Modern Recording Techniques

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Hands-on tutorials with everything you need to learn about important concepts in audio engineering and recording. These illustrate and expand upon information contained in
Modern Recording Techniques.

Sound and Hearing

  • Beats
    What happens when you have two tones that differ only slightly in frequency?
  • Compression
    A compressor can be thought of as an automatic fader. It is used to proportionately reduce the dynamics of a signal that rise above a user-definable level (known as the threshold) to a lesser volume range.
  • Delays
    Delay and regeneration of sound over time is an important effects category that can be used to alter or augment a signal.
  • Harmonics
    Even versus odd
  • Limiting
    A limiter is used to keep signal peaks from exceeding a certain level in order to prevent the overloading of amplifier signals, recorded signals onto tape or disc, broadcast transmission signals, and so on.
  • Masking
    How loud signals can prevent the ear from hearing softer sounds in the same mix. This phenomenon is why stereo placement and equalization are so important in the mixdown process.
  • Mic directionality
    Watch David's Polar Response Tutorial Video on YouTube
  • Microphone Types
    In order to deal with the wide range of musical, acoustic, and situational circumstances that might come your way, a large number of mic types, styles, and designs are available for use as "sonic tools."
  • Modulation Noise
    Modulation Noise Modulation noise is a high-frequency component that causes sonic “fuzziness” by introducing sideband frequencies that can distort the signal.
  • Phase
    Crazy things can happen when your waveforms get out of alignment.
  • Proximity Effect
    Proximity effect is a low-frequency phenomenon that occurs in most directional mics.
  • Polar Response
    The directional response of a mic refers to its sensitivity (output level) at various angles of incidence with respect to the front (on-axis) of the microphone.
  • Proximity Effect
    Proximity effect is a low-frequency phenomenon that occurs in most directional mics.
  • Reverb Types
    By varying program and setting parameters, a digital reverb device can be used to simulate a wide range of acoustic environments, reverb devices, and special effects.
  • SMPTE Timecode
    Time code recorded onto an analog audio or video cue track is known as longitudinal time code (LTC). LTC encodes a biphase time code signal onto the analog audio or cue track in the form of a modulated square wave at a bit rate of 2400 bits/second.