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4th November 2008
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Oct 2007
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Thread Starter | An Audio Geek's Library Was inspired by NorseHorse's post. Decided to start a thread with all the books that are must-have's for mastering and mixing, and also some other interesting reads for the true audio geek (afraid I'm guilty). Since this is obviously not going to start as a comprehensive list, I encourage others to add their favorites or good finds (not just books, but other references like white papers). Also, I'll break it down into categories to better direct those who are interested. To keep this list manageable, please EDIT your posts if you have more to add, rather than new posts for each addition (also, it would be cool to see what's in other members' libraries). Here goes: Audio Recording / Mixing / Live Sound:
Audio Mastering:
Audio Business:
Audio Electronics:
Audio Psychology / Physiology:
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4th November 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Slum-a-ville, Mass
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Verified Member  | Mixerman Diaries!!!!  Would that fall under psychology..?  |
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Verified Member | In addition to Bob Katz and Howard Massey: Acoustics * Everest, Alton F. - "Master Handbook of Acoustics" Music business * Passman, Donald S. - "All You Need To Know About The Music Business" Mixing * Owsinski, Bobby - "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook" Quote:
White papers etc. Secrets of the Mastering Engineer (PDF) http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/ka..._mastering.pdf Izotope Dithering Guide (PDF) http://www.izotope.com/products/audi...eringGuide.pdf Dithering Comparisons Homepage of Alexey Lukin Loudness Maximizers Homepage of Alexey Lukin: Maximizers (English) Level Control in Digital Mastering http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/ni...9_level_co.pdf 0 dBFS+ Levels in Digital Mastering http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/ni...0_0dbfs_le.pdf Overload in Signal Conversion http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/ni...3_overload.pdf Stop Counting Samples http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/lu...les_aes121.pdf' Programmed for Distortion Listen to the artifacts produced when hot CDs are sample rate converted or reproduced in a CD player. http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/Pr...Distortion.zip ProTools 48bit Mixer Whitepaper (PDF) http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor...ixer_26688.pdf Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) SRC Comparisons The Project Studio Handbook - Digital Audio Directory - The Project Studio Handbook - Digital Recording Inter-sample peaks (read Lupo's posts for correct info) inter-sample peaks and 0dBFS Optimizing for Air Play Orban CD Recordable FAQ CD-Recordable FAQ Rashad Becker on Mastering (interview) Robert Henke talks with Rashad Becker about Mastering Sending CD information to the Gracenote CDDB database iTunes Mac 7.5 Help: Sending CD information to the Gracenote CDDB | |
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4th November 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005 Location: Slum-a-ville, Mass
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Verified Member | I also found Bruce Swedien's autobiography both enlightening and entertaining. |
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4th November 2008
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4th November 2008
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Verified Member | Introduction to Sound Recording A good place to start, and free (if read online). Otherwise the references given further up are all excellent. Cheers, Thor
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5th November 2008
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| Acoustics It's going to be quiet on Gearslutz for a while (with everybody reading). Here's a nice link on acoustics by Ethan Winer: Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms And for those willing to dive in deeply: Master Handbook of Acoustics, by F.Alton Everest. ISBN 0-07-136097-2 |
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5th November 2008
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| Mastering Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Always on the Run
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Verified Member | Since you have mentioned quite a few I'll add a couple of "outsiders": White Bicycles (Joe Boyd) Tony Visconty (Autobiography) Good Vibrations (Mark Cunningham) The postman just delivered