The big recording studio is quickly becoming a defunct model. Musicians are working in lofts, living rooms, garages, and on the go everywhere. This book is a complete guide to the techniques and methods of large studios that can help today's home-studio musician/engineer succeed. The reader will learn from classic studio techniques, blending these ideas with digital processing and editing, loops, sound experimentation, production and arranging tips and tricks, and mixing and mastering how-to's for the laptop age.