Recording Engineer Handbook
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The Recording Engineer’s Handbook $34.95 Working as a recording engineer presents challenges from every direction of your project. From using microphones to deciding on EQ settings, choosing outboard gear to understanding how, when and why to process your signal, the seemingly never-ending choices can be very confusing. Professional Audio’s bestselling author Bobby Owsinski (The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook) takes you into the tracking process for all manner of instruments and vocals– providing you with the knowledge and skill to make sense of the many choices you have in any given project. From acoustic to electronic instruments, mic placement to EQ settings, everything you need to know to capture professionally recorded audio tracks is in this guide. |
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The Recording Engineer’s Handbook, 2nd Edition $39.99 Working as a recording engineer presents challenges from every direction of your project. From using microphones to deciding on EQ settings, choosing outboard gear to understanding how, when and why to process your signal, the seemingly never-ending choices can be very confusing. Professional Audio’s bestselling author Bobby Owsinski (The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook) takes you into the tracking process for all manner of instruments and vocals– providing you with the knowledge and skill to make sense of the many choices you have in any given project. From acoustic to electronic instruments, mic placement to EQ settings, everything you need to know to capture professionally recorded audio tracks is in this guide. |
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Modern Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition $29.74 Focal Press is proud to present a completely updated edition of the most popular and authoritative recording guide on the market. New for 2009, the seventh edition of David Huber’s classic carries you into today’s exciting age of audio production, where y… |
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The Sound Reinforcement Handbook $18.77 The 2nd edition of the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook covers frequency response, decibels, dynamic range, outdoor sound versus indoor, reading specs, mics, preamps and mixers, power amps, test equipment, MIDI, sync, and more. 420 pages…. |
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Mastering Audio, Second Edition: The Art and the Science $29.22 Written by an award-winning, highly respected professional, Mastering Audio gives you a thorough introduction to the unique procedures and technical issues involved in mastering. Suitable for all levels of students and professionals, it is ideal for anyone who wants to increase their mastery of digital and analog audio: musicians, producers, A&R, mastering, recording, and mixing engineers. Fully… |
Houston Recording Schools
While it isn't precisely on par with Austin or even Dallas when it comes to Texas music scenes, Houston has possibly developed more artists that you've heard about than you'd imagine. Unbeknownst to many, Houston has a long tradition of producing acts that achieve nationwide and also international success, with acts just like Beyonce and the Destiny's Child, the psychedelic rock of the Red Crayola plus the hardcore gangster rap of the Geto Boys.
Houston recording schools such as the Media Tech Institute turn out the talent that goes on to produce and engineer the bands and musicians that define Houston's lively music scene playing at night clubs like the acclaimed House Of Blues.
Media Tech Institute is not a traditional college and does not offer a degree program. What it does provide is professional vocational training for men and women enthusiastic about working as producers and audio engineers. Media Tech Institute is part of a chain with branches in Dallas and Austin. Among the top features of the schools are up-to-date services and competent teachers.
Another option worth considering in relation to recording schools in Houston is the Recording Connection. Recording Connection is just like Media Tech in that it doesn't offer a typical college program either. In the same manner, it's also charged with providing professional vocational training for those that want to take their shots at becoming the world's most renowned producers and audio engineers.
But unlike Media Tech, Recording Connection has no classroom and no professors. The learning environment in the Recording Connection is a real recording studio. Furthermore, the teachers don't seem to be uninteresting professors who lecture all about concepts, rather, they are graduated studio pros who have spent years making it in the recording business.
Recording Connection offers a few other critical positive aspects over Media Tech and other such schools. Firstly, it offers a flexible schedule to the students. That means students can be involved in the program anywhere in between 3 to 5 days every week and take anywhere from six to nine months in order to complete it. This freedom makes Recording Connection perfect for anyone who should work a full-time job while attending school.
Compared with other recording schools in Houston, Recording Connection sets students in a genuine professional environment. This is very beneficial because students can craft the necessary industry connections that are very important in helping them get their first recording job. Interestingly, several apprentices in the Recording Connection are already "hired" even if they are still studying.
If you have been looking into Houston recording schools take a good look at all your options and opt for the one that will be perfect to your requirements.
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Assistant Engineer Handbook $19.95 This complete reference for technical careers in the recording studio includes firsthand stories and advice from the top engineers and studio managers in the United States. Its hefty resource section is packed with essential information ranging from a comprehensive list of educational facilities to resume and cover letter tips. |
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Assistant Engineer Handbook: Gigs in the Recording Studio and Beyond $9.47 New - This book is your complete reference for technical careers in the recording studio. Whether you're still in high school, enrolled in a college of music or recording program, or about to embark on your first studio internship, you'll refer to this manual again and again. |