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Guerrilla Home Recording, 2nd Edition.(Book review)

American Music Teacher

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Guerrilla Home Recording, 2nd Edition, by Karl Coryat. Music Pro Guides; Hal Leonard, 2008. www.musicdispatch.com; (800) 637-2852. 252 pages. $24.95.

Guerrilla Home Recording: How to Get Great Sound From Any Studio (no matter how weird or cheap your gear is) misleads us. It presumes that our studios have more than old portable cassette recorders. It would even regard a computer with recording software as being woefully inadequate. While Karl Coryat indeed can assist musicians in getting the maximum recording quality out of the minimum of equipment, he still requires more than independent music teachers are likely have in our studios. Unless you're clear on your "signal-to-noise" ratio, can tell the difference between an XLR and TRS connector, and don't think "phantom power" refers to the popularity of a musical, you're in for some trouble.

The problem with most music how-to manuals is that they are written for musicians. Sure, music teachers are indeed musicians, but not in the same sense. "Musicians" aren't likely to teach classical music; most "music teachers" don't lay down drum tracks. We ...

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