SightRead Ltd

Book and CD-ROM

Top Features

• Includes CD-ROM with sound engineering movie tutorials.

• Perfect for sound engineering school / college exams.

• From microphone positioning to digital editing.

• Comes bundled with FULL software for audio editing.

• Explains in simple terms what everything is and does.

• Audio examples on CD-ROM of sound engineering concepts.

• Includes printable templates for studio session logs.

• Recommends economical equipment to buy if needed.

• Advice on further reserach from the Internet.

• Full Colour Book with diagrams, setups and easy-to-follow steps for multitrack recording.

Book Contents

Section 1
What is Sound Engineering?
Where do we start?
The recording studio layout
Cables
The studio log

Section 2
Recording your band
Effects & Recording
Recording the bass guitar
Recording ecelctric guitars
Recording acoustic guitars
Recording keyboards / pinao
Recording vocals
Drop-ins & drop-outs

Section 3
Editing and creating your mix
What effects?
Mixing levels
Adding, subtracting tracks

Section 4
Mastering
From multitrack to CD

Section 5
Reference section
Bouncing tracks
Microphones & Feedback
What kind of mic?
Microphone placement
The Producer
Production Techniques
Audio editing software
Chekclist

CD-ROM Contents

Main Menu

From the main menu you can print out the Edit Log Sheet, Session Log Sheet & Take Log Sheet.

Also, you can install the Full Audio Software program Audacity directly onto your computer.