Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Acoustic Ensemble Recording -- Chuck Ainlay -- Jerry Douglas -- Mark O'Connor -- Bil VornDick -- Brent Truitt -- 2 Analog versus Digital -- Tony Visconti -- Nick Launay -- Jacquire King -- 3 Bass -- Norbert Putnam -- Jacquire King -- Leland Sklar -- Jim Scott -- Dylan Dresdow -- David Z (David Rivkin) -- Sam Taylor -- Eddy Offord -- Jim Dickinson -- 4 Brass -- Ken Kessie -- Greg Adams -- Jeff Powell -- Wayne Jackson -- Ralph Sutton -- Shelly Yakus -- 5 Creative Production and Recording -- Roy Thomas Baker -- Eddie Delena -- Joe Hardy -- Jacquire King -- Mark Freegard -- Paul Grupp -- John Agnello -- Bob Kruzen -- John Hampton -- Jeff Powell -- Dylan Dresdow -- Jim Dickinson -- 6 Cue Mixes -- Brian Ahern -- John Guess -- Jeff Powell -- Clif Norrell -- Terry Brown -- David Briggs -- 7 Drum Teching -- Steve Ebe -- Pat Foley -- Don Gehman -- Robert Hall -- Craig Krampf -- Ronan Chris Murphy -- 8 Drums -- Nick Launay -- Nile Rodgers -- Elliot Scheiner -- Jim Scott -- Ken Scott -- Ralph Sutton -- Dave Bianco -- Dylan Dresdow -- Jacquire King -- Russ Long -- Skidd Mills -- David Thoener -- Kenny Aronoff -- Roger Hawkins -- Peter Collins -- John Hampton -- 9 Dynamic Signal Processing -- Richard Dodd -- Jim Scott -- Michael Wagener -- Michael Brauer -- Joe Hardy -- Bruce Swedien -- Ken Kessie -- John Hampton -- 10 Evolution, Where We Are, Looking Forward, Giving Back, and Life Stuff -- Wayne Kramer -- Nathaniel Kunkel -- Tony Shepperd -- The Tech Breakfast -- The Music Industry and Reinvention -- David Kershenbaum -- Richard Gibbs -- Rick Clark -- 11 Field Recording and Film Sound -- Christopher Boyes -- Ben Cheah -- Dennis Hysom -- Rodger Pardee -- 12 Game Audio -- Greg Allen -- Jerry Berlongieri -- Mentoring: General Advice -- 13 Guitar: Electric and Acoustic -- Jim Scott -- Stephen Barncard -- Russ Long.

Nick Launay -- Dylan Dresdow -- Ronan Chris Murphy -- Michael Wagener -- Skidd Mills -- David Z -- Adrian Belew -- John Jennings -- 14 Keyboards -- Tony Visconti -- Cookie Marenco -- Leanne Ungar -- Christopher Greenleaf -- 15 Live Engineering and Recording -- Dave Morgan -- 16 Mastering -- Bob Ludwig -- What to Supply to a Mastering Engineer -- The Evolution of Mastering -- Andrew Mendelson -- Greg Calbi -- Twenty-First-Century Vinyl Mastering -- Cutting from Digital Masters -- Cutting from Analog Masters -- Gavin Lurssen -- Jim DeMain -- 17 Mixing -- Bob Clearmountain -- Richard Dodd -- Dave Pensado -- Dylan Dresdow -- Ken Kessie -- Phil Ramone -- Ronan Chris Murphy -- Bill Schnee -- Kevin Shirley -- Tom Tucker -- Matt Wallace -- Jim Scott -- 18 Recording Strings and Orchestras -- Richard Dodd -- Ellen Fitton -- Bud Graham -- Tony Visconti -- Milan Bogdan -- Mark Evans -- 19 Percussion -- Mike Couzzi -- Rik Pekkonen -- Eric Schilling -- Allen Sides -- 20 Engineering Philosophy -- Dave Pensado -- Nathaniel Kunkel -- Loud-Level Product -- Ryan Freeland -- Ronan Chris Murphy -- Jim Scott -- 21 Production Philosophy -- Tim Palmer -- Roy Thomas Baker -- Csaba Petocz -- Norbert Putnam -- David Kahne -- Tony Brown -- Joe Boyd -- David Briggs -- Jim Dickinson -- 22 Recording Piano -- Richard King -- Cookie Marenco -- Jim Dickinson -- John Hampton -- Ralph Sutton -- 23 Radio and TV Mixes -- John Agnello -- Michael Brauer -- Greg Calbi -- Richard Dodd -- Don Gehman -- Brian Lee -- Benny Quinn -- 24 Studio Design, Room Tuning, and Wiring -- George Augspurger -- Bob Hodas -- Bret Thoeny -- Chris Huston -- The Soundstage: Home Listening Room versus Studio Control Room -- The Listening Room Environment -- Reverberation and Echo -- Taking a Look at the Soundstage -- Acoustics -- Kinetic Energy and Bass Traps -- Cookie Marenco -- Michael Rhodes.

