Jean-Michel Reveillac - Recording and Voice Processing, Volume 1

1 Chapter 1Table 1.1. Some digital audio workstations (this list is far from exhaustive)

2 Chapter 3Table 3.1. Some models of dynamic moving coil microphones with their main charac...Table 3.2. Some ribbon microphone models with their main characteristics 38. For ... Table 3.3. Some condenser microphone models 39with their main characteristics (n... Table 3.4. Some models of USB microphones

3 Chapter 4Table 4.1. Major manufacturers of absorbent panels (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.2. Major manufacturers of diffusers (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.3. Major manufacturers of acoustic booths (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.4. Major manufacturers of isolation shields (this list is not exhaustive...Table 4.5. Major manufacturers of pop filters (this list is not exhaustive)

4 Appendix 2Table A2.1. USB type-A and type-B pinoutTable A2.2. USB mini-A and micro-B pinout

5 Appendix 3 Table A3.1. Some compression plugins Table A3.2. Some equalization plugins Table A3.3. Some De-Esser plugins Table A3.4. Some reverb plugins

1 Conclusion

2 Appendices

3 Appendix 1. Sound Unit

4 Appendix 2. Audio Connectivity

5 Appendix 3. Audio Processing Plugins

6 Appendix 4. Tube and JFET Microphone Amplifiers

7 Appendix 5. Microphone Pairs

8 Glossary

9 References

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

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Jean-Michel Réveillac

First published 2021 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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ISBN 978-1-78630-670-8

If you want to know if this book is for you, how it is constructed and organized, what it contains and what conventions will be used, you’ve come to the right place, this is the place to start.

This book is intended for all those who, amateur or professional, are interested in sound recording, recording and mixing in the field of singing and voice or musicians, performers, commentators and composers.

The work presented in some sections requires minimum knowledge in the field of acoustics and digital audio.

You must have a good knowledge of your computer’s operating system (paths, folders and directories, files, names, extensions, copying, moving, etc.) and know how to handle a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), such as Avid Pro Tools, Apple Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, Steinberg Cubase, FL Studio, MOTU Digital performer, Cockos Reaper, etc., or a digital integrated studio, such as Tascam DP-03SD, Tascam DP32, Roland VS-1680, Akai DPS16HD, Yamaha AW4416, etc.

This work is composed of two volumes:

1) history and generalities;

2) studio work.

Volume 1 presents a preface, specifying the contents and the writing conventions used, then an introduction followed by four chapters, a conclusion and five appendices:

– recording history;

– voice;

– microphones;

– acoustic environment.

The conclusion summarizes the main topics discussed and introduces the concepts that will be addressed in the second volume.

Appendices 1–5 provide some additional information. You will find in this order:

– sound unit;

– audio connectivity;