The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More (S.M.A.R.T. Guide To...) [Paperback]

Bill A. Gibson (Author)

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Product Description

Advances in audio industry technology have opened up tremendous, new creative options. Musicians can now bend, shape, mold, stretch, tune, distort, and restore with an ease only imagined 10 or 15 years ago. Today, if you can imagine it, you can create it. The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More covers the essential ingredients in audio recording -- core equipment, the building blocks of the entire technical and creative aspects of audio recording -- and includes an impressive DVD with more than 100 video and audio demonstrations that enhance and clarify the concepts in the book. You will cover specific techniques designed to improve the overall quality of your audio recordings, enabling them to viably compete with the music on your favorite professional recordings. Study recording examples that fit real musical situations, and learn solutions to common problems that will help you enhance your music. Put each new principle and concept into practice, combine it with your own creativity and imagination, and start cranking out the hits!

About the Author

Bill Gibson, President of Northwest Music and Recording, has spent the last 25 years writing, recording, producing and teaching music and has become well-known for his production, performance and teaching skills. As an instructor at Green River College in Auburn, WA, holding various degrees in composition, arranging, education and recording, he developed a practical and accessible teaching style which provided the basis for what was to come--15 books, a DVD, and a VHS video for MixBooks/ArtistPro along with a dozen online courses for members of ArtistPro.com. Bill's writings are acclaimed for their straightforward and understandable explanations of recording concepts and applications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Artistpro; 1 edition (January 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592006949
• ISBN-13: 978-1592006946
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #153,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From The Gr(S)ound Up!, April 29, 2006

By	Neil Bernotski (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More (S.M.A.R.T. Guide To...) (Paperback)

Whether you want to record in a studio or work with live sound, this book really delivers. It takes you from hooking up the equipment correctly, through a thorough discussion of mixing boards and microphones, to sound processing including compressors, gates, reverb, and delay (phaser/flanger/chorus). When I picked up the book, I'd been working with live sound for about a year and wanted to start using effects and make the mixing more effective. I really just wanted to know what tools were out there and how to use them. This book has that and so much more. Topics include acoustics, electronics (like high vs. low impedance and all of the different connectors out there), mixers, mics, and effects. The information is presented so that you can grab the basics of setting up or really dig in to how things work. The many tips and examples really drive the information home. I wish a few of the pros that I talked to had steered me to this book! DEFINITE 5 STARS!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource., June 7, 2008

By	Wilbur Lidzy "GuateStudio" (Guatemala Central America) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More (S.M.A.R.T. Guide To...) (Paperback)

This is the best reference book that I have read on audio equipment. There are a lot of warnings and advice given. I think they should call this the audio engineer's bible.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best audio tech books for non-tech types., December 21, 2005

By	ShureitzDoug "Doug Gould" (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More (S.M.A.R.T. Guide To...) (Paperback)

I am a Market Development manager for the oldest microphone company in the US. I teach at conferences and seminars all over the country, primarily for houses of worship.I am always looking for great resources that will help enrich understanding of the subject. This book (and all the of the S.M.A.R.T Audio books) with it's colorful, hi-res photos, Audio/Video examples on it's accompanying DVD and it's lyric writing style engage all of our senses simultaneously. This is a must have book for anyone wanting to understand how audio and all of the associated components work. It's perfect for the Church Sound Volunteer.