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Music Production: Recording Carlos Lellis (Professional Audio Engineer and Producer Head Lecturer, SAE Institute, London, UK)

Music Production: Recording By Carlos Lellis (Professional Audio Engineer and Producer Head Lecturer, SAE Institute, London, UK)

Summary

Improve the artistry of your productions with this techniques guide, which focuses throughout on musicality and how your decisions affect it. Author Carlos Lellis Ferreira walks you through the recording process, bringing aesthetic considerations into each discussion. Learn visually with detailed diagrams and clear explanations of best practices.

Music Production: Recording Summary

Music Production: Recording: A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians by Carlos Lellis (Professional Audio Engineer and Producer Head Lecturer, SAE Institute, London, UK)

The sound recorder is the 'mirror with a memory' for those who listen. With it we can capture glimpses of our reality, producing 'pictures' as we express ourselves. These may ultimately serve as reminders of who we were and of our dreams...

Your recordings are the vehicle for your compositions. Improve the artistry of your productions with this techniques guide, which focuses throughout on musicality and how your decisions affect it. Author Carlos Lellis Ferreira walks you through the recording process, bringing aesthetic considerations into each discussion. Learn visually with detailed diagrams and clear explanations of best practices.

Unlike many other recording books, Music Production: Recording is organized around real-world scenarios, with details about roles and responsibilities that help you navigate through key stages of production.

About Carlos Lellis (Professional Audio Engineer and Producer Head Lecturer, SAE Institute, London, UK)

Carlos Lellis holds an SAE/Middlesex University MA in Creative Media and a diploma Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music. He has worked as an engineer and producer with artists such as Rosabella Gregory, Joby Talbot and Grammy Award winners Sir John Tavener and Thomas Dybdahl amongst many others. He is currently the head lecturer at SAE Institute, London, where he oversees the first year of the BA/BSc programme in Sound Production.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Why record?

1 - The Recording Environment
Traditional recording studios
Residential studios
Home studios

2 -The Recording Team / Roles and Responsibilities
Musicians
Programmers
Tape Op / Pro Tools Operator / Assistant engineer
Main Engineer
Producer
A&R and Other Record Company Representatives
Investors

3 -Preparing to record (Pre-Production)
Before Getting into the Studio
Referencing
'Demo fever'
The 'reccie'
Instrumentation / Types of audio signals
Other signals e.g. MIDI
The gear list / the sound-check chart

4 -The Tools
Microphones
Direct injection boxes
Cables / Connectors
Microphone preamplifiers
EQ
Dynamic processors
Consoles
Patchbays
Effects
Multi-Track Recorders
Two-Track Recorders
The monitoring system - Amps, speakers, headphones

5 -The Live Room (In The Studio)
Problematic environments
Power and distribution

6 -The Session
Music theory primer - Engineering requirements (transcription examples)
Musicians and equipment (instruments / microphone stands / placement)

6 -The Session
Music theory primer - Engineering requirements (transcription examples)
Musicians and equipment (instruments / microphone stands / placement)
Interplay and interaction
The sound-check
Gain structure
Polarity
Click-tracks
The 'Cue Mix' (including effects)
Studio psychology
Simultaneous tracking
Stereo Microphone Techniques
Overdubs
The auditioning process
The Monitor Mix
Recording direct to 'two-track'
Session notes / Track sheets
Recall sheets
The production progress chart
Meeting the deadline

7 -Sound Examples

8 -Appendices

9 -Outro

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9780240522739
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Music Production: Recording: A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians by Carlos Lellis (Professional Audio Engineer and Producer Head Lecturer, SAE Institute, London, UK)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
20130419
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