Product Description

Get ahead in the business - be the engineer everyone wants to hire - achieve success with the very best recordings. Tim Crichs 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

* Packed with insider tips and short-cuts to achieve the very best recordings
* Written in a concise and entertaining style for fast, in-session reference
* Learn from an experienced pro who has worked on records by the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, KISS, Billy Joel, US, David Bowie, Bon Jovi and many more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179698 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"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

About the Author
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).

Customer Reviews

not as good as i'd hoped
This book has some good tips but assumes you're working in a pro studio. Some of the material seems a bit dated. They should offer an alternative book for home studios.

Awesome Book
This book is full of practical tips for Engineers... Just as one might suspect from the title. If your finding yourself wondering what settings to use for bass compresssion or how to get paid, get this book.

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent Book!
This book is excellent! I've been recording since 1998 and I have had to stumble my way through learning new techniques through trial and error. I wish I had read this book the first day I started; it would have saved me a lot of time and gained me a lot of understanding and know how. Although, in the author's intro, he says that the book is intended for the guy that knows a little more of what he's doing, and not the beginner, this book is great for both the beginner and the experienced engineer. He offers a lot of recipe's for getting great sounds but also reminds the reader (with "maybe's") that these are all just good starting points and you have to make adjustments as you go, according to the music and the situation. The book is packed with a lot of advice from beginning to end. It is a very fun read; he has a lot of humor in it along with superb advice so you'll be constantly intrigued to continue learning and reading more. A lot about compression, eq, mic placements, studio set up, respecting the instuments, studio courtesy and organization and on, and on, and on- from technical to personal to musical- it's fantastic! Whether you're new at recording, or a seasoned engineer, you'll benefit somehow from this book, and for under $20 don't even think about it, just buy it. You won't regret it. Enjoy!