Table of Contents

Preface; PART 1: Popular music recording; Equipment for Remote Recording of Popular Music; Recording Techniques from Simple to Complex; Before the Session: Planning; At the Session: Setup and Recording; After the Session: Mixing and Editing; A Real-World Example: Recording a Blues Band in a Club
PART 2: Classical Music Recording; Microphone Polar Patterns and Other Specifications; Overview of Stereo Microphone Techniques; Specific Free-Field Stereo Microphone Techniques; Stereo Boundary-Microphone Arrays; Binaural Techniques; Surround-Sound Techniques; Stereo Recording Procedures; A Real-World Example: Recording a Student Orchestra in a Concert Hall; Stereo, Binaural and Surround Microphones and Accessories; Glossary; Index

Reviews

The material is full of techniques that go from a session planning, according to each situation, to the description of the edition and mixing processes, going through fundamental aspects as microphone positioning to capture signals in mono or stereo with the highest grade of realism.-Fabio Garcia, Tecnoprofile Magazine, Feb 2007