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~ (Author) "VOICE-OVER" RECORDING IS THAT PROCESS BY WHICH A narration is recorded to later be used alone, or mixed with background music and/or sound effects..." (more)
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From one of the world's leading acoustics experts, this nuts-and-bolts book offers complete instructions and guidance for building your own inexpensive sound studio. Anyone with a discerning ear and a modicum of electronics skills can follow the clear plans for 10 designs, which include a voice-over recording studio; recording studios for modern, classical, and rock music; a home theater; small announce booth; control room; and music listening room. All projects are fully illustrated and accompanied by complete part lists.


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Build your own recording studio, home theater, and more--even if you're on a shoestring budget! Sophisticated sound studios are notoriously expensive to build and use. It's not unheard-of for bands to pay up to $1,000 a day for the use of a first-rate studio. If you have a discerning musical ear and high hopes--but not the budget to match--this book gives you the tools and expert guidance you need to create an audio studio far less expensively than you thought possible. Acoustics guru F. Alton Everest provides complete, easy-to-follow plans for 10 projects: voice-over recording studio; modern and classical music recording studio; rock music recording studio; personal project studio; small announce booth; control rooms; film/video/audio workroom; home theater; teleconference room; high-fidelty music listening room; plus eight chapters of technical background material applicable to each of the 10 projects. Each clearly illustrated design can be built from readily available materials and is accompanied by a parts list. Everest also supplies step-by-step instructions for installing your own sound-enhancing diffusing units for each of the projects to ensure topnotch acoustics and save you money.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The new edition is Greatly Improved, February 14, 2001
By A Flakey Geek (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
The new edition is called "How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch ... , With 12 Tested Designs" is much more accessible. Both editions cover the same area with the same info, so I don't know why they are continuing to publish this old edition in parallel with the new.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Too technical for and audio "engineer"?!? LOL, April 26, 2006
By Keith Keller (Gnarlins, Looosie-ana) - See all my reviews
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This book is an update of Everest's classic "Acoustic Design for Home and Studio". It is great for what it is. For more capable types, Everest's "Master" book is more complete. This one has the basics. For those who thought this is too technical, I wonder how they expect to deal with the other aspects of audio engineering. Just knowing how to twist a knob is not a path to excellence.

In actuality this is a well written, very direct primer, starting with very basic physics, and leading to easy design engineering. It's not hard to calculate, design, finance or construct good acoustics, and the payoff is huge. It does require a modest amount of work, and calculations to get good data. Remember: "Garbage in, garbage out." Acoustics control your recording and playback. This book will give you a fighting chance.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A poorly structured book, October 21, 2001
By Pedro Amengual Gomila "Pere" (Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears Spain) - See all my reviews
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The subject of the book looks promising, but the author might better have warned that the book is not conceived to be read from the beginning to the end, but directly jumping to the chapter that relates to the specific type of construction that you want to know more about. Otherwise, you find the same concepts explained again and again... and surprisingly, half way through the book it gets organized and the last chapters explain the basic concepts (again). In my opinion, a better structure would have reduced the lenght of the book to a half and provided a clearer understanding of the valuable information that it contains.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for sound engineers with a limited budget
Good book for sound engineers with a limited budget.
Delivery was very quick and condition was as advertised

Published 6 months ago by Gonzalo Vela Medina

4.0 out of 5 stars Good combination of practical ideas and data
As one who was being cross trained from RF engineer to Broadcast and then to assist with studio design work, I found the book to be quite accessible. Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. West

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound Studio Construction on a Budget
Excellent Book. Very Well Written, Exactly what I wanted, I have laerned a great deal from this book.
Published 11 months ago by LMF

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty comprehensive
This book is useless if you already own "The Master Handbook of Acoustics" by the same author. However as the title suggests it's all about being on a budget, which it explains... Read more
Published on January 8, 2007 by Justin Fisher

3.0 out of 5 stars too technical
if you are on a financial budget, you are likely on a time budget, and this book can be a time sucker. it reminded my of my high school trigonometry book. Read more
Published on September 24, 2004 by trying to help

2.0 out of 5 stars WAAAAY TOO TECHNICAL
Too much time spent on the mathematics of sound transfer and acoustics. Not enough on how to build the studio. Read more
Published on July 24, 2002 by jim

4.0 out of 5 stars great advice, but dont stop here
as another reviewer says, this appears to be the previous edition of what is currently titled "how to build a small budget recording studio....". Read more
Published on November 6, 2001 by W. Welch

3.0 out of 5 stars On What Budget?
It's a good book with a lot of good information, but when it comes down to it, most of what it's advising you to do for sound treatment involves buying several $200-$300 units,... Read more
Published on November 8, 2000 by michele@pdxnet.net

4.0 out of 5 stars A good complement
If you read the first books of Mr. Everest, this practical approach is a very useful complement. I use it as a series of examples of my courses on Acoustics. Read more
Published on July 25, 2000 by Armando E. Pattroni

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
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