The Recording Engineer's Handbook / Fifth Edition

The 5th edition of the best-selling The Recording Engineer’s Handbook by Bobby Owsinski reveals the microphone and recording techniques used by the world’s top recording engineers. From practical microphone basics, to in-the-box DAW recording, to session setup strategies, to surround sound recording methods, you’ll find everything you need to know to lay down great tracks in any recording situation, in any musical genre, and in any studio.

The Recording Engineer’s Handbook 5th Edition is a staple in recording programs around the world, and features interviews with great engineer’s of all genres, including Al Schmitt, Eddie Kramer, Chuck Ainlay, Bruce Botnick, Michael Bishop, Wyn Davis, Sylvia Massy, and Mack. The book also features multiple ways to mic just about any instrument you can think of, as well as an overview and history of both old and new classic microphones.

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.