Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond: Audio Aesthetics and Technology - Softcover

Gottlieb, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598633910 ISBN 13: 9781598633917

Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Offers an introduction to studio recording and audio production. This book teaches audio by presenting both the aesthetic and technology elements of recording audio. It helps you understand the technology while helping you train your standards of what good sound is. It covers topics including basic audio theory, signal processing, and, mixing.

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Review

SECTION I - BASIC AUDIO THEORY Chapter 1 - Audio Aesthetics & Technology Chapter 2-The Properties & Characteristics Of Sound SECTION II - UNDERSTANDING AUDIO EQUIPMENT Chapter 3 - The Production Room Chapter 4 - Consoles Chapter 5 - Microphones Chapter 6 - Speakers & Amps Chapter 7 - Digital Audio SECTION III - AUDIO METHODS & OPERATIONS Chapter 8 - Editing Chapter 9 - Signal Processing Chapter 10 - Mixing Chapter 11 - Recording Studio Operations & Procedures Chapter 12 - Sound Design Bibliography Glossary

About the Author

Longtime music business professional Gary Gottlieb refers to himself as a music generalist. A professional musician since age 13, he worked in radio on and off for 25 years, and was a music critic for 9 years. As a recording engineer and music producer in New York, Gottlieb's long and distinguished career includes work with numerous Grammy Award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. His credits as a sound designer include off-off-Broadway productions, along with community and college theatre productions throughout New England. Along with his history as a music critic and entertainment writer for the Deerfield Valley News in West Dover, Vermont, and a disc jockey for WEQX, a major modern rock station in Manchester, Vermont, Gottlieb owned and operated a mobile DJ service and was a Venue Director for numerous X Games and Winter X Games for ESPN. In 2002 he accepted a position as Professor of Audio Production at Webster University in St. Louis, where he now runs the Audio program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598633910
• ISBN 13: 9781598633917
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350