This book provides a step-by-step explanation of the tools needed to work with multitrack tape, film and video - how each technology works, how it is used, when it is most appropriate, and what can go wrong. From recording set-ups using home recording equipment, up to top professional recording, film and television studios, you will see how the devices that play such an important role in today's music recording are selected, interconnected and used. Filled with diagrams, charts and photographs, as well as a complete glossary. Updated to include information on project studios, Modular Digital Multitracks, Time Code DAT, MIDI Machine Control, and more.
Written by industry expert, R.J. Kizer, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of post-sync dialogue replacement, popularly known as ADR. It explores how this seldom recognised, but essential, technology is used in motion pictures and in fictional narrative television programs, with many examples from past and recent movies to explain approaches and techniques. It is intended primarily as an intuitive book, allowing readers to develop their own interpretation of ADR application, with both historical and procedural background provided throughout. It identifies the many different procedures and mechanical systems invented and used to accomplish the task of ADR, some from as long ago as the early 1920s. The text also details the many different steps, tasks, and routines that must be followed to identify (spot), program, record, edit, and mix the ADR lines into the final sound track of a show. Intended for the sound professional, it is also suitable for students and entry-level editors wishing to master audio dialogue replacement. Film historians and theorists will also find it both informative and enlightening by illustrating the many avenues used to affect and manipulate the recorded spoken word in motion pictures.
For musicians of all levels, an in-depth guide to the creative applications and theory of the musical instrument digital instrument. Knowledge and understanding of MIDI has become essential for the modern musician. In performance, composition, and recording, MIDI has made it possible to create synthesizer or computer setups consisting of any number of keyboards, strings, drums etc. Mind Over MIDI presents a practical introduction to this crucial new technology, including: what MIDI does * data transmission * tutorial * channels * modes * controllers * computers * interfaces * software * sequencers * accessories * SMPTE and MIDI * MIDI systems * and more. This book is an invaluable addition to the essential literature of modern electronic music-making. Diagrams and illustrations throughout.
Defining more than 10,000 words and phrases from everyday slang to technical terms and concepts, this dictionary of the audiovisual language embraces more than 50 subject areas within film, television, and home entertainment. It includes terms from the complete lifecycle of an audiovisual work from initial concept through commercial presentation in all the major distribution channels including theatrical exhibition, television broadcast, home entertainment, and mobile media. The dictionary definitions are augmented by more than 700 illustrations, 1,600 etymologies, and nearly 2,000 encyclopedic entries that provide illuminating anecdotes, historical perspective, and clarifying details.
(Reference). A clever resource for the ever-growing home recording market. The revised edition is updated with a greater focus on digital recording techniques, the most powerful tools available to the home recordist. There are chapters devoted to instrument recording, humanizing drum patterns, mixing with plug-ins and virtual consoles, and a new section on using digital audio skills. And since, many true "Guerrillas" still record to analog tape, we have retained the best of that world. This edition features many more graphics than in the original edition, further enforcing Guerrilla Home Recording 's reputation as the most readable, user-frienly recording title on the market.
An inspirational guide for all levels of expertise, Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows you how to get the most out of the four leading audio sequencers, Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Using real-life examples, Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates a wide range of technical and creative techniques, giving you tips and new ideas to help you take your work to the next level. If you are producing music and looking to build your skills in orchestration, composition, and mixing you will find all the techniques and practical advice you need in this book. Featuring essential tools, that are now part of the everyday creative process in a digital production environment, to give you the most recent and cutting edge techniques- including swipe-comping, time-stretching, pitch correction, elastic-time, advanced-freezing, and new software synthesizers. The material on the website contains loops, templates, audio examples, and end of chapter exercises to practice new skills, this illustrated practical guide provides all the tools you will need to give your music the vital edge. Whether you are a student or amateur aspiring to more professional results, or a professional wanting to master new skills, this book will help you to improve and take the quality of your work to the next level. *Covers all key sequencing topics such as recording and editing techniques and automation groove quantization, converters, sounds layering, tap tempo, creative meter, tempo changes, and synchronization *Teaches mixing techniques that takes advantage of plug-in technology, maximizing the use of effects such as reverb, compressor, limiter, equalizer, and much more *A website loaded with more than 90 examples of arrangements and techniques, giving you advice on how to troubleshoot those common mistakes and perfect your music production.
An up-to-date volume designed to take you from set-up to mixdown. Includes the fundamentals of recording, understanding your equipment (4-Track Mini-Studios, 24-Track Recorders, Digital/Audio Workstations, Mixers, Signal Processors, Mics, Monitor Systems), the MIDI Studio, Automation, Digital Equipment and much more. Also includes a hands-on session that takes you step-by-step through the recording process. Fully illustrated.
