<P>This hands-on, practical guide covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this book gives advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced), suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also instructs how to judge recordings and improve them to produce maximum results. <BR></P><P>New in the sixth edition: </P><P>* Complete update of digital media material, including updated equipment and microphone descriptions <BR>* Digital performers and computer DAWs<BR>*Additional material regarding ProTools ability to let owners choose other interfaces with their software <BR>* More information on how the hook-ups in a studio work, with more advice on setting up a home project studio, and expansion of location recording material <BR>* Further information on things like Auto-tune and multiband limiting, a useful plug-in round up <BR>* Further information on workflow, addressing issues like file formats, uploading & downloading of songs and materials, and use of a computer as a recording device <BR>* Expansion on Internet issues <BR>* Updated home studio setup information, including the workflow with Windows 7 and Mac OSX <BR>* Expansion of technicalities of MIDI, including data structure and controller codes</P><P></P>