Recording Tips for Engineers
For cleaner, brighter tracks
2nd Edition
Published on 2. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-240-51974-6 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
"This book provides a readable and witty introduction to the real world of music recording. Highly recommended." - Music Tech"Crich has plenty of clear, useful suggestions for recording and mixing." - Electronic Musician
"What an accomplishment... Hands down Tim Crich writes the best manuals in the business."
Simon Andrews, Owner, Right Track Studios
"Crammed with everything you need, and I mean everything. Simple explanations with brilliant illustrations, every conceivable studio tip and trick, a few 'rock star' anecdotes and, as usual, Tim's humor is great."
Bob Schwall, Battery Studios
"Loaded with recording gems, all at a glance. No other book has so much useful information right at your fingertips. A major companion to Tim's Assistant Engineers Handbook."
Mark Hermann, Recording Engineer
"This book gives many time saving shortcuts and quick creative solutions that most engineers take years to acquire through practice. I would highly recommend the book - I haven't seen anything quite like it and I think it's what a lot of people really want!"
Chris Puram, Recording Engineer
"I've learned a lot from Tim's book, and it's fun to read."
Bruce Bartlett, Recording Engineer
"This book deserves to be read by all recording engineers and kept in the studio as a handbook to reach for on a daily basis."
Mike Collins, Recording Engineer
"What makes this book so useful is the format. Each chapter is divided into small sections that provide the gist of each recording tip. The result is that normally complex ideas are distilled into easy to understand principles (helped even more by some superbly clear illustrations)...The most profound chapter is the first one...The tips here are essential for anyone planning a career longer than six months in the industry, and are eminently practical and down to earth. This book is worth it's purchase price for this one chapter alone!...Industry gold in a handy package." - Music Mart magazine
More details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-240-51974-6 (9780240519746)
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Person
Tim Crich has over 20 years of experience in the recording studio, and worked on records by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, KISS, Billy Joel, U2, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Ozzy, Cher, Bryan Adams, Tuff Beans and many more. He has engineered for some of the biggest producers in the world.
He is also author of the bestselling 'Assistant Engineers Handbook' (Black Ink Publishing).
He is also author of the bestselling 'Assistant Engineers Handbook' (Black Ink Publishing).
Content
Chapter One - The Recording Engineer
Becoming a Better Recording Engineer; Dealing with Clients; Getting Paid; Keeping Up; Getting Work
Chapter Two - Studio Preparation
Room Preparation; Placement; Preparing For Microphone Setup; Choosing the Proper Microphone; Placing the Microphones; Close Miking; Distant Miking; Running the Cables; Eliminate the Hum; Minimizing Phase Cancellation
Chapter Three - Drums Setup
Placing the Drums; Changing Drum Heads; Tuning the Drums; Preparation; Miking the Kick Drum; Miking the Snare Drum; Miking the Tom-Toms; Miking the Cymbals / Overhead; Miking the Room Ambiance; Limited Microphone Setup; Click Track; Drum Machine;
Chapter Four - Electric Guitar Amplifier Placement; Connections In and Out; Loud Amplifiers; Preparation; Miking the Amplifiers
Chapter Five - Acoustic Instruments
Acoustic Preparation; Placing the Player; Placing the Microphones; Piano; Placing the Microphones; Keyboards; Horns
Chapter Six - Vocals
Placing the Microphone
Chapter Seven - The Control Room
Control Room Preparation; Control Room Analyzation; Speaker Placement; Speaker Connection; Computer; Creating Digital Audio Files; Digital Console; Equalizimg; Compressing; Noise gates
Chapter Eight - Starting Points
Drums; Bass Guitar; Electric Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Vocals; Horns; Piano; Something's Not Right
Chapter Nine - The Signal Routing
Track Layout; Levels To Record; Monitor Mix; Cue Mix
Chapter Ten - The Recording Sessions (Three Hours, Three Days, Three Weeks)
Tuning; In Record / Red Lights Punching; Recording Vocals; Pitch; Post Record; Recording Effects; The Part; Bouncing; Doubling; Digital Edits; Documentation; End Of Session
Chapter Eleven - The Mixing
Pre Mix; Setting Up To Mix; Mixing Basics; Processing; Gates and Side Chain; Effects; General Mix; Print Prep; Printing; After Printing
Chapter Twelve - Digital Appendix
Digital Conversion; Input Processing; Digital Storage; Digital Multitrack Recorder; CD/DVD; Audio Differences; Time Code; The End
Becoming a Better Recording Engineer; Dealing with Clients; Getting Paid; Keeping Up; Getting Work
Chapter Two - Studio Preparation
Room Preparation; Placement; Preparing For Microphone Setup; Choosing the Proper Microphone; Placing the Microphones; Close Miking; Distant Miking; Running the Cables; Eliminate the Hum; Minimizing Phase Cancellation
Chapter Three - Drums Setup
Placing the Drums; Changing Drum Heads; Tuning the Drums; Preparation; Miking the Kick Drum; Miking the Snare Drum; Miking the Tom-Toms; Miking the Cymbals / Overhead; Miking the Room Ambiance; Limited Microphone Setup; Click Track; Drum Machine;
Chapter Four - Electric Guitar Amplifier Placement; Connections In and Out; Loud Amplifiers; Preparation; Miking the Amplifiers
Chapter Five - Acoustic Instruments
Acoustic Preparation; Placing the Player; Placing the Microphones; Piano; Placing the Microphones; Keyboards; Horns
Chapter Six - Vocals
Placing the Microphone
Chapter Seven - The Control Room
Control Room Preparation; Control Room Analyzation; Speaker Placement; Speaker Connection; Computer; Creating Digital Audio Files; Digital Console; Equalizimg; Compressing; Noise gates
Chapter Eight - Starting Points
Drums; Bass Guitar; Electric Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Vocals; Horns; Piano; Something's Not Right
Chapter Nine - The Signal Routing
Track Layout; Levels To Record; Monitor Mix; Cue Mix
Chapter Ten - The Recording Sessions (Three Hours, Three Days, Three Weeks)
Tuning; In Record / Red Lights Punching; Recording Vocals; Pitch; Post Record; Recording Effects; The Part; Bouncing; Doubling; Digital Edits; Documentation; End Of Session
Chapter Eleven - The Mixing
Pre Mix; Setting Up To Mix; Mixing Basics; Processing; Gates and Side Chain; Effects; General Mix; Print Prep; Printing; After Printing
Chapter Twelve - Digital Appendix
Digital Conversion; Input Processing; Digital Storage; Digital Multitrack Recorder; CD/DVD; Audio Differences; Time Code; The End