Bruce Bartlett has been a recording engineer, audio journalist, and microphone engineer ([...] for over 30 years. He has written more than 1000 articles on audio topics for magazines and websites including ProSoundWeb, Live Sound International, L2Pnet, Recording, and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, as well as 9 books, including Recording Music on Location, 2nd edition (Focal Press). A member of the Audio Engineering Society and SynAudCon, he holds a degree in physics and several patents on microphone design. He is also a musician and runs a commercial computer-based recording studio.

Jenny Bartlett is a freelance technical writer.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: A Basic Overview of the Recording Process
CHAPTER 2: Sound and Psychoacoustics
CHAPTER 3: Studio Acoustics
CHAPTER 4: Signal Characteristics of Audio Devices
CHAPTER 5: Equipping Your Studio
CHAPTER 6: Monitoring
CHAPTER 7: Microphones
CHAPTER 8: Microphone Technique Basics
CHAPTER 9: Microphone Techniques for Instruments and Vocals
CHAPTER 10: Equalization (EQ)
CHAPTER 11: Effects and Signal Processors
CHAPTER 12: Mixers and Mixing Consoles
CHAPTER 13: Digital Audio
CHAPTER 14: Computer Recording
CHAPTER 15: DAW Signal Flow
CHAPTER 16: DAW Operation
CHAPTER 17: Judging Sound Quality with Critical Listening
CHAPTER 18: MIDI and Loops
CHAPTER 19: Session Procedures
CHAPTER 20: Mastering and CD Burning
CHAPTER 21: On-Location Recording of Popular Music
CHAPTER 22: On-Location Recording of Classical Music
CHAPTER 23: Web Audio, Streaming, and Online Collaboration
APPENDIX A: dB or Not dB
APPENDIX B: Optimizing Your Computer for Multitrack Recording
APPENDIX C: Impedance
APPENDIX D: Phantom Power Explained
APPENDIX E: Legacy Recording Devices
AUDIO GLOSSARY
INDEX