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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Every session, every gig, every day, recording engineers strive to make the most of their audio signal processing devices. EQ, Compression, Delay, Distortion, Reverb and all those other FX are the well-worn tools of the audio trade. Recording and mixing, live and in the studio, engineers must thoroughly master these devices to stay competitive sonically. Its not enough to just know what each effect is supposed to do. Sound FX explains the basic and advanced signal processing techniques used in professional music production, describing real world techniques used by experienced engineers, and referencing popular music examples released internationally. The reader learns not just how to, but also what if, so they can better achieve what they already hear in the productions they admire and chase what they only hear in their imaginative minds ear. Sound FX will immediately help you make more thorough, more musical use of your sound FX.
The accompanying website www.soundfx-companion.com includes audio exaples of FX featured in the book.
Features:
A chapter dedicated to each key effect:
Distortion
Compression & Limiting
Expansion & Gating
Reverb
Equalization
Delay
Pitch Shift
Volume
More than 100 line drawings and illustrations.
Accompanying website featuring examples of all FX covered in the book.
Discography of FX at the end of each relevant chapter.
From the Sound FX Intro:
The most important music of our time is recorded music. The recording studio is its principle musical instrument. The recording engineers and music producers who create the music we love know how to use signal processing equipment to capture the work of artists, preserving realism or altering things wildly, as appropriate. While the talented, persistent, self-taught engineer can create sound recordings of artistic merit, more productive use of the studio is achieved through study, experience and collaboration. This book defines the technical basis of the most important signal processing effects used in the modern recording studio, highlights the key drivers of sound quality associated with each, shares common production techniques used by recording engineers with significant experience in the field, references many of the touchstone recordings of our time, and equips the reader with the knowledge needed to comfortably use effects devices correctly, and, more importantly, to apply these tools creatively.
* Mixing and Recording, studio and live -- for everyone who uses signal processing in audio.
* Defines the technical basis of the most important signal processing effects used in the modern recording studio
* Highlights the key drivers of sound quality associated with each
* Equips the reader with the knowledge needed to comfortably use effects devices correctly, and, more importantly, to apply these tools creatively | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Alex Case | | Paperback: | 432 pages | | Publisher: | Focal Press | | Publication Date: | July 30, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0240520327 | | Package Length: | 9.6 inches | | Package Width: | 7.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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Great detail on specific things I wanted Aug 28, 2009
I bought this book because it has great information on specific things, such as the how and why of compression on a detailed level. From what I have read it's a good buy.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Sound Fx - a must for the pop/rock recordist Mar 09, 2009
Case has created something very special in Sound FX - the seasoned veteran and the rookie recordist alike will benefit hugely from an exploration of Case's book. His writing is clear and concise, while simultaneously very interesting to read, covering an immense array of recording/production techniques, from the most rudimentary to the most nuanced and complicated. I've always believed an author must truly know their subject inside-out to write succinctly and creatively at the same time - if this is true, Case is an honest master of pop/rock music production. Case has succeeded in creating something quite rare in the music world today - a text relevant to both the musician/engineer/producer as well as the academic. Highly recommended!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
an incredible reference Feb 02, 2009
FX starts out with the basics of sound as it exists in physical form and goes on to [arguably] bigger and better things from there. Not only that but Case manages to describe rather complicated concepts in an easy to understand way due to the comprehensiveness with which he delivers descriptions of all necessary underlying ideas that precede any technical discussion. The book reads in a very accessible language with quirky, didgeridoo-centric humor thrown in here and there, and overall is an incredible reference on many subjects related to the use of effects in the studio, as well as audio, recording session workflow and etiquette, and music as a whole.
The best part is you don't have to read it front to back (although you just might want to); you can flip to any page using the table of contents or even at random and learn something way wicked excellent.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
One of my favorites Jan 18, 2009
The other reviews previous do a fine job of commending this book. I want to add a specific example of why I like it. Case examined the various kinds of reverberation that audio professionals use: acoustical (as in concert halls), chambers, springs, plates, digital and convolution. He compared all of these in terms of how they sound when excited by music. His analysis was comprehensive, fresh and applicable. Then he detailed less than obvious reasons why one or more of these techniques would be used. His unique and thorough treatment of reverb was enlightening. This chapter alone would be worth owning the book!
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Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects Jun 27, 2008
Of the many audio engineering books I have encountered, Sound FX stands out in several distinct ways.
The Book is incredibly thorough and detailed. After covering the basic function of each studio effect, Sound FX goes on to describe many different uses that each effect can serve. For example at the end of the chapter on compression (page 163), nine different goals that compression can accomplish are listed. Over the course of the chapter, compression has been analyzed so thoroughly that you will understand how and to achieve each one of these nine desired effects and why and when you would want to.
Why would an engineer pick one compressor over another? There are several paragraphs outlining characteristics that change from model to model. Knowing what to listen for helped cue me on to some subtle differences that I had previously not heard. Sound FX is filled with details like this about every effect that mixing engineers use. Other studio effects are described just as carefully. (EQ, expansion, gating, reverb delay, pitch shifting, distortion, and so on)
Have you ever listened to a compressed track, and cranked the compressor's release time from as low as possible to as high as possible and not hear the difference? Sound FX explains what you need to listen for. Have you tried adjusting the "room size" on a reverb unit and not heard the difference? Again Sound FX explains what this means and what the sonic results are.
While engineers working on material that is not musical may find valuable information here, the book is primarily about working with music. A fair amount of technical information is presented, but the material always circles back to how the technology can be used to accomplish musical tasks.
It's taken me time to learn what effects are needed to to find the sound I want to hear. Understanding the complexity of what each effect has to offer and knowing what to listen for when I adjust parameters has drastically improved my mixes. The authors experience and meticulous attention to detail comes through here and analyzes the material more effectively than any other source I have encountered. After reading, I'm always left with a powerful urge to rush to the studio and put the material to use.
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