Type: BK/CD

'Total Recording' is the complete and comprehensive guide to audio production and engineering musical recordings in all genres. Written by Grammy-nominated recording engineer/composer/author/industry consultant/researcher/guru Dave Moulton, it's the product of over three decades worth of professional experience. Along with its companion CD of audio examples, this thoroughly current package is chock-full of in-depth information for professionals and students alike about the entire recording process, including:

includes a CD of audio samples

• Studio and control room design for project studios to commercial facilities
• Microphone selection and set-up
• Recording techniques
• Equipment and how to use it effectively: mics, amps, compressors, gates, equalizers, signal processors, speakers, etc. -both hardware and software
• Audio software
• Surround sound
• Using MIDI musically
• Mixing boards
• Studio acoustics and psychoacoustics
• Practical electronics for engineers and musicians
• Mixing techniques
• Studio procedures
• A new approach to acoustics
• Analog and digital audio