Classical Recording

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Glossary of terms, acronyms, and abbreviations

Glossary of recording attributes

part i Before recording

1 Acoustics and the recording venue

1.1 Brief introduction to room acoustics

1.2 What to be aware of when looking at a venue

1.3 What can you do to help with poor acoustics?

2 Studio techniques and working on location

2.1 Equipment

2.2 Practicalities at the recording venue

2.3 Rigging microphones and running cables

2.4 The control room

2.5 Studio communications: talkback, telephones, and cue lights

2.6 Optimising recording workflow

2.7 Running the session

part ii Recording

3 Basic two-microphone stereo techniques

3.1 Co-incident microphone techniques

3.2 Spaced omnis

3.3 Spaced and angled cardioids ...