INDEX Acoustics ear training, 86­87 reflections, 87 ADAT optical, 42, 53 ADSR, see Envelope AES3, 43, 49, 54 After-touch, MIDI, 184 Alternate loop, 151 Alto, 77 Ambience elimination, 95­101 microphone placement for capturing, 88­95 Analog-to-digital converter, 42­44 Arrangement, instruments, 173­174 Articulation, 182 Audio interface alternatives, 46­47 expansion card, 44 FireWire, 45 mLAN, 45 monitoring, 46 USB, 45 Audio sweetening, 187 Balanced cable, 54­55 Banana plug connector, 51­52 Bass, 77 Battery, creation, 67­68 Bidirectional microphone, 89­90, 99 Bit depth, 140 Blumlein technique, 92 BNC connector, 43, 52­53 Boosting, equalizer, 127­128 Bounce to disc, 140 Breath control, MIDI, 184 Buying, guidelines for gear, 59­60 Cable balanced versus unbalanced, 54­55 MIDI, 56­58 types, 54 Cardioid microphone, 95 Chamberlain sample player, 11 Chamberlin, Harry, 191, 196 Chorus, 121 Classic studio technique, 192­193 Clipping, editing, 114 Combination editing style, 112 Composition definition, 174 musical terms, 176­178 orchestration, 175 planning, 174­176 prescription, 175­176 sample usage layering sounds, 186­187 melodic development, 185 melodic motion, 186 string ensemble, 188­189 timbre, 185 techniques imitation, 181 intervallic contraction, 180 intervallic expansion, 179­180 inversion, 180 repetition, 181 206