The Acoustic Musician's Guide to Sound Reinforcement and Live Recordings

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A guide for acoustic musicians and sound engineers who work with live sound and recording, telling how to set up and operate a sound system and describing essential techniques. Explains how to set up a stage for acoustic acts and discusses the selection and placement of critical components such as speakers, amplifiers, microphones, and pickups. Contains information on working with common as well as unusual instruments such as harps, bagpipes, and steel drums, and tells how to record performances and master and manufacture cassettes and CDs. Includes b&w photos and diagrams. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Learn how to set up and operate a sound system that helps musicians deliver the best possible performances.In this book, Mike Sokol shares more than 25 years of experience in performance, recording and sound reinforcement, presenting never-before-published techniques for delivering the best possible sound in both live performance and recording studios. Learn about selection and placement of speakers, amplifiers, microphones, pickups and other critical components. Discover what you need to know about effects, sound processing, monitors and mixing boards. Sokol walks you step-by-step through preparing for a performance, recording performances, even mastering and manufacturing cassettes and CDs for maximum sound quality. This is the book every sound engineer and acoustic musician has been waiting for.This is an essential guide for all sound engineers and acoustic musicians.


The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science
Addressing the needs of both musicians and sound engineers, this unique text offers down-to-earth guidance on how to set-up the stage for acoustic acts, including selection and stage placement of speakers, amplifiers, microphones, and pick-ups. Written by a musician and engineer with 25 years experience in performance, recording, and sound reinforcement, it seeks to correct common misinformation about sound systems components, and is the only book of its kind to date which combines sound reinforcement and live recording techniques.


From the Back Cover
Learn how to set up and operate a sound system that helps musicians deliver the best possible performances.In this book, Mike Sokol shares more than 25 years of experience in performance, recording and sound reinforcement, presenting never-before-published techniques for delivering the best possible sound in both live performance and recording studios. Learn about selection and placement of speakers, amplifiers, microphones, pickups and other critical components. Discover what you need to know about effects, sound processing, monitors and mixing boards. Sokol walks you step-by-step through preparing for a performance, recording performances, even mastering and manufacturing cassettes and CDs for maximum sound quality. This is the book every sound engineer and acoustic musician has been waiting for.This is an essential guide for all sound engineers and acoustic musicians.


About the Author
Mike Sokol is founder and owner of JMS Productions, a leading provider of high-quality sound reinforcement and live recording services. The house sound engineer for the Mountain Green Concerts at the Kepler Auditorium in Hagerstown, Maryland, he has published extensively in Electronic Musician, EQ, Computer Video and other magazines.


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Mike Sokol is founder and owner of JMS Productions, a leading provider of high-quality sound reinforcement and live recording services. The house sound engineer for the Mountain Green Concerts at the Kepler Auditorium in Hagerstown, Maryland, he has published extensively in Electronic Musician, EQ, Computer Video and other magazines.


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