janzen@angora.DEC (Tom J. LMO4-2/B5 279-5421) (10/23/85)
The Multitrack Primer By Dick Rosmini $4.95 Tascam TEAC Production Products 1978 Teac Corporation of America 7733 Telegraph Road Montebello CA90640 Table of Contents: Set-Up and layout 2 Advises looseness and sloppiness to enhance accessability (my kind of guy) The Decibel Impedance matching and Line Levels 9 The Nanoweber and Standard Tape Reference Levels 15 (in other words, don't worry) Cables 16 an ad for teac cables Studio Acoustics 22 The Tent 27 The baffles 29 ceiling treatment 32 As you can see, the bulk is in here. There are many drawings and suggestions for dampening home studios with blankets, carpets, standing screens, covering windows, and so on. Cue systems 36 advises cheap earphones for cue systems microphones 37 The are many helpful line drawings on every page illustrating the text. The information is different from the Anderton, so it may complement it. Its introduction to sound as a physical phenomenon is good enough, although the opening of the book seems quickly written and disorganized, although the information shapes up in the following sections. Tom Janzen Digital Equipment 150 Locke Marlboro MA 01752