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Guerrilla Home Recording, Second Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Coryat, K
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 143143
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 251
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 1423454464
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9781423454465
ASIN: 1423454464
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
A clever resource for the ever-growing home recording market. The revised edition is updated with a greater focus on digital recording techniques, the most powerful tools available to the home recordist. There are chapters devoted to instrument recording, humanizing drum patterns, mixing with plug-ins and virtual consoles, and a new section on using digital audio skills. And since, many true "Guerrillas" still record to analog tape, we have retained the best of that world. This edition features many more graphics than in the original edition, further enforcing Guerrilla Home Recording's reputation as the most readable, user-frienly recording title on the market.
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 I'd give six stars if I could November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The following passage, headed "Don't Sweat Acoustics" (p. 12), is typical of the author's approach:
"Most recording books include entire chapters on how to improve your studio's acoustics. But in the Guerrilla studio, the room is irrelevant -- you should be able to move your gear into the garage or a VW bus and still get just about the same sound. . . . As a musician you probably don't have the time, money, or interest to bother with building homemade diffusers and bass traps. That's okay -- it'll be our secret."
If you're an audiophile or a studio expert (or both), this book likely isn't for you. For me, it's as close to perfect as I'm likely to find. I want to learn to make clean, solid recordings in the space available to me, with what gear I can afford. This book explains how, simply and clearly. It's a great resource. My compliments and gratitude to Mr. Coryat.
The July 2008 Second Edition Rocks! November 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Guerrila Home Recording Guerrilla Home Recording, Second Edition is intentionally deceptively simple in concept and design but the message it delivers is both straight forward and powerful. Equipment doesn't matter as much as knowledge, technique and having a plan.
The author, Karl Coryat, has been recording at home for decades. He realizes all recordists do not have the time, experience, resources or money that recording studios have. His book is about making intelligent choices and compromises to overcome the shortcomings while still making top quality recordings. It doesn't matter if you've been recording for years or if you're new to the hobby you'll learn and enjoy while you learn. You will make better tracks, mixes and masters after reading this book.
I love the author's attitude in this book. He's not an equipment snob or purist. A Teac PortaStudio cassete recorder, Pro-Tools computer software and MIDI are all tools to be used within his system. Best of all, as you learn to use the advice given in this book, you'll be able to make better equipment choices to better enjoy what you get.
The book devotes a complete chapter to how to set up your gear to record acoustic instruments, make your singing voice sound better, record a live band or drums, etc. The advice is practical, easy to remeber and follow. If you're stranded on a desert island filled with instruments and a recorder, this is the one book to have onhand.
Best value for money from my experience February 28, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm amateur musician. I own rehersal/studio room in my basement. I'm also an electronic engineer too. This is book for me. My gear is weird and cheap. Tascam 688 ($200), Behringer XM8500 (vocal mic - $50), Behringer XM1800S (drum mics $10 each), Behringer DSP Ultramizer 2024 ($120). Instruments are much better. After reading this book I've tried to do a recording following advices from it. After we listen my "production" my friend have been sitting with opened mouth for maybe 2 minutes. After that he say something like: "Well.... it definitely DOES NOT sound like it was recorded in a basement"
Advices are simple, clearly explained. They engage also Your own imagination and gain Your creativity.
This book helped me to explore what I've already had. I've got a rare kind of satisfaction to do something better while spending a few dollars.
I cannot say what value this book presents to professionals, but for amateurs I can give it the highest notes. What definitely have helped me is the fact that I was very familiar with such terms as "signal path", "freqency spectrum" and overall electronical knowledge. But people who doesn't understand all this there is well fitted explanation. Not too detailed, only as much as You need to follow.
Great book.
 Home recording book ok February 8, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is reasonable. It explains EQ, mics, etc with pictures and diagrams so anyone can get it. I guess with the modern age of computer based recording a lot of it is obsolete.
 Great book with lots of good info November 4, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is definately worth getting. Most of us can't really afford a full studio, so we can make use of these tricks and techniques. Plenty of info on how to make your home recording sound more like a pro-recording, or at least stand out from OTHER home recordings.
The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that he spends more time reffering to using tape than computer based systems. Given the current state of things, most of us will be using a computer to record onto, rather than tape. He does cover it in some parts, but not at the level I feel he should.
Over all, its a great book that every beginning recording engineer should read.
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