Music Production

Learn How to Record, Mix, and Master Music
3. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-62610-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

We’re all able to record music; a smartphone will get you quick results. But for a good sound, a lot more is involved. Acoustics, microphone placement, and effects have a huge influence on the resulting sound.

Music Production: Learn How to Record, Mix, and Master Music will teach you how to record, mix, and master music. With accessible language for both beginner and advanced readers, the book contains countless illustrations, includes tips and tricks for all the popular digital audio workstations and provides coverage of common plugins and processors. Also included is a section dedicated to mastering in a home studio. With hundreds of tips and techniques for both the starting and advanced music producer, this is your must-have guide.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weekhout, Hans

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- PREFACE

- INTRODUCTION

PART I RECORDING

• 1/ PRODUCTION: THE STUDIO AS AN INSTRUMENT

• 2/ IN THE STUDIO

• 3/ ANALOG RECORDING

• 4/ SPEAKERS AND ACOUSTICS

• 5/ MICROPHONES

• 6/ RECORDING TECHNIQUES

• 7/ RECORDING DRUMS AND PERCUSSION

• 8/ RECORDING OTHER INSTRUMENTS

• 9/ DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION AND MIDI

• 10/ RECORDING ON THE COMPUTER

• 11/ THE RECORDING SESSION

PART II MIXING

• 12/ EFFECTS EQUALIZERS

• 13/ EFFECTS ECHO/DELAY

• 14/ EFFECTS REVERB

• 15/ EFFECTS COMPRESSION AND LIMITING

• 16/ ORGANIZING A PROJECT

• 17/ SETTING GOALS FOR THE MIX

• 18/ WORKFLOW OF THE MIX

• 19/ MIXING DRUMS

• 20/ MIXING BASS

• 21/ MIXING GUITAR

• 22/ MIXING KEYBOARDS

• 23/ MIXING VOCALS

• 24/ GETTING MORE FROM THE MIX, COMMON MISTAKES

• 25/ BOUNCING THE MIX

PART III ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES

• 26/ VINTAGE EQ AND COMPRESSION

• ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION

• 27/ ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES DRUMS

• 28/ ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES BASS

• 29/ ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES GUITAR

• 30/ ADVANCED MIXING TECHNIQUES VOCALS

PART IV MASTERING

• 31/ MASTERING

• 32/ DIY MASTERING

• 33/ JUST ONE LOUDER

PART V APPENDICIES

• APPENDIX 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND

• APPENDIX 2 OUR HEARING

• INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Hans Weekhout is one of the best-known names in the Dutch studio scene. Besides collaborating with countless Dutch artists, he has worked with international artists like Prince, Falco, and Girls Aloud. Under the moniker of Capricorn, he scored a worldwide hit with the dance track “20 Hz.” As a lecturer in the Pop department of the Conservatory of Amsterdam, he teaches his students the intricacies of music production.