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Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects
FX introduces today's up and coming musician to the fantastic creative potential of the most popular instrument today- the home studio. Explaining the basic and advanced signal processing techniques used in professional music production (EQ, compression, delay, reverb etc), using real world popular music examples and an emphasis on the perceptual results
and musical value of these effects,
FX teaches the Recording Musician how to achieve professional production standards and maximise their creative potential.
Features:
A chapter dedicated to each key effect:
Distortion Equalization
Compression and Limiting Delay
Expansion and Gating Pitch Shift
Reverb Volume
More than 100 line drawings and illustrations.
Accompanying website featuring examples of all FX covered in the book.
Discography of FX at the end of each relevant chapter.
SECTION 1: Sound - Signals, Systems and Sensation
Chapter 1 : The Audio Waveform
Chapter 2 : Signal Flow
Chapter 3 : Perception
SECTION 2: Amplitude Effects
Chapter 4 : Distortion
Chapter 5 : Equalization
Chapter 6 : Compression and Limiting
Chapter 7 : Expansion and Gating
Chapter 8 : Volume
SECTION 3: Time Effects
Chapter 9 : Delay
Chapter 10 : Pitch Shift
Chapter 11 : Reverb
SECTION 4: Applied Effects
Chapter 12 : A Basic Mix
Chapter 13 : The Snare Drum
Chapter 14 : The Piano
Chapter 15 : The Automated Mix
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