Audio Recording & Mixing List

1 Principles of audio-rate frequency modulation

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/fm/fm.htm

A detailed article on the principles of Chowning" FM synthesis. Information for research about the following terms: audio rate, modulation, carrier, modulator, sidebands, reflected sidebands, Bessel function, modulator ratio, linear synthesis (Chowning) and exponential FM. This article explains the phenomenon of audio-rate frequency modulation of sound, which was explored and used compositionally and the design of one of the most successful synthesizers of all time with sub-audio-rate f

2 Analog Recording Technical Description

http://arts.ucsc.edu/EMS/Music/tech_background/TE-19/teces_19.html

The basic principle of analog recording on disk with research details on phrases such as microphone diaphragm, wiggley groove, stylus tracing and how the microphone is connected to the cutter and the pickup to the speaker. Explains how the wiggles exactly reproduces the motion of the diaphragm at the time the recording was made.

3 Principles of Digital Audio

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/etext/digital_audio/chapter5_digital.sh

An article explaining the basic principles of computer-generated sound and sound files types.

4 Digital Audio Tape Recorder (DAT) Primer

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/dat.htm

Complete instructions for using Digital Audio Tape Recorders, including ID numbering.

5 Microphones and Connectors

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/micropho.htm

A primer of common connectors, cables, microphone types, mixing patterns and terms. Defines microphones as a type of transducer, turning minute changes in air pressure into equivalent fluctuations of electrical currents.

6 Mixing Console Basics

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/mixer.html

A description of controls commonly found on professional audio mixers. Includes information on input channels, microphones, line input cables Tells detailed information on the phantom power button, condenser mikes, trim pots which allow each individual channel to be balanced with the others and control the channel preamps, equalization which is used to adjust the amount of boost or cut (attenuation) for high, midrange and low frequency bands.

7 Mixing Console Troubleshooting

http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/mxrtrbl.html

A checklist of common mixing console problems and their solutions. Such as no sound coming from the mixing board through the speakers and no sound from the input channels.

8 Sonic State: The Directory

http://www.sonicstate.com

Details of studios, engineers, producers, remixers, composers, record companies, etc.