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Magazine articles

Digital Video Magazine

2008 article on Audio Self-Education. Index to DV Magazine on-line tutorials and features about sound for video. (About one a month since late 1995.) Special section for readers of Digital Video Magazine. How to work with music libraries (from DV) Reviews and contact info for music libraries Say What? Editing Voice Tracks Like a Pro.(DV Magazine, 4/01)

Who Are These People In Suits? Dealing with commercial recording sessions (Recording Magazine, 3/97)

"Premiere Unplugged" Special audio effects without using special audio plugins (adobe.com, 1996)

"How to Watch a Tradeshow Demo"Satire (Videography, NAB 1995)

Books

Producing Great Sound for Film and Video(Current top-seller in category at Amazon.com, now in its third edition.) Hundreds of professional, real-world tricks and techniques that'll help you from pre-production through the final mix. Lots of tips, platform-independent instructions, and time-savers. Expanded coverage of audio at the shoot, including boom, lav, and wireless techniques... getting the best sound from popular cameras and double-system recorder... narrative film techniques.

Details, table of contents, sample text, and links to discount sales.

Audio Postproduction for Film and Video, Second Edition 460 pages with extensive chapters on voice editing, using music, equalization, noise reduction, mixdown techniques and other studio tricks; lots of cookbook recipes. Includes 1-hour audio CD of tutorials, demonstrations, and diagnostics. Also now available in German and Russian translations.

Details, table of contents, sample text, and links to discount sales.

First Book of Macintosh with Carla Rose (out of print)

Everything You Wanted to Know about the Mac with Carla Rose (out of print)

Maclopedia contributor (out of print)

Web-exclusive audio articles

How much does mp3 really take away? A scientific demonstration.

Range Finder What's actually going on at different frequencies? A graphic/audio demonstration.

Sound Tricks Oct. '03 presentation before the Audio Engineering Society, Boston Section, about manipulating reality in film and TV tracks.

Balancing Act How to use balanced wiring... and why.

Attenuators! Most MiniDV cameras will sound better with an external preamp or mixer, but these devices put out too large a signal for the cameras. Here's a brief excerpt from my book Producing Great Sound for Digital Video, Second Edition, which explains how to adapt the signal properly.

How to avoid hum in cable tv hookups

Multimedia file formats

The audio spectrum

How to use line-level audio with older Macs

Suggested sample rates for multimedia

Playing audio through a phone line

Samples of various internet audio compression techniques

An analog myth debunked.

Burwen audio processor documentation
(Not written by Jay Rose, but supplied by inventor Dick Burwen and protected by copyright.)

Dynamic Noise Filter description

Dynamic Noise Filter schematic

Transient Noise Eliminator service manual

Transient Noise Eliminator calibration

Transient Noise Eliminator schematic

New Edition March '08
Amazon.com's staff reviewer called it "Fascinating... packed with useful information and tips". Videography says it's "a must-have..."

New Edition Oct. '08
Creative Cow says "...even producers who have substantial audio production experience will learn a few things... Every serious non-linear editor should have this book." Millimeter says "The chapter on dialogue editing alone is worth the price of the book."

Special index for readers of DV magazine.

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