On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:24:47 -0500 Chris Metzler <cmetzler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm just thinking that there has to be better, > more comprehensive surveys of this stuff than Home Recording for > Dummies or whatever. The book that I've kept referring back to over the years has been the Musician's Guide To Home Recording by Peter Mclan and Larry Wichman. While it was initially written in '93 when cassette multitracks were still very prevalent, it's been updated since (though I haven't seen the new edition). A lot of that content isn't very useful (I mean, how many people are still using DAT recorders?), but that's not why this book is so useful. What I liked about it was that it is written very clearly by audio professionals that can write (rather than by writers who may know about audio), and is laid out in very logical chapters. Chapter 2, for example, is Microphones. It explains the different types of mics, their applications, response patterns, impedance and the like. It has chapters on how to record drums (separate chapters on physical and electronic!), guitars, basses, acoustic pianos, synthesizers and vocals. It goes into mic choices, placement, EQ levels, and more. It talks about using effects on tracks and what's effective. it even goes into how to effectively approach a recording session, and what sort of notes a good engineer makes for a session. Off topic, I like the Stax Xface in your email - I had a chance to visit the Stax studios in Memphis a couple of years ago, and I reached Nerdvana when I got to put my fingers on the faders of the console used to record such things as Isaac Hayes' Shaft. -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user