Home Recording for Dummies

• Record on a tablet or in your home studio
• Capture live sounds or record virtual instruments
• Edit, mix, and master your final tracks

Record like a pro--wherever you want

You no longer need an expensive professional studio to record pitch-perfect music. Today, the tools to create high-fidelity, multi-track audio are found on computers, tablets, and even smartphones. This friendly, no-jargon guide from a master musician, composer, and recording engineer shows you how to use technology to lay down, edit, mix, and master your ideas. Along the way you'll get insider tips that help you create your sound and transform your good recordings into great ones.

Inside...

• Acquire the right hardware
• Find the ideal recording space
• Get to know different mics
• Record live or virtual sounds
• Get rhythmic with tracks and loops
• Enhance and edit tracks
• Polish songs to perfection
• Distribute your finished product

Jeff Strong is a percussionist, composer, recording engineer, researcher, and Director of the Strong Institute--an auditory brain stimulation research organization--and creator of Brain Shift Radio (BSR), an interactive brain stimulation music site.