Product Description

"The AudioPro Home Recording Course" includes everything necessary to start your recording journey on the right path. The book contains all the basics on the mixer, signal processing and microphones, as well as detailed information on recording guitars, drums and percussion. Also included is an invaluable glossary of the most common terms used in recording and two CDs of audio examples. If you want to record and you?re looking for a place to start, "The AudioPro Home Recording Course" should be your first purchase.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #980580 in Books
• Published on: 1996-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

About the Author
Bill Gibson, President of Northwest Music and Recording, has spent the last 25 years writing, recording, producing and teaching music and has become well-known for his production, performance and teaching skills. As an instructor at Green River College in Auburn, WA, holding various degrees in composition, arranging, education and recording, he developed a practical and accessible teaching style which provided the basis for what was to come--15 books, a DVD, and a VHS video for MixBooks/ArtistPro along with a dozen online courses for members of ArtistPro.com. Bill?s writings are acclaimed for their straightforward and understandable explanations of recording concepts and applications.

Customer Reviews

Finally Something I can Get my Head Around
I do home recording as a hobby. In the past I have taken recording classes and usually ended up getting bogged down in the science. But as a hobbist I always wanted something that would show me how to do things in the studio in a fun and practicle manner - something I would want to wrap my hands and head around. Finally Bill Gibson has produced it. I bought all three books. I love the CD's and the work examples. I have taken some of the concepts and reproduced them in my own project studio. What a diffence it makes! My musician friends are very pleased with the improved quality of our sessions and recordings. Let's face it: From a fundamental level quality recording is really a very hard thing to do. This series of books makes it easier and fun. Thanks Bill!

What A Comprehensive Book Means to You
The Audio Pro Home Recording Course (a comprehensive multimedia audio recording text) excelled in showing basics like mike placement augmented with audio clips that let you hear what the text wrote about. It started off too basic, then built to great interest, then faded fast with too much that was too basic and too little that was important. Like, lots of clips about where to place a mic over a drum set, but little to nothing on how to set various effects and processes. The cover picture shows an engineer at the console looking at artists performing, but not a piece of paper in sight to show who does what, what notes to take, how to keep records, how to create a decision making process and who to include it. This is only Vol. I. It apparently takes all three volumes to be be "comprehensive", so prepare to invest in all to get the gems found in each one. I learned a lot, there were reference gems to treasure, but "comperehensive", well, I'd need to spend another $[money] to know the rest of the plot.

A meaningful title - good book
A real course on recording and mixing techniques. The 2 supplied CDs are full of examples (each one explained in the book) which let you listen to what happens when you do so and so. Of course is better for you to re-apply what you learn on your own gear, but listening to the CD is like attending a course with a teacher explaining.
Be careful that this is the SECOND volume of a serie of three, so it is better to start from the first. In my opinion this is not clearly stated in Amazon site. In any way, I had no great problems starting from volume II.

P.S.: I have some experience, but I'm definitely not a professional engineer. The book is clear enough to be understood by anyone who has carefully read the manuals of your mixer, recorder and other gear you currently use.