Alan Parsons - 'Art & Science Of Sound Recording'

DVD ONE Alan introduces the program from the GRAMMY museum in Los Angeles, tracing the development of sound recording from Edison to MP3 • An Introduction To Recording • Studio Acoustics • Microphones • Consoles And Controllers • Digital Audio And Computers • Monitoring • MIDI DVD TWO A large part of being able to conduct a good recording is knowing how to listen. This section not only provides fact-based answers as to EQ frequencies and the various ways they can be adjusted, it also gives you tools that you can use to train yourself how to ‘hear’ more analytically. • EQ • Compressors And Limiters • Noise Gates • Reverb • Delays • Band Tracking Session • Vocals • Internet Recording DVD THREE Simon Phillips provides one of the most comprehensive looks at the art and science of recording drums ever undertaken. From tuning, to acoustics, to mic usage, to recording approaches, Simon and Alan provide the tools to getting a great drum sound – one of the consistently most elusive aspects of modern recording. Drummer of The Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins is also interviewed. • Drums • Keyboards • Bass • Guitar • Acoustic Guitar With Voice • Recording A Choir • Approaches To Live Recording • Mixing • Dealing With Disasters Chuck Ainlay -Producer, Engineer, Sugarland, Dire Straits; Niko Bolas -Engineer, Neil Young, Melissa Etheridge; Tony Brown -Producer, Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, George Strait. Piano player, Elvis Presley; Richard Dodd -Recording/Mastering Engineer, Kings Of Leon, Dixie Chicks; Jimmy Douglass -Producer, Engineer, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Bjork, Jay-Z Nathan East -Bass player, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Dionne Warwick; Taylor Hawkins -Drummer, Foo Fighters. Alanis Morisette; Rami Jaffee -Keyboardist, The Wallflowers, Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Johnny Cash; Sylvia Massey -Producer, Engineer, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, System Of A Down, Beck; Simon Phillips -Legendary Drummer, The Who, Toto; Tim Pierce -Top LA session guitarist, Crowded House, Michael Jackson, Goo Goo Dolls; Jack Joseph Puig -Producer, Engineer, John Mayer, Green Day, Weezer, U2, No Doubt; Simon Rhodes -Senior Film/Classical Recording Engineer, Abbey Road Studios (Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone and countless other movie classics etc. etc.