Sound Production and Engineering Analysis: Three Pop Songs

These days signal processing has become one of the strongest facets of audio and music production. The function of a signal processor is to modify an audio signal in some intended fashion, in either the analog or digital realm. While effecting all parts of audio production, processing is most useful in controlling: amplitude level (dynamic range), the spectral content of a waveform (equalization), and effects (such as delay, reverb, recreating room ambience, etc) (Huber, 2001). Keeping …

…a story; a song should have a prominent introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and an end. Ween's "So Many People in the Neighborhood" has a superior mix that accomplishes this sequence to the tee. Works Cited Huber, David Miles. Modern Recording Techniques, 5th Edition. Boston: Focal Press, <Tab/>2001 Keene, Sheman. Practical Techniques for the Recording Engineer. 3rd Edition. California: <Tab/>MixBooks, 1989. <Tab/>