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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with Home Recording
• Chapter 1: Understanding Home Recording
• Examining the Anatomy of a Home Studio
• Getting a Glimpse into the Recording Process
• Making Sense of Mixing
• Adding the Final Touches
• Chapter 2: Getting the Right Gear
• Determining Your Home Studio Needs
• Detailing Your Digital Options
• Computer-Based Digital Recording Systems
• Studio-in-a-Box Systems
• Mobile-Device Recording
• Exploring Sample Setups
• Chapter 3: Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio
• Understanding Analog Connections
• Delving into Digital Connections
• Working Efficiently
• Optimizing Your Room
• Chapter 4: Meet the Mixer
• Meeting the Many Mixers
• Understanding Mixer Basics
• Chapter 5: Multitrack Recording
• Understanding Multitracking
• Getting Ready to Record
• Setting a Tempo Map
• Saving Your Work
• Sharing Files with Others
• Part 2: Working with Microphones
• Chapter 6: Understanding Microphones
• Meeting the Many Microphone Types
• Assessing Your Microphone Needs
• Deciding How Many Microphones and What Kind
• Finding the Right Mic for the Situation
• Partnering Mics with Preamps
• Considering Compressors
• Analyzing Some Microphone Accessories
• Caring for Your Microphones
• Chapter 7: Taking a Look at Microphone Techniques
• Singling Out Close Miking
• Detailing Distant Miking
• Assessing Ambient Miking
• Selecting Stereo Miking
• Creating Miking Combinations
• Chapter 8: Miking Your Instruments
• Getting a Great Lead Vocal Sound
• Getting Good Backup Vocals
• Examining Electric Guitar Miking
• Exploring Electric Bass Miking
• Miking Acoustic Guitars and Similar Instruments
• Maneuvering Horn Mics
• Placing Mics for a Piano
• Setting Up Mics for Strings
• Digging into Drum Set Miking
• Getting Your Hands on Hand Drums
• Perfecting Percussion Miking
• Part 3: Recording Live Audio
• Chapter 9: Getting a Great Source Sound
• Making Sense of the Signal Chain
• Setting Optimal Signal Levels
• Understanding Pre and Post Levels
• Getting Great Guitar, Bass, and Electronic String Instrument Sounds
• Creating Killer Keyboard Tracks
• Recording E-Drums, Drum Machines, and Electronic Percussion
• Making the Most of Microphones
• Chapter 10: Recording Audio
• Performing Your First Take
• Punching In and Out
• Exploring Overdubbing
• Submixing
• Bouncing
• Keeping Track of Your Tracks
• Chapter 11: Understanding Electronic Instruments and MIDI
• Meeting MIDI
• Gearing Up for MIDI
• Chapter 12: Recording Electronic Instruments Using MIDI
• Synchronizing Your Devices
• Sequencing
• Saving Your Data
• Transferring Data Using MIDI
• Chapter 13: Working with Loops
• Understanding Loops and Loop Types
• Choosing Loop Formats
• Setting Up Your Session
• Adding Loops to Your Sessions
• Editing Loops
• Creating Loops
• Part 4: Editing and Enhancing Your Tracks
• Chapter 14: Getting into Editing
• Understanding Digital Editing
• Finding the Section You Want to Edit
• Editing to Improve the Sound of a Performance
• Creating a Performance That Never Happened
• Discovering Other Ways to Use Editing
• Chapter 15: Editing MIDI Data
• Understanding MIDI Windows
• Editing MIDI Data
• Editing Program Data
• Changing Continuous Controller Data
• Quantizing Your Performance
• Transposing Your Performance
• Saving Your Data
• Transferring Data Using MIDI
• Part 5: Mixing and Mastering Your Music
• Chapter 16: Mixing Basics
• Understanding Mixing
• Managing Levels as You Work
• Getting Started Mixing Your Song
• Mixing in DAWs
• Using the Stereo Field
• Adjusting Levels: Enhancing the Emotion of the Song
• Tuning Your Ears
• Chapter 17: Using Equalization
• Exploring Equalization
• Dialing-In EQ
• Equalizing Your Tracks
• Chapter 18: Digging into Dynamics Processors
• Connecting Dynamics Processors
• Introducing Compressors
• Looking into Limiters
• Introducing Gates and Expanders
• Detailing the De-Esser
• Setting Up Side Chains
• Chapter 19: Singling Out Signal Processors
• Routing Your Effects
• Rolling Out the Reverb
• Detailing Delay
• Creating Chorus Effects
• Making Sense of Microphone Modeling
• Applying an Amp Simulator
• Detailing Distortion Effects
• Selecting Tape Saturation Effects
• Chapter 20: Automating Your Mix
• Understanding Automation
• Accessing Automation Modes
• Writing Automation
• Viewing Automation
• Editing Automation Data
• Chapter 21: Making Your Mix
• Submixing Tracks
• Mixing in-the-Box
• Using an External Master Deck
• Chapter 22: Mastering Your Music
• Demystifying Mastering
• Getting Ready to Master
• Paying a Pro or Doing It Yourself
• Hiring a Professional Mastering Engineer
• Mastering Your Music Yourself
• Preparing for Distribution
• Chapter 23: Creating Your Finished Product
• Understanding File Formats
• Putting Your Music on CD
• Delivering Digital Files
• Creating MP3 Files
• Pressing Vinyl
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 24: Ten Invaluable Recording Tips
• Using an Analog Tape Deck
• Layering Your Drum Beats
• Decorating Your Room
• Setting a Tempo Map
• Listening to Your Mix in Mono
• Doubling and Tripling Your Tracks
• Recording Dirty Room Ambience
• Overdubbing Live Drums
• Pressing Record, Even during a Rehearsal
• Leaving the Humanity in Your Tracks
• Chapter 25: Ten (or So) Ways to Distribute and Promote Music
• Marketing Yourself
• Setting Up Your Own Music Website
• Putting Your Music on a Music Host Site
• Engaging in Social Media Networking
• Offering Free Downloads
• Selling Your Music Digitally
• Licensing Your Music
• Podcasting
• Selling Your CDs
• Promoting Your Music
• Connecting with an Email Newsletter
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement