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The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition

by Bobby Owsinski

A practical guide to recording, from microphones to studio workflows

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A practical guide to recording, from microphones to studio workflows

Bobby Owsinski’s handbook pairs technical foundations with applied recording guidance. Its first section covers how microphones work and techniques for capturing drums, other instruments and vocals; later material addresses gear, gain staging and recording levels. A second section brings in perspectives from recording professionals through interviews. The fifth edition adds coverage of modeling microphones, immersive recording, microphone cleaning and disinfection, home-studio methods, and newer approaches to recording drums and individual instruments. Together, these topics give the book a broad scope across equipment, recording practice and the working knowledge of engineers, with material relevant to both home and commercial studio contexts.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home-studio recordists seeking guidance on equipment and recording techniques
  • Readers studying music production or audio recording
  • Recording engineers interested in interviews and newer recording topics

Themes

Audio recording techniquesMicrophones and recording gearStudio workflows and gain stagingProfessional practice in recording engineering

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Book overview

The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski has become a music industry standard found in studios all over the world, and this fully updated fifth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the art of audio recording. Written with today's technology and workflows in mind, The Recording Engineer's Handbook Fifth Edition is a must-have resource for anyone interested in recording either in their home or a commercial studio.

 

In the book's first section, you'll learn everything from how microphones work to specific techniques for recording drums, individual instruments, vocals and much more. In the second section you'll benefit from the wisdom and down-to-earth practical advice offered by a host recording professionals including all-time greats like Al Schmitt, Eddie Kramer, Sylvia Massy and many others.

 

Besides the ever-popular sections on recording gear, gain staging and levels, recording techniques for just about any instrument, and interviews with some of the world's most honored recording engineers, this 5th edition contains new topics like:

  • The latest in recording and microphone technology

 

  • An overview of modeling microphones

 

  • A complete overview of immersive recording techniques

 

  • A new section on cleaning and disinfecting your microphones

 

  • The latest recording methods for drum sounds and individual instruments

 

  • Home studio recording techniques

 

  • And four new interviews with top engineers

 

Learn the art of recording with renowned author, teacher, producer and engineer Bobby Owsinski, and, in the interviews, explore the creative processes behind not only today's hits but the classic cuts we've enjoyed for years. See for yourself why The Recording Engineer's Handbook, Fifth Edition is the book that's a standard text in college music production courses all over the world.

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