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Description
Digital Recording Studio on a Budget
Digital Recording Studio on a Budget is an exciting new course from engineer, author, and educator Sam McGuire. In today's world of ever decreasing prices for professional quality audio software, this course focuses on introducing you to the tools and concepts which will allow you to create a powerful music production studio capable of producing high quality music recordings. Whether you are a solo artist or a member of band trying to make demo recordings or even your very first album, this course will take you through each step of the process from original concept to final online marketing all the while keeping the budget issues in the forefront. Throughout this course, author Sam McGuire shares tips and tricks that have been refined while working on hundreds of projects in the studio and thousands of hours in the classroom. Included are work files and equipment purchasing recommendations.
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01 Introduction
0101 Introduction
0102 Price Brackets
02 Overview
0201 Brief History of Digital Audio
0202 Does Your Computer Have Enough Power?
0203 Necessary Components
03 Introduction to $500 Setup
0301 Optimizing Your Existing Computer
0302 New vs. Used Equipment
0303 Don't Count on Business
04 Interfaces
0401 USB Microphones
0402 USB Interfaces
0403 FireWire
0404 Expansion Cards
05 Microphones
0501 Types of Microphones
0502 Using Microphones
0503 Polar Patterns
06 Cables
0601 XLR Cables
0602 1/4" and 1/8"
0603 Cables
07 Hearing the Audio
0701 Speaker Theory
0702 Speakers in Practice
0703 Headphones
0704 Helping Your Room
08 Free Software
0801 Audacity
0802 Anvil Studio
0803 LMMS
0804 Kristal Audio Engine
0805 Others
09 Software Options
0901 Cost Benefit
0902 Basic Expectations
0903 Advanced Features
10 Common Software
1001 Logic
1002 ProTools LE
1003 Sonar
1004 Cubase
1005 Digital Performer
1006 FL Studio
1007 Studio One
11 Digital Audio
1101 Ones and zeros
1102 Destructive Editing
1103 The Sound of Distortion
12 Getting Started
1201 Your First Session
1202 Using a Click Track
1203 Engineer / Producer / Musician
13 Tracking
1301 Pressing Record
1302 Rhythm Section / Drum Module
1303 Punching In
1304 Getting Good Takes
1305 MIDI Instruments
1306 MIDI Controller
14 Over-Dubs
1401 Adding Additional Parts
1402 Recording Vocals
1403 MIDI Parts
15 Editing
1501 Cutting Out Bleed
1502 Comping Vocals
1503 Pitch and Time
1504 MIDI Editing
1505 Quantization
16 Mixing
1601 What is Mixing?
1602 Effects Overview
1603 Setting Levels and Panning
1604 Automation
17 Equalizers
1701 Equalizer Theory
1702 EQing Drums
1703 EQing Guitars
1704 EQing Vocals
1705 EQing Everything Else
18 Dynamics Processing
1801 Dynamics Theory
1802 Compressing Drums
1803 Gating the Guitar
1804 Compressing Vocals
19 Time Effects
1901 Time Theory
1902 Adding Delay to Vocals
1903 Using Reverb
1904 Phase and Chorus
20 Special Effects
2001 The Rest of the Effects
2002 Distortion Examples
2003 Pitch Examples
2004 Enhancers
21 More Expensive Effects
2101 Drum Replacement
2102 Guitar Amp Emulators
2103 Classic Emulations
22 Beyond the $500 Budget
2201 Addition of New Computer
2202 Apple vs. Microsoft
2203 The NetBook
2204 RAM vs. Speed
2205 Additional Hard-drives
2206 A Bigger Audio Interface
2207 Separate Components
2208 Expensive Software Instruments and Effects
2209 Building a Specialized Room
23 Finishing the Project
2301 Mastering
2302 Exporting
2303 Burning a Disc / Creating an MP3
2304 Marketing Your Music Online
24 Summary
2401 Wrap Up
25 Credits
2501 Author Bio
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