Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles [Hardcover]

Part 1: Getting Started? 1. Introduction? 2. How to Listen: Loudspeakers, Headphones, Listening Rooms??3. Understanding Microphones? Part 2: Recording Orchestra? 4. The Orchestra and Its Various Iterations? 5. The Hall, as a Recording Venue? 6. The Main Microphones? 7. Recording Strings? 8. Recording Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion? 9. Recording Harp, Piano, Celeste and Organ? Part 3: Variations on a Theme? 10. Recording Chorus? 11. Recording Concertos? 12. Recording Solo Voice and Orchestra? Part 4: The Recording Session? 13. The Role of the Producer in Classical Music Recording? 14. How to Carry Out a Successful Recording Session? 15. Live Concerts, Live Opera and Productions with Video? Part 5: Other Classical Music Ensembles? 16. Recording Wind Symphony and Brass Band? 17. Recording Chamber Orchestra? 18. Recording String Quartet? 19. Recording Woodwind and Brass Quintet? 20. Recording Piano with Other Instruments? 21. Recording Solo Piano? 22. Recording Classical Crossover Projects? Part 6: Post Production? 23. Editing? 24. Mixing? 25. Final Assembly and Mastering? Part 7: Multichannel Recording and Mixing? 26. How to Listen in Surround Sound? 27. Recording and Mixing for 5.1 Surround Sound? 28. Recording and Mixing for Immersive/3D Content? 29. Film Score Recording and Mixing? Part 8: Case Studies??30. Recording Orchestra - Case Studies? 31. Recording Chamber Music - Case Studies

Richard King is a multi-Grammy Award winner who specializes in recording classical, jazz and film score music. He is Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montr?al, where he teaches in the Sound Recording area. A long-standing member and Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, Richard is a regular convention presenter and panelist, and he il£h