modrec

www.modrec.com
1. Home
– Change to MRT9 on homepage (at the right time)
– Shall we list just me as the author (in the header) starting with MRT9?
– update About the Author

*** begin About the Author ***

David Miles Huber is a four-time, Grammy-nominated producer and musician in the electronic dance and surround-sound genres, whose music has sold over the million mark. His style combines lush beats and live acoustic instruments to create a “Zen-meets-Tech experience” that’s rich, enticing and energizing. His latest music and collaborations can be heard at www.davidmileshuber.com.

Dave is also widely acclaimed in the recording industry as a digital audio consultant, author and guest lecturer on the subject of digital audio and recording technology. In addition to Modern Recording Techniques, he’s written such books as The MIDI Manual (Focal Press) and Professional Microphone Techniques (Cengage).

*** end About the Author ***

2. Have the site go directly to modrec, so that you don’t click on the book

3. (make dropdown button) “Audio Tutorials”
– (NOTE: Dave is in charge of this one)
– Can the tutorials be improved?
– Are all the tutorials there?
– ambient miking (I have new soundfiles for that)

Polar Response Tutorial (move from 7th edition tab)
The directional response of a mic refers to its sensitivity (output level) at various angles of incidence with respect to the front (on-axis) of the microphone. This angular response can be graphically charted in a way that shows a microphone’s sensitivity with respect to direction and frequency over 360° (degrees). Such a chart is commonly referred to as the mic’s polar pattern. The following audio examples demonstrate the pickup characteristics of the cardioid, bi-directional (figure8) and omnidirectional patterns.
Do It Yourself Tutorial: Polar Response
1. Download the Polar Response.ZIP file, which contains the three mp3 audio files for this tutorial. Or listen to the files by clicking on the links below.
• cardioid.mp3
• figure8.mp3
• omni.mp3
2. If you’d like to Do-It-Yourself, then…
3. Pull out several mics from each operating type and plug them in (if you don’t have several types, maybe a friend has a few you can borrow). Try mics with differing polar patterns (or switchable patterns) and listen for yourself.

4. (make menu dropdown button) “Video Tutorials”
– video tutorials should be imbedded (they’re all Yutube)
– rename the names of the video tutorials, as some have the file names in the description
– make new videos (e and I can have fun … what are some topics)

NOTE: DMH has access to the youtube channel “modreconline”
– https://www.youtube.com/user/modreconline

Video Tutorials

These hands-on tutorials help you to learn about important concepts in audio engineering and recording. These videos illustrate and expand upon information contained in Modern Recording Techniques.

Sound & Hearing – Ear Protection: The QD-1 “Howard Leight” reusable earplugs from www.sperian.com actually work… they’re reusable affordable… and did I mention that they actually work!

Studio Acoustics & Design – Rockwool Sound Absorber Video: How to build a project studio sound absorber/bass trap for very little money… this puppy works!

Microphones – Microphone Types Video: Testing various mic types in the studio.

Microphones – Proximity Effect Tutorial Video: Proximity effect is a low-frequency phenomenon that occurs in most directional mics. (Special thanks to robertlangstudios.com for the use of the studio space)

Microphones – Polar Response Tutorial Video: David Miles Huber explores the various differences in sound pickup between an omnidirectional, cardioid and bidirectional microphone pickup. (Special thanks to robertlangstudios.com for the use of the studio space)

5. Book recources
– should say “Table of Contents” not TOC
– are there any other book resources?

6. Outside Resources

Link example for all following links:
David Miles Huber

Note: All highlighted links will open in a new page

Associations (rename to Industry Index)

Academy of Country Music

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Accuracy In Media

American Federation of Musicians

American Federation of TV and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

American Music Conference

American Society of Composers

Association of Independent Music Publishers

Association of Professional Recording Services Ltd. (APRS)

Audio Engineering Society

Black Rock Coalition

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)

California Copyright Conference

Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Central Carolina Songwriters Association

Country Music Association

Directors Guild of America

Electronics Representatives Association

Future of Music

Gospel Music Association

H.E.A.R.

International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)

International Communications Industries Association

IRTS Foundation

Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc.

Lifebeat The Music Industry Fights AIDS

Los Angeles Music Network (LAMN)

MIDI Manufacturers Association

Music Distributors Association

Music Educators National Conference

Music Teachers National Association

Musicians Contact Service

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

National Association of Recording Merchandisers

National Music Council

National Music Publishers Association

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Recording Musicians Association

SESAC Inc.

Society of Composers and Lyricists

Society of Composers of Canada

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Songwriters Guild of America

SPARS (Society of Professional Audio Recording Services)

Technology Institute for Music Educators

Women’s audio mission

Free Downloads

Acid Planet
– Free Acid Loops a fully operational version of ACID Xpress (PC)

Apple iTunes

David Miles Huber

Digidesign’s Pro Tools First
– Compose, record, edit, and mix music using many of the same tools the pros use. And the best part—it’s absolutely free!

Plugin Boutique
– Pluginboutique is the place where the best music software companies come to sell their VST Plugins, Instruments and Studio Tools to Producers, Musicians and DJs worldwide. Customers can browse Best Selling and Top Rated products and can download Free VST Plugins, Demos and Trial Versions before purchasing.

Sample Craze
– Primarily dedicated to providing licence free drum loops and audio samples, SampleCraze features a collection of quality licence free audio samples on sample CD-ROMs in a variety of audio formats, with plenty of free drum loops and sound loops to demonstrate their content.

Sample Swap
– Professional quality free loops and audio samples for electronic music

Furniture (delete from link list)

Oddities (delete from link list)

Publishers (rename to Publications)

Broadcast Engineering

Resources

Audio Recording Terms Glossary

Dead Media Project
– The collected posts, research and tomes on dead media like vocoders, synthesizers, recordio, wire recorders, etc.

Digital Domain
– All you want to know about digital technology.

Fez Guys
– Archives of articles about streaming media and the industry.

Film Sound website
– A resource on film sound production.

Geek Noize
– Digital Audio recording software and hardware links.

Hitquarters
– HitQuarters presents the world’s top record company A&R’s, managers, publishers and producers, including their contact info & track records, free of charge

Pro Audio Dictionary

Recording Engineer Database

Streaming Audio Glossary

Synth Museum

Software (delete from link list)

SoundFX (delete from link list)

Tutorials (delete from link list)

Vendors (delete from link list)

Web Ring (delete from link list)

Schools & Learning

Abbey Road Institute

American University