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HOME STUDIO FOR DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING
Series "Audio Engineering - Audio Manuals for the Sound Engineer" - Volume 5
Handbook for Setting up a Home Studio: Acoustics, Equipment, Know-how
Guide for setting up and setting up a home studio aimed at professional results. Basic sound engineer culture, acoustics, equipment, set-up and advice.
Format 21 x 29 cm (A4) - 428 pages - More than 180 captioned illustrations
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INDEX
Preface
Part 1 - BASIC CULTURE
01 - SOUND AND WAVEFORM
Sounds
Noise
Waveform, phase and phase problems
The sound wave
Harmonic motion
Wave superposition and phasing
Polarity reversal
Time displacement
Harmonic generation
Hammond organ drawbars
The beating
Tartini's Third Sound
Resulting composite wave
Phase problems during recording and mixing
Chorus by time delay
02 - MUSICAL PARAMETERS OF SOUND
Height
Stamp
Components of the stamp
The manipulation of timbre
Intensity
Dynamics
Dynamic excursion
Average dynamics and intensity
Lufs
Dynamic variation within a single sound
Envelope
ADSR
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
The synthesiser
Waveforms in sound synthesis
03 - PROPAGATION AND FRUITION OF SOUND
Sound speed and wavelength
Sound propagation and obstacles
Eco
Reverberation
Spatiality
Sound directivity simulation
Monophony
Stereophony
Quadrifonia
Surround
Octophony and point systems
Presence and proximity
Perception of volume and sustain
Ideal volume for critical listening
Sound Level Meter
04 - ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL
High Definition Digital
Comparison of definition and dynamics in recording
Sampling
Bits and dynamics
The quality audio chain
Aliasing
Signal levels
The analogue signal
The digital signal
The Limits of Floating Point
The Montgomery test
The sound
The future of digital
A personal opinion
05 - THE VALUE OF MUSIC
Purpose of music in our time
Substrate filler
Playful support
Narrative support
The abstract narrative of music
The growth of awareness
Influences and classifications of music
Popular, cultured, commercial music
Ethno-geographical and cultural-historical influence
The music technology revolution
Globalising and liberalising influence
06 - THE MUSICAL ELEMENTS
Technical analysis of musical elements
Melody
Tones, modes, scales and intervals
Diatonic system and chromaticism, comma, cent, tuning
Harmony and chords
Rhythm and groove
Dynamics, punctuation, poise
Themes, structures and styles
Arrangement and orchestration
Critical listening
Part 2 - ACUSTICS AND SETTING
07 - CHOICE OF LOCATION
Home studio limitations
The Halls
Acoustic filming room
Control room
Single or double room
Ideal studio proportions and dimensions
Rooms with unsuitable shape and size
Control room orientation
08 - ACOUSTIC INSULATION
Purpose of sound insulation
First: do not disturb
Second: not to be disturbed
Third: isolating the rooms from each other
How to proceed with studio sound insulation
Floating floor
Floating side walls - long side
Splaying the walls
Floating counter walls front and back - short side
Suspended ceiling
The partition wall between control room and shooting room
Acoustic insulation and optimisation, common remedies
Final considerations
Insulating cabins
Movable partition panels
Soundproof doors
09 - ACOUSTICS AND STUDIO SET-UP
The path of sound
Propagation
Obstacles
Standing waves
Calculation of basic modal resonance
Axial, tangential and oblique modal resonances
Modal multiples
Schroeder frequency
Calculate all modal resonances
Frequency response analysis
Large rooms
Critical distance
Echo and flutter echo
Acoustic troubleshooting
Choice of room
Elimination of flutter echo
Elimination of first reflections
General bass reduction
Selective bass reduction
Diffusion and homogenisation of mids and treble
Optimisation of reverberation time
Using eq for acoustic correction
Standing waves and drum tuning
Visual communication between rooms
Interphone for audible communication between rooms
10 - MONITORS AND MONITORING
The main speaker monitors
The subwoofer
Alternative monitors
Positioning the listening point and monitors
Stereo image
General Criteria
Modal nodes and listening point
First reflection behind
First side reflections and comb filter
Subwoofer positioning and calibration
Some advice
Environmental equalisation
Linearity check with musical notes
Critical listening volume during monitoring
Critical evaluation of low frequencies
Medium mix test
Monitoring for the filming room
The speakers for the main room
Monitors to communicate
Auxiliary lines for monitoring
Headphone preamplifiers
The connection panels
Headphones
How to proceed
Pre or post fader monitoring
Managing latency
11 - WIRING AND AUDIO SIGNAL
The acoustic signal
The acoustic transducer
The electroacoustic signal
Balanced and unbalanced conductors
Electromagnetic interference and shielded cables
Balanced Line Cables
Cables with unbalanced line
Stereo cables with balanced and unbalanced lines
Hardware Processors, Amplifiers and Speakers
Preamplifier Inputs
Micro
Line
Instrument
Signal levels
Noise level
Attendance band
Nominal level
Headroom range
Distortion level and clipping
The gain levels to be used in the preamplifier
Part 3 - EQUIPMENT
12 - COMPUTERS AND PERIPHERALS
CPU and DSP
Ram
Hd, ssd, Raid
Fine-tuning computer settings
Updates
Energy
Archive indexing
Journaling
Multitasking
13 - DAW AND CONVERTERS
DAW settings
H/W Buffer size
Host processor
Usage limit
Delay compensation engine
Cache taming (Pro Tools)
Disk cache
The most useful DAW plugins
Time adjuster
Stereo Phase Correlation Viewer
Gain
Equaliser
Single-band compressor
Multi-band compressor
Reverberation
Echo/Delay
Exciter
Saturator
Inflator
Metering
Analysers
Generators
14 - MICROPHONES
A little history
Transducers
Dynamic microphone
Ribbon microphone
Condenser microphone
Valve microphone
The membrane
Pick-up angle and polar diagram
Dual-diaphragm microphones
Frequency response
Impedance
Sensitivity
Dynamic space
Dynamic speed
Distortion and electromechanical resistance
Choosing a microphone park
Some suggestions
15 - PREAMPLIFIERS
Input
Micro
Line
Instrument
Checks
Input selector
Phantom
Pad
Micro impedance selector
Line level selector
Input gain
Input level leds
High pass filter
Output gain
Output level leds
Output
16 - OTHER EQUIPMENT
Mixers and Controllers
Analogue outboards
Midi system, interface, musical keyboard
Virtual instruments and grooves
Format of plugins
General Music format and sound libraries
Grooves
Microphone Stands and Stands
Cables
Furniture
Toolbox
CONCLUSION
Know how
The sound engineer and artistic director
Concluding
Insights
Publications
How to buy
Book conventions
Services
Seminars and partnerships
Copyright
Information and licences
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