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Guerrilla Home Recording, Second Edition
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List Price: $24.95
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9781423454465
ISBN: 1423454464
Label: Hal Leonard
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 251
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Studio: Hal Leonard
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Good but general
Comment: The author gives a great deal of useful information, mainly general in nature. The only thing I didn't like about the book is the way he badmouths other people who are doing home recording -- it's important, in my opinion, to remember that each of us has a different set of ears. Slagging other people's work says more about your own insecurities than their abilities. The main thing he badmouths is generally accepted studio techniques; I see the value of trying things outside the norm when using cheap equipment, but the author makes some bad recommendations based on that. For example, he gives studio monitors short shrift, and believes that headphones can be used to mix. They can, but once you've heard even a cheap set of monitors, and experience how they improve your mixes, you will never mix on headphones if you have any choice at all.
I would have enjoyed more specifics; there are some, such as good, clear discussions of EQ and compressor use -- actually, the compression advice has done more to improve my recordings than anything else. I had been afraid of over-compressing; when I lost that fear, I found I was able to use WAY more than I thought I could without killing the dynamics or making the song sound squashed. Another area where the author gets specific is in drum programming, but he attempts to discourage readers from attempting to record real drums in the same breath.
I recommend this book highly, as long as readers understand that it is only the advice of one person, and that like any advice, some is helpful and some is not. For the price, this book has a lot more helpful than unhelpful information.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I'd give six stars if I could
Comment: The following passage, headed "Don't Sweat Acoustics" (p. 12), is typical of the author's approach:
"Most recording books include entire chapters on how to improve your studio's acoustics. But in the Guerrilla studio, the room is irrelevant -- you should be able to move your gear into the garage or a VW bus and still get just about the same sound. . . . As a musician you probably don't have the time, money, or interest to bother with building homemade diffusers and bass traps. That's okay -- it'll be our secret."
If you're an audiophile or a studio expert (or both), this book likely isn't for you. For me, it's as close to perfect as I'm likely to find. I want to learn to make clean, solid recordings in the space available to me, with what gear I can afford. This book explains how, simply and clearly. It's a great resource. My compliments and gratitude to Mr. Coryat.
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Summary: The July 2008 Second Edition Rocks!
Comment: Guerrila Home Recording Guerrilla Home Recording, Second Edition is intentionally deceptively simple in concept and design but the message it delivers is both straight forward and powerful. Equipment doesn't matter as much as knowledge, technique and having a plan.
The author, Karl Coryat, has been recording at home for decades. He realizes all recordists do not have the time, experience, resources or money that recording studios have. His book is about making intelligent choices and compromises to overcome the shortcomings while still making top quality recordings. It doesn't matter if you've been recording for years or if you're new to the hobby you'll learn and enjoy while you learn. You will make better tracks, mixes and masters after reading this book.
I love the author's attitude in this book. He's not an equipment snob or purist. A Teac PortaStudio cassete recorder, Pro-Tools computer software and MIDI are all tools to be used within his system. Best of all, as you learn to use the advice given in this book, you'll be able to make better equipment choices to better enjoy what you get.
The book devotes a complete chapter to how to set up your gear to record acoustic instruments, make your singing voice sound better, record a live band or drums, etc. The advice is practical, easy to remeber and follow. If you're stranded on a desert island filled with instruments and a recorder, this is the one book to have onhand.
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Summary: Best value for money from my experience
Comment: I'm amateur musician. I own rehersal/studio room in my basement. I'm also an electronic engineer too. This is book for me. My gear is weird and cheap. Tascam 688 ($200), Behringer XM8500 (vocal mic - $50), Behringer XM1800S (drum mics $10 each), Behringer DSP Ultramizer 2024 ($120). Instruments are much better. After reading this book I've tried to do a recording following advices from it. After we listen my "production" my friend have been sitting with opened mouth for maybe 2 minutes. After that he say something like: "Well.... it definitely DOES NOT sound like it was recorded in a basement"
Advices are simple, clearly explained. They engage also Your own imagination and gain Your creativity.
This book helped me to explore what I've already had. I've got a rare kind of satisfaction to do something better while spending a few dollars.
I cannot say what value this book presents to professionals, but for amateurs I can give it the highest notes. What definitely have helped me is the fact that I was very familiar with such terms as "signal path", "freqency spectrum" and overall electronical knowledge. But people who doesn't understand all this there is well fitted explanation. Not too detailed, only as much as You need to follow.
Great book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Home recording book ok
Comment: The book is reasonable. It explains EQ, mics, etc with pictures and diagrams so anyone can get it. I guess with the modern age of computer based recording a lot of it is obsolete.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A clever resource for the ever-growing home recording market. The revised edition is updated with a greater focus on digital recording techniques, the most powerful tools available to the home recordist. There are chapters devoted to instrument recording, humanizing drum patterns, mixing with plug-ins and virtual consoles, and a new section on using digital audio skills. And since, many true "Guerrillas" still record to analog tape, we have retained the best of that world. This edition features many more graphics than in the original edition, further enforcing Guerrilla Home Recording's reputation as the most readable, user-frienly recording title on the market.
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