Sound Foundations Audio Engineering Guide

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Your complete guide to recording, mixing, and mastering. An Audio Engineering reference covering everything you need to know about home studio design, speakers, microphones, microphone positioning, how to optimally set up any laptop for use as a Digital Audio Workstation, all manner of microphone techniques for pre-EQ, stereo mic'ing, MIDI recording and editing, and mastering. Includes a guide to recording industry contracts. No matter how experienced or new you are to the field, this guide is guaranteed to offer you something. Learn how to use whatever microphones you do have to approximate the sound you really want. Learn how to mic up a complete drum kit using one, two, or twenty microphones. Learn how to manage singers, and get the best performance. Learn how to set up a drum kit or guitar to get 'that' sound you have heard on your favorite recordings. Learn how to use compressors creatively and effectively, not just to manage dynamics, but to get 'that' sound you are after. Learn the facts about the loudness wars, and mixing for radio. Learn what matters and what doesn't. Learn how to interpret technical specifications for all manner of studio gear with a grain of salt. In this way you will learn what you need to know. You will learn how best to invest your home recording budget. This guide is based on the 'sound' principles of TROONATNOOR.


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Preface

Welcome to the updated, 2017 edition, of 'Sound Foundations'.  I have added some new material relating to the subject of 'true 1000 Ohm guitar inputs' which I added to the start of this guide, just in case you haven't bought an audio interface yet.

And if you haven't decided which Digital Audio Workstation to use, I have really HUGE news.

I have spent years working with different DAWs. Different software. I compiled a huge pile of notes on different DAW's from Pro-Tools to Garage Band. And then I started working with Reaper. And I fell in love. It is the most affordable DAW. It comes with everything you need. Very powerful, great sounding, fully functional, and user-friendly plug-ins.

Only when you download the default Reaper program you are facing something like Adobe After Effect's black screen. Where to start. Yes, the learning curve can be a little daunting. Setting up the configuration was, like any labor of love, often frustrating.  As was finding third party 'free' software that fills out Reaper to make it a fully blown, 'plug-and-play' DAW with all the VSTi's you need to record bass, drums, some orchestration, and really modern synth sounds.

The CIA and Mossad left me alone long enough to complete this task.

I am happy to announce that since publishing this guide I have completed 'Optimal Reaper', a guide to the TROONATNOOR DAW of choice, 'Reaper'.

I have made 'Reaper' as 'plug-and-play' as possible. As 'pretty' as possible. As 'user-friendly' as possible. As 'functional' as possible. As 'easy to learn' as possible.

I have done this not by merely writing up a guide, but by building the 'Optimal Reaper' configuration, which contains Track Templates, FX Chains, and 'FREE' software. In fact you can plug it in, and start recording and mixing piano, synth, bass guitar, cello, violin, flute, and an entire drum kit, using nothing more than your computer keyboard, and a copy of Reaper.

Remember you can download Reaper and try it for free. Many people have 'tried' it for years. So you will certainly have time to use it, for free, and decide if it is right for you, before paying a single cent. But I hope you do buy it. A student license costs around 60 dollars. And Reaper really is packed with a host of software that will let you do everything from analog to MIDI conversion, to 'auto-tuning' your vocals. It comes with really powerful and high quality EQ's and compressors.

In fact Reaper proved ideal for teaching and learning all the processes explained in this guide. Anything that this guide covers can be practiced, and refined, using Reaper, and the plug-ins that come with the 60 dollar student / small-business license.

And I mean FANTASTIC plug-ins. I LOVE the ReaEQ, the multi-channel compressors, the ReaTune  (analog to MIDI converter which lets you play any VSTi using a standard electric guitar, not to mention guitar tuner),  the Reaper equivalent of 'Auto-tune', and so much more.

You can really gain a deep understanding of Side Chaining, parameter automation, compression, EQ, and all the things that often sound so daunting, but, with the right explanation, and the right plug-ins, can soon become intuitive.

So download Reaper today. And get a copy of 'Optimal Reaper'. It is the ideal companion to this guide. As Reaper is the ideal DAW, as far as I am concerned, for teaching and learning everything related to Audio Engineering.

You can buy it at any of the usual e-book online retailers. Or email me markusrehbach@yahoo.com  for a discount deal.

And if you are a school or other educational organization, you can contact me about bulk orders. My aim was to produce a complete, theoretical, and practical, Audio Engineering course.

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