This book provides a step-by-step explanation of the tools needed to work with multitrack tape, film and video - how each technology works, how it is used, when it is most appropriate, and what can go wrong. From recording set-ups using home recording equipment, up to top professional recording, film and television studios, you will see how the devices that play such an important role in today's music recording are selected, interconnected and used. Filled with diagrams, charts and photographs, as well as a complete glossary. Updated to include information on project studios, Modular Digital Multitracks, Time Code DAT, MIDI Machine Control, and more.