The Acoustic Musician's Guide to Sound Reinforcement and Live Recordings

Learn how to set up and operate a sound system that helps musicians deliver the best possible performances. In this book, Mike Sokol shares more than 25 years of experience in performance, recording and sound reinforcement, presenting never-before-published techniques for delivering the best possible sound in both live performance and recording studios. Understand selection and placement of speakers, amplifiers, microphones, pickups and other critical components. Discover what you need to know about effects, sound processing, monitors and mixing boards. Walk step-by-step through preparing for a performance, recording performances, even mastering and manufacturing cassettes and CDs for maximum sound quality. Quite simply, this is the book every sound engineer and acoustic musician has been waiting for.