(Technical Reference). Gone are the days when home recording was limited to four tracks of tape hiss on a cassette porta-studio. Now, limitless digital multitrack recording and a vast array of outboard effects and processors are available to anyone with a computer. Add a few other essentials such as a microphone, some headphones & monitors, and you’ve got a home studio capable of making professional recordings worthy of airplay and release. What you might not have is the know-how to harness all that vast potential … which is where the Home Recording Handbook comes in. In this latest entry in Backbeat’s best-selling handbook series, author Dave Hunter shows you how to make pro-sounding recordings without pro budgets. Packed with tips and techniques born out of years of recording experience.