Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

FX starts out with the basics of sound as it exists in physical form and goes on to [arguably] bigger and better things from there. Not only that but Case manages to describe rather complicated concepts in an easy to understand way due to the comprehensiveness with which he delivers descriptions of all necessary underlying ideas that precede any technical discussion. The book reads in a very accessible language with quirky, didgeridoo-centric humor thrown in here and there, and overall is an incredible reference on many subjects related to the use of effects in the studio, as well as audio, recording session workflow and etiquette, and music as a whole.The best part is you don't have to read it front to back (although you just might want to); you can flip to any page using the table of contents or even at random and learn something way wicked excellent.

This book is an incredible companion. It's needs an update! It's already 11 years old and misses so much. One sentence in particular dates this entire book: (in reference to autotune) "The lifespan of this effect is likely short." Clearly this misses the mark by a long shot. I am not advocating autotune, but in reality it is more prevalent in popular music than what the author is stating here.

Explains every concept well and starts from the very beginning to boot. Very accessible material, all easily understood and every piece patiently explained so that it unfolds gradually.I wish the book contained a DVD or CD of sound samples so we could play the before/after FX... there is an accompanying website that tries to provide this but it's not very comprehensive... Also in the time it takes to cue up the sample (buffering etc) the before/after is easily lost in the delay.

Easy to read hard and complementary topics in audio, but remember to read other mixing books first, my favorites are Mixing (Izhaki), Mixing Secrets (Senior) and Mix Smart (Case). With this one your audio mixing library is complete

I found amazing the way the author explains the decibels concepts and the basic waveforms theory, especially with their links to music. Even having some complex formulas, he showed the practical meaning for all of that.

I bought this book because it has great information on specific things, such as the how and why of compression on a detailed level. From what I have read it's a good buy.

You can learn SO much with this book. And it's very well written.

A great book about the most common effects found in recording studios. The focus is on the effects used by recording engineers, but the book was very useful even for me, who was in it more for the creative potential of sound effects for purely electronic music.There's one chapter per effect. For each, it starts explaining what the effect does in terms of basic soundwave physics. I cannot overstate how illuminating those parts are. For example, I had read before that a comb filter was actually a very short delay, but with this book I finally understand why! Then it discusses the most common parameters found on that kind of effect devices and how they affect the result. When that is done, we get to read about the most common use cases for the effect in the recording studio, with suggestions for parameter values for each case. Finally, the effect is examined in terms of the less common, more creative ways it can mangle sound.There's also a chapter on the use of effects for mixing, which again, is the most clear, practical text I've read on the subject.The book is clearly aimed at the beginning recording engineer, but electronic music producers will also benefit greatly from it and I suspect even experienced folks can learn a thing or two.

Very good

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It took me a while to get to this book as I had purchased a lot of engineering books lately. Glanced through the section on compression and found the author explaining noise and breathing or pumping in that chapter inaccurately and providing technically poor explanations in my opinion. I'm surprised to find Focal Press printing this book without vetting it through! Not recommending this book; spend $47 bucks on another good book instead!