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The Voice Actor’s Guide
to Professional Home Recording
 by
James R. Alburger
 

 Contents

• A note about the links in this e-book
•   Internal links
•   Internet links
•    Navigating the links
• Introduction
• The Basics of a “Home Studio”
•   You studio’s purpose
•   Essential ingredients and equipment for a home studio
• About the technical information
•   Why the technical “stuff” is important
•   Important Technical Terms You Need to Know
•    Audio Terms Worth Knowing
•    Computer Terms Worth Knowing
• Audio basics
•   A bit about sound
•   Microphone Level vs. Line Level
•   Connectors and Adaptors are your friend
•    Chart of Connectors and Adaptors
• How microphones work
•   The critical component
•   Microphone basics
•   Microphone technique
•    Working the microphone
•    Never blow into the microphone
•    Let the engineer adjust the microphone
•    Holding the microphone
• Choosing the equipment that’s right for you
•   Your home studio location
•   ”Fixing” bad room acoustics
•   Choose a good microphone
•   Monitoring your audio
•   Analog or digital? How will you get audio into your computer?
•   Purchasing your studio equipment
• Your computer – the heart of your home studio
•   Choosing between a desktop and a laptop/notebook computer
• Purchasing your laptop or notebook computer
•   Memory 
• Recording on a Hard Disk
• How will you record your audio? (software: free, cheap & pricey)
• Using your laptop at home
• Your recording environment at home or on-the-road – a review
• Setting up and using your studio
•   Using USB
•   Using an analog mixer
•     Input section
•     Output section
•     Monitor section
•   Using a telephone interface
•   ISDN – is it really necessary – and just what is it anyway?
•   Using an external Firewire/USB hard drive
• Organizing your computer
•   Backing-up your projects
• Everything you need to know about MP3
•   Delivering your audio files
•   Delivery via recordable media
•   Delivery via email 
•   Delivery via an FTP website
• That’s a wrap
• Appendix 1: Internet resources for more information
• Appendix 1: How to build a simple acoustic baffle for under $25
• Appendix 2: Home studio equipment configurations
•   Low budget
•   Mid budget
•   A Mac home studio configuration
•   Additional equipment to upgrade any studio

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