then take it a step further. He describes the theory and the tools used how these are put into practice and then shows you how they are put together. Using audio and visual materials and field observations to aid with explanations

Packed full of photos, graphs, diagrams and audio samples, Rehearsal to Monitor Mix is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of recording

Zielgruppe

Intermediate level sound engineers / sound technology students / musicians. A basic knowledge of sound engineering core concepts would be very helpful, although this is not vital.
Sound production BA/BSc, Higher National Diploma, music technology short courses

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lellis, Carlos

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Why record?

1 - The Recording Environment

Traditional recording studios

Residential studios

Home studios

2 -The Recording Team / Roles and Responsibilities

Musicians

Programmers

Tape Op / Pro Tools Operator / Assistant engineer

Main Engineer

Producer

A&R and Other Record Company Representatives

Investors

3 -Preparing to record (Pre-Production)

Before Getting into the Studio

Referencing

'Demo fever'

The 'reccie'

Instrumentation / Types of audio signals

Other signals e.g. MIDI

The gear list / the sound-check chart

4 -The Tools

Microphones

Direct injection boxes

Cables / Connectors

Microphone preamplifiers

EQ

Dynamic processors

Consoles

Patchbays

Effects

Multi-Track Recorders

Two-Track Recorders

The monitoring system - Amps, speakers, headphones

5 -The Live Room (In The Studio)

Problematic environments

Power and distribution

6 -The Session

Music theory primer - Engineering requirements (transcription examples)

Musicians and equipment (instruments / microphone stands / placement)

Interplay and interaction

The sound-check

Gain structure

Polarity

Click-tracks
The 'Cue Mix' (including effects)
Studio psychology

Simultaneous tracking

Stereo Microphone Techniques
Overdubs
The auditioning process

The Monitor Mix
Recording direct to 'two-track'
Session notes / Track sheets
Recall sheets
The production progress chart

Meeting the deadline

7 -Sound Examples

8 -Appendices

9 -Outro

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Lellis holds an SAE/Middlesex University MA in Creative Media and a diploma Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music. He has worked as an engineer and producer with artists such as Rosabella Gregory, Joby Talbot and Grammy Award winners Sir John Tavener and Thomas Dybdahl amongst many others. He is currently the head lecturer at SAE Institute, London, where he oversees the first year of the BA/BSc programme in Sound Production.