Do you read real paper books about music and audio? Which books have made an impact, or changed your musical life?
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Bobby Owsinski’s books are the absolute best for me. I always find them a good read.
I’ve been looking at the Golden Ears program from Dave Moulton and I have to say it’s helping here and there in different situations in sessions.
Yeah, I’m a big fan of the Golden Ears program. They’ve helped me out immensely, although I haven’t gotten the chance to complete it. Those last few chapters look intimidating though, recognizing reverb and delay times…
Bobby’s The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook is a great read as well.
Other of my favorites include:
Modern Recording Techniques, David Miles Huber & Robert E. Runstein.
Howard Massey’s Behind the Glass I & II are inspiring to say the least.
The Hal Leonard Recording Method by Bill Gibson are amazing guides too, for easy to understand information.
My $0.02
I think David Allen’s Getting Things Done seminars are awesome.
Thanks for your comment Victor. I just realised that the original title talked about “Audio Books”, which is confusing. I changed the title to “Books About Audio” to reflect what I really mean. ;-)
I’ve always been fond of “Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools” by Roey Izhaki. It’s not terribly in-depth, but gives a good foundation and pretty much instantly made my mixes better. It gave me a better understanding of how certain things work (compressors, expanders, modulation, etc.) which definitely helped more than simply knowing what they do and how to use them (if that makes sense).
Great book.
It helps me clarify and learn a lots of things. The compression part really helped.
Anyone thinking about recording popular music should read “behind the glass” I would put a link but I’m typing this on my phone.
My number one choice is easy:
Mastering Audio: The Art and Science by Bob Katz.
Lots of fundamentals, certainly not just for mastering engineers.
I’m currently enjoying “Mixing With Your Mind” by Michael Paul Stavrou. Interesting ideas and a slightly different approach to the norm. Not finished yet, but quite inspiring.
A book that catapulted me over some of the hurdles of my understanding of music production was the ‘Quick Guide To Analogue Synthesis’ by Ian Waugh.
If anybody reading this is really new to production and are just messing with samples, get looking into simple guides to analogue synthesis because this fundamental knowledge is the the key to making original sounds.
•Absolutely love Good Vibrations by Mark Cunningham a history of record production with great recording techniques.
•Behind the Glass by Howard Massey – a must read
•Temples of Sound by Cogan & Clark – another great one on the original techniques used in studios.
•Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools by Roey Izhaki
•Production Mixing Mastering with Waves by Anthony Egizii
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I’ve lately been reading “Microsound” by Curtis Roads, and I think it’s must-read for people interested in sound design, granular synthesis, particle synthesis, electronic music, etc.