3rd Edition
Audio Engineering 101 A Beginner's Guide to Music Production
1. What Is Sound? Seven Important Characteristics 2. How to Listen. Remember When Your Parents Told You to Listen? Well, You Should Have Listened! 3. EQ Points of Interest. Frequencies Made Easy 4. Mixing Consoles. So Many Knobs, So Little Time 5. Signal Flow. The Keys to Directing Audio Traffic 6. Microphone Guide and Their Uses. Hey, Is This Thing On? 7. Signal Processors. Toys You Could Play With for Days! 8. Studio Session Procedures. How a Recording Session Happens and in What Order 9. Basic Acoustics. How to Make Your Recording Space Sound Better 10. The History of Audio. It Helps to Know Where You Came From 11. People Skills. Recording Isn’t All Technical! 12. Now That I Am Dangerous, Should I Get an Internship? 13. Jobs. What Can I Do With These Skills? 14. FAQs. Hear It From the Pros
Biography
Tim Dittmar is a musician, songwriter, audio engineer, producer, and educator. Tim began his professional audio career in the late 80s at Cedar Creek Studio in Austin, TX. He has been a full-time faculty member and served as the department chair at Austin Community College, USA, since 2000 for Audio Technology & Industry (ATI).
