Pyramind Training Series: Audio Fundamentals
Signal Flow---Fundamental Tools of Sound Production
By Matt Donner, Steve Heithecker, and George Peterson
Pro Audio Textbook & DVD
Item: 00-34386
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The first volume in the Signal Flow group of books from the Pyramind Training series covers the life cycle of sound in today's production studios; choosing the right computer, DAW, and microphones for your needs; getting the right sound from your room on a budget; and the history and practical application of synthesis.
"I can't wait to read the rest of the series. As long as the quality of information keeps in the same realm of the Audio Fundamentals, it's a certainty that this training series will be quite a great investment for whoever wants to succeed in this business."
- Mateus Tebaldi, Music Gear Review
"I can't wait to read the rest of the series. As long as the quality of information keeps in the same realm of the Audio Fundamentals, it's a certainty that this training series will be quite a great investment for whoever wants to succeed in this business."
- Mateus Tebaldi, Music Gear Review
Contents
| Title | |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |
| PREFACE | |
| FREE VERSUS CAPTURED SOUND | |
| WHAT IS SOUND? | |
| Understanding Sound | |
| Frequency: Timbre | |
| Amplitude: Loudness and Volume | |
| Time: Morphology and Rhythm | |
| TIMBRE--SOUND WAVES | |
| The Single Sine Wave, in Detail | |
| Two Sine Waves | |
| Combining Sine Waves to Create Noise | |
| DYNAMICS: THE DECIBEL | |
| Defining the dB | |
| Fletcher-Munson Curves | |
| The Different Types of dB | |
| Operating Levels | |
| Power Rules | |
| The Doubling Rule(s) | |
| The Haas Effect (aka Precedence Effect) | |
| Understanding Audio Headroom | |
| MORPHOLOGY AND TIME | |
| Sound Over Time: The Envelope | |
| The Basics of Time Shift | |
| CAPTURED SOUND | |
| THE LIFE CYCLE OF SOUND IN THE STUDIO | |
| Basic Electronics | |
| MICROPHONES | |
| Microphone Basics | |
| Microphone Types | |
| Dynamic Microphones | |
| Condenser Microphones | |
| Ribbon Microphones | |
| Pressure Zone Microphones | |
| Polar Patterns | |
| Working with Microphones | |
| Experiment 1: Close Miking | |
| Experiment 2: The Mid- and Far-Field Mics: A Modest, Then Significant, Distance | |
| Experiment 3: Trying More Than One Mic at Once | |
| The Color Blend Rule: Red and Yellow Make Orange! | |
| Set Your Phasers to Stun (A Little Phase Never Hurt Anyone) | |
| The Dual-Mono Rule: Two Mics Don't Make It Stereo! | |
| Stereo Microphone Techniques | |
| X-Y Technique | |
| The A-B, or Spaced-Pair Technique | |
| The Blumlein Technique | |
| The Mid-Side (M-S) Mic Technique | |
| COMPUTER-BASED AUDIO | |
| The Computer | |
| Choosing a DAW | |
| The Mac Versus PC Question | |
| The OS Conundrum | |
| The All-in-One Computer | |
| Laptops | |
| Desktop (aka, Tower) Computers | |
| Upgrade Options | |
| RAM | |
| Hard Drives and Storage | |
| Computer Displays | |
| Digital Audio Basics | |
| Sampling Rate | |
| Bit Depth | |
| MIDI AND SYNTHESIS | |
| A Brief History of MIDI | |
| Fundamentals of Synthesis | |
| Oscillators | |
| Filters | |
| Amplifiers and Envelopes | |
| Types of Envelopes | |
| The LFO | |
| DSP | |
| What to Do If You Captured It "Wrong" | |
| Equalization | |
| Filters | |
| Shelf-Type Equalization | |
| Parametric Equalizers | |
| Dynamics Processing | |
| Compression | |
| Limiting | |
| Multiband Compression | |
| Expanders | |
| Noise Gates | |
| Time-Based Effects: Depth | |
| Delay | |
| Reverberation (Reverb) | |
| Specialty Effects | |
| Pitch Correction | |
| Emulation Plug-Ins | |
| STUDIO MONITORS | |
| Monitors: The End of the Life Cycle | |
| Selecting Monitors | |
| Monitor Types | |
| The Crossover | |
| The Translatability Issue | |
| Guidelines for Achieving Translatability | |
| Factors Affecting the Studio Listening Environment | |
| Monitor Placement | |
| Acoustical Considerations | |
| THE FINAL WORD | |
| About the Authors | |
| Index |
Additional Information
| Series: | Pyramind Training Series |
| Author: | Matt Donner, Steve Heithecker, George Peterson |
| Format: | Book & DVD |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Item Number: | 00-34386 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-6647-1 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-6647-8 |
| UPC: | 038081381619 |
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