25 Surround Sound Recording and Mixing -- Steven Wilson -- Stephen Barncard -- Kevin Shirley -- Chuck Ainlay -- Steve Bishir -- Doug Mitchell -- ESE Recording and the Vibe: Rick Clark -- Starting a Label…and a Movement: Follow-Up Observations by Cookie Marenco -- 26 Tracking: Notes on Ensemble Recording in Two Locations -- Chuck Ainlay -- 27 Vocals -- Ed Cherney -- Phil Ramone -- Renee Grant-Williams -- Eric Paul -- Csaba Petocz -- Eric Schilling -- Dylan Dresdow -- Jim Scott -- Jacquire King -- Gail Davies -- Russ Long -- A: Contributor Bios -- Greg Adams -- John Agnello -- Brian Ahern -- Chuck Ainlay -- Greg Allen -- Kenny Aronoff -- George Augspurger -- Roy Thomas Baker -- Stephen Barncard -- Adrian Belew -- Jerry Berlongieri -- David Bianco -- Steve Bishir -- Milan Bogdan -- Joe Boyd -- Christopher Boyes -- Michael Brauer -- David Briggs -- Terry Brown -- Tony Brown -- Greg Calbi -- Benjamin Cheah -- Ed Cherney -- Bob Clearmountain -- Peter Collins -- Mike Couzzi -- Gail Davies -- Eddie DeLena -- Jim DeMain -- Jim Dickinson -- Richard Dodd -- Jerry Douglas -- Dylan Dresdow -- Steve Ebe -- Mark Evans -- Ellen Fitton -- Pat Foley -- Mark Freegard -- Ryan Freeland -- Don Gehman -- Richard Gibbs -- Bud Graham -- Renee Grant-Williams -- Christopher Greenleaf -- Paul Grupp -- John Guess -- Robert Hall -- John Hampton -- Joe Hardy -- Roger Hawkins -- Bob Hodas -- Chris Huston -- Dennis Hysom -- Wayne Jackson -- John Jennings -- David Kahne -- David Kershenbaum -- Ken Kessie -- Jacquire King -- Richard King -- Wayne Kramer -- Craig Krampf -- Bob Kruzen -- Nathaniel Kunkel -- Nick Launay -- Brian Lee -- Russ Long -- Bob Ludwig -- Gavin Lurssen -- Cookie Marenco -- Andrew Mendelson -- Skidd Mills -- Doug Mitchell -- Dave Morgan -- Ronan Chris Murphy -- Clif Norrell -- Mark O'Connor -- Eddy Offord -- Tim Palmer -- Rodger Pardee -- Eric Paul -- Rik Pekkonen.

Dave Pensado -- Csaba Petocz -- Jeff Powell -- Norbert Putnam -- Benny Quinn -- Phil Ramone -- Michael Rhodes -- Nile Rodgers -- Elliot Scheiner -- Eric Schilling -- Bill Schnee -- Jim Scott -- Ken Scott -- Tony Shepperd -- Kevin Shirley -- Allen Sides -- Leland Sklar -- Ralph Sutton -- Bruce Swedien -- Sam Taylor -- David Thoener -- Bret Thoeny -- Brent Truitt -- Tom Tucker -- Leanne Ungar -- Tony Visconti -- Bil VornDick -- Michael Wagener -- Matt Wallace -- Steven Wilson -- Shelly Yakus -- David Z. -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.