Audio Made Easy: Or How to Be a Sound Engineer Without Really Trying

by Ira White

Overview

(Book). No frills, no jargon, no filler: Ira White's Audio Made Easy is a breath of fresh air two decades in the making. Since 1997, this concise and comprehensive guide to audio and recording equipment and techniques has furnished readers with practical information on how professional audio equipment works and how they can best employ it. Although technology advances between editions, White's signature approach remains the same. Audio Made Easy contains everything you need and nothing you don't just the facts, distilled from many years of sound and studio experience and laced with a wry humor that makes the dullest mandatory minutiae tolerable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495075070
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2017
Edition description:	Fifth Edition
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ira White (Portsmouth, VA) was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and played professionally as a guitarist/singer for 15 years in various touring bands. He put together his first recording studio in 1983, and started his own pro-audio sales and installation company in 1991. He also served as a ministry sound engineer for churches, TMCJ International theatrical productions, and worship artist Paul Wilbur's Lion of Judah tour in the U.S. and Costa Rica.

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
This is Your Brain...This is Audio...This is Your Brain on Audio     1
Sound Psyche     2
The Pride and the Passion     2
The Golden Rule     2
The Broken Rule     3
The Source be with You     4
On the Level     4
Microphones     5
Exploring the Poles     6
Mic Techniques     7
Unplugged     14
The Wonderful World of Wireless     14
A Wireless Overview     15
Troubleshooting     18
Down to the Wire     23
Cables     23
Connectors     25
Basic Plumbing 101     26
Mixers     26
Everything and the Kitchen Sink     26
Input Stage     27
Pre/Post Auxes     28
Equalizers     28
Busses & Groups     30
Downtown     31
Recording Mixers     32
Processor Connections     33
Virual Plumbing 201     35
An Introduction     35
Everything and the Computer Link     36
Input Stage     37
Pre/Post Auxes     38
Equalizers     38
Busses & Groups     40
Downtown     40
Processors     41
I/O Options     41
Digital Tips     44
Mod Pod     47
Cause & Effect     49
Delay     49
Echo     49
Reverb     49
Modulated Effects     50
Pitch Shift     50
Signal Corps     51
To BBE or Not to BBE     51
Aural Enhancers     51
Graphic EQ     51
Compressor/Limiter     53
Noise Gate     53
Digital Signal Processors     54
Tube Processors     54
Power Tools     56
No Pain, No Gain     56
Checks & Balances     57
Connectors & Cables     59
AMP Extras     60
Pumping Paper     61
S.P.L. & R.U.Def     61
Stacking Up     62
Crossing Over     63
Studio Monitors     64
PA Speakers     64
Delay Lines     68
For the Record     69
Recording      69
Recorders     69
Virtual Tracking     73
Audio by Design     74
Recording     74
Live Recording     77
Live Sound     78
Church Sound     80
Theatrical Sound     87
So, Do I Have to Paint You a Picture?     89
Packing Up     91
Index     92
About the Author     93