Practical Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition covers all aspects of recording for beginning and intermediate students, recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. This latest edition features updated coverage of recording equipment, plug-ins, software, DAW signal flow and operation, mobile-device recording, live recording, and psychoacoustics, as well as expanded sections on iOS recording systems and digital console recording facilities. An extensive companion website includes audio examples and suggested activities, plus dozens of links to the best sites for tutorial videos, recording techniques, and equipment.
Bruce Bartlett has been a recording engineer, audio journalist, and microphone engineer (www.bartlettaudio.com) for over 30 years. He has written more than 1000 articles on audio topics for magazines and websites including ProSoundWeb, Live Sound International, L2Pnet, Recording, and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, as well as 9 books, including Recording Music on Location, 2nd edition (Focal Press). A member of the Audio Engineering Society and SynAudCon, he holds a degree in physics and several patents on microphone design. He is also a musician and runs a commercial computer-based recording studio.
Jenny Bartlett is a freelance technical writer.