Product Description

Are you thinking of getting started in home recording? Do you want to know the latest home recording technologies? Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies will get you recording music at home in no time. It shows you how to set up a home studio, record and edit your music, master it, and even distribute your songs.

With this guide, you’ll learn how to compare studio-in-a-box, computer-based, and stand-alone recording systems and choose what you need. You’ll gain the skills to manage your sound, take full advantage of MIDI, mike common instruments, do overdubs and replace missed notes, understand the mastering process, and prepare your music for duplication. You’ll also discover how to:

• Put together all the things your home recording studio should have
• Perform multitrack recording and venture into MIDI sequencing
• Clean up your tracks by becoming an expert at mixing and editing
• Choose the gear that suits your project
• Add computers and software to your recording tools
• Set up microphones and connect electronic instruments
• Edit tracks, mix, master, and distribute your songs
• Work with MIDI and electronic instruments
• Get the most from guitars, horns, pianos, and vocals
• Enhance your sound with professional editing tips

Whether you’re a beginning musician or a pro, Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies teaches you home recording basics so you can begin recording music at home and create great CDs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17292 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-03
• Released on: 2009-04-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470385425
• Condition: USED - ACCEPTABLE
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From the Back Cover

Lay down tracks and make it to the big time — a pro shows you how!

It's a great time to start recording, because today's technology allows you to make terrific CDs in your garage instead of in an expensive studio. Of course, you need to know how to use the tools, and Jeff Strong shares the secrets in plain English. Here's how to set up a home studio, record and edit your music, master it, and even distribute your songs.

• Pick the parts — compare studio-in-a-box, computer-based, and stand-alone recording systems and choose what you need

• Create the space — learn creative ways to manage sound in the space you have

• Meet MIDI — take full advantage of Musical Instrument Digital Interface, choose the MIDI gear you need, and use it to enhance your sound

• Now hear this — find out what microphones are available, what you should have, and how to mike common instruments

• For the record — explore multitrack recording, learn to do overdubs and replace missed notes, and venture into MIDI sequencing

• Clean up your tracks — become an expert at mixing and editing, and polish your sound with effects

• Master the magic — understand the mastering process and how to prepare your music for duplication

Open the book and find:

• What your home recording studio should have

• All about mixers — analog, digital, and software

• How to work with MIDI and electronic instruments

• Secrets for getting great sound

• Where to place mikes for different effects

• Tips for getting the most from guitars, horns, pianos, and vocals

• Professional editing tips to enhance your sound

• Creative ways to market your music

About the Author

Jeff Strong is a musician and the author of seven books, including Drums For Dummies and PC Recording Studios For Dummies. He has released more than two dozen CDs and is Director of the REI Institute (www.reiinstitute.com), a MusicMedicine research organization and therapy provider.

Customer Reviews

Just buy it
For a long time i have been messing around with recording on a 4-track and my pc but getting bad results, but having no idea why, or what i need to do or buy to get some quality recordings. So i bought this book and it has opened up a whole world of home digital recording to me that i never had any way of accessing before. i now feel like i could confidently walk into a shop and buy the things i need and know exactly what im talking about, and know exactly what im looking for. If you want to get into home recording and dont know where to start, just buy this book, its all you need. I cant comment on whether more experienced musical technicians would find it insteresting as well, but im sure it would make a good reference book for them.
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When all else failed, I turned to this book. It is humorous, made me feel like I was not stupid, and was LOADED with information that was in a language I understood. Looking back on other books I had purchased before this one, I realized it had the same info. The author of this amazing book is no dummy. He knows how to communicate for the everyman. I have made some astounding projects thanks to Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies by Jeff Strong. With the deepest of gratitude.

I wish I had this two years ago !!
My only dislike of this book is that it didn't come sooner for me. I don't consider myself a novice, nor do I think of myself as an expert. I fall somewhere in the middle and think I can still benefit greatly from the topics covered in this book.

Unless you've gone to college as a sound engineer, there is something useful for you in this book !