The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition

The ol' fart writes another great book to impart his recording knowledge to us. I give it 5 stars. A lot of good information on tracking your instruments, especially about micing techniques. And some conversations with other recording engineer's giving their little tips and advice. I would also recommend Warren Huart's "Home Studio Recording", Karl Coryat's "Guerrilla Home Recording", and Mixerman's "Musician's Survival Guide" and you'll be all set to either record your own songs or other people's. If you are a musician you can use all this info to produce some of your own records until you can hire your own producer so you can really focus on the music.

Some excellent information, both in the author's text and in the interviews with Engineers.

Bought 5th edition after owning 4th edition, both for Kindle. The written content is good, but for some reason, there are a whole bunch of photos and diagrams missing from the book that show up only as a blurry red “X”. There are dozens of these throughout the book. Some missing images are just supposed to be equipment photos, but others are diagrams to illustrate key concepts from the text. This was not a problem with the 4th edition. UPDATE: Missing images finally fixed! Excellent book!

Great book! It was assigned for a graduate course I was taking. Lots of great information.

Easy to read and use

I have been recording music performances since around 1968. The learning curve can be filled with inaccurate information from amateurs. Bobby Owsinski has a reputation for being among the most informed teachers. I have owned several of his books over the years and I keep myself updated with the most recent edition because I end up recommending his books to fellow audio engineers. I have even purchased an online course from Bobby. I have learned so much from his books and courses.

This book is very well written and organized. Even just the first section alone - on microphones - is filled with well explained details and information that I had not previously found in all my googling on the topic. Super helpful book written by a very experienced recording and mixing engineer.

Bobby Owsinski's books are always a sure thing from one of the preeminent Engineers in the recording industry. They are the reference "go to" books and written so that the concept is easily understood. I have the hard copy of this book and also bought the digital version for it's convenience.

For many, this is considered the go-to book on recording. Used as a text book in training programs and at home on the shelves of countless studios. It is one of a couple of books that I would highly recommend for anyone interested in learning more.

Muchísima información respecto a micrófonos, su posición, cómo microfonear cada instrumento, grabación, consejos... Detalladísimo. Una auténtica gozada de libro! Muy interesantes además las entrevistas a distintos ingenieros de sonido en la última parte del libro.

Es mi biblia de trabajo en estudio y eventos en vivo, tuve una copia de la edición pasada por muchos años hasta que me pude dar el lujo de comprar la nueva hace meses y no sale de mi mochila; es la guía perfecta para planear y resolver grabaciones y stage plots en vivo, excelente libro.

This is a Godsend 🤠

As I am currently studying for a degree in Audio engineering I think this book is a great asset to my studying. I really do recommend this book it's easy to understand and illustrated well