The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski has become a music industry standard found in studios all over the world, and this fully updated fifth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the art of audio recording. Written with today's technology and workflows in mind, The Recording Engineer's Handbook Fifth Edition is a must-have resource for anyone interested in recording either in their home or a commercial studio.

In the book's first section, you'll learn everything from how microphones work to specific techniques for recording drums, individual instruments, vocals and much more. In the second section you'll benefit from the wisdom and down-to-earth practical advice offered by a host recording professionals including all-time greats like Al Schmitt, Eddie Kramer, Sylvia Massy and many others.

Besides the ever-popular sections on recording gear, gain staging and levels, recording techniques for just about any instrument, and interviews with some of the world's most honored recording engineers, this 5th edition contains new topics like:

• The latest in recording and microphone technology

• An overview of modeling microphones

• A complete overview of immersive recording techniques

• A new section on cleaning and disinfecting your microphones

• The latest recording methods for drum sounds and individual instruments

• Home studio recording techniques

• And four new interviews with top engineers

Learn the art of recording with renowned author, teacher, producer and engineer Bobby Owsinski, and, in the interviews, explore the creative processes behind not only today's hits but the classic cuts we've enjoyed for years. See for yourself why The Recording Engineer's Handbook, Fifth Edition is the book that's a standard text in college music production courses all over the world.

Introduction

PART I  RECORDING TECHNIQUES

1. How Microphones Work

2. Common Microphones

3. Basic Recording Equipment

4. DAW Recording

5. Microphone Placement Fundamentals

6. Basic Stereo Techniques

7. Preparing The Drum Kit For Recording

8. Recording Drums

9. Miking Individual Instruments

Accordion

Audience

Bagpipes

Banjo

Bass (Acoustic String Or Upright)

Bass (Electric)

Bassoon

Bongos

Bouzouki

Brass

Choir

Clarinet

Claves

Claps

Conga

Cowbell

Crowd

Didgeridoo

Djembe

Dobro (Resonator Guitar)

Dulcimer

Ensemble (Vocal, Saxophone, or Other)

Fiddle

Flute

French Horn

Guitar (Acoustic)

Guitar (Electric)

Guitar (Nylon Or Gut String)

Glockenspiel (also known as Glock or Orchestral Bells)

Gong

Hand Claps

Harmonica (Blues Harp)

Harp

Indian Instruments

Koto

Leslie Speaker

Mandolin

Mouth Harp (Also Called Jaw Harp)

Oboe

Penny Whistle (Tin Whistle)

Piano (Grand)

Piano (Upright)

Piccolo

Recorder

Saxophone

Shaker

Steel Drums

String Section

Synthesizer

Tambourine

Timbale

Timpani

Triangle

Trombone

Trumpet

Tuba

Ukulele

Vibes

Vocals (Background)

Vocals (Solo)

Voice-Overs

Whistling

10. Recording Basic Tracks

11. Recording Overdubs

12. Immersive Recording Techniques

Channel-Based Surround Recording

Binaural Recording

Ambisonic Recording

PART II   THE INTERVIEWS

13. Chuck Ainlay

14. Michael Bishop

15. J.J. Blair

16. Bruce Botnick

17. Wyn Davis

18. Eddie Kramer

19. Mack

20. Sylvia Massy

21. Dennis Moody

22. Barry Rudolph

23. Al Schmitt

Glossary