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I am pretty much a beginner, Could anyone recommend me some books about Practical Micing Technique, like positioning, isolating etc, that will be really help.

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anonymous Fri, 01/09/2004 - 06:29

I bought "The Musician's Guide to Home Recording" by Peter McIan and Larry Wichman, ISBN #0-8256-1378-7

This is truly a beginer's book about home recording and basic micing techniques. It is focused entirely on analog (tape) recording, with only a few of the 320+ pages given to digital. First published in 1988 and 2nd copyright in 1994.

Yes, the book is dated, but it was a bargain at Amazon. It does indeed start at the very bottom, and has much covereage on analog decks, inserts, and interconnections. There are chapters for bass, guitar, piano, synth, and vocal recording techniques.

Be sure to read the RecorderMan Method of drum overhead placement. Once you figure it out from the text, this will help you a lot. After you get the basic concept visualized, the best teacher is practice.

anonymous Sun, 01/11/2004 - 05:04

Thanks, you guys are really friendly. I am considering to have Musicians Guide to Home Recording and Mixing with your mind now.

I am now studying in the school of audio engineering. The theory part, I will say, is really enough for me.

so what I am looking for, maybe is a book showing me just the practical side of how to record different kind of instruments, it's better if it can introduce some uncommon instruments, because I read a lot about guitars/ bass/ drums.

Any, please?

anonymous Sun, 01/11/2004 - 07:03

There are a number of free PDF files on this subject from the various manufacturers. I keep a bunch of these on my web site. Links follow below.

[="http://www.ofgb.org/reference/Music/Shure/mic%20techniques%20for%20multitrack%20recording.pdf"]Shure - Microphones and Multitracks[/]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Shure - Microphones and Multitracks[/]

[[url=http://="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Shure - Mic Techniques for Sound Reinforcement[/]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Shure - Mic Techniques for Sound Reinforcement[/]

[="http://www.ofgb.org/reference/Music/Shure/mic%20techniques%20for%20studio.pdf"]Shure - Mic Techniques for Studio Recording[/]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Shure - Mic Techniques for Studio Recording[/]

[[url=http://="http://www.ofgb.org…"]M-Audio - Choosing and Using Microphones[/]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]M-Audio - Choosing and Using Microphones[/]

[[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Neumann - Mic Theory of Operations and Examples[/]="http://www.ofgb.org…"]Neumann - Mic Theory of Operations and Examples[/]

KurtFoster Sun, 01/11/2004 - 11:41

Originally posted by wavelength:
Thanks, you guys are really friendly. I am considering to have Musicians Guide to Home Recording and Mixing with your mind now.

I am now studying in the school of audio engineering. The theory part, I will say, is really enough for me.

so what I am looking for, maybe is a book showing me just the practical side of how to record different kind of instruments, it's better if it can introduce some uncommon instruments, because I read a lot about guitars/ bass/ drums.

Any, please?

Check https://recording.org/threads/home-recording-acoustics-construction-books.58378/