Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition
ROGER’S METHOD. A WORKING STUDIO.
The Roger Nichols Recording Method
Choose the microphone. Find the position. Get the signal right. Then listen.
Roger Nichols explains the decisions behind a recording: how to leave headroom, keep useful takes, make clean edits and build a mix that serves the performance. This revised and expanded edition keeps his stories and practical instruction, with current color illustrations and apStudio screenshots.
Work with the Street Life multitracks Roger recorded for this project. All performances are supplied. The companion exercises teach recording processes, editing and mixing in apStudio, our browser-based DAW. Optional microphone exercises let you try Roger’s methods with a source of your own. The skills transfer to other DAWs.
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FROM SOURCE TO FINISHED MIX
Learn the decisions behind the controls.
Roger’s instruction follows the signal through a complete recording workflow. The book connects what you hear with what you do next.
Microphones and signal paths
Placement, acoustics, proximity effect, levels, routing and digital audio.
Takes and editing
Retained takes, comp building, punch-ins, clean edits and crossfades.
Mixing
EQ, compression, shared reverb, automation and critical listening.
Delivery
Export settings, keeping the editable session and preparing finished files.
Your book includes the companion course.
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The course uses supplied performances. Save your work locally as you follow the exercises in apStudio.
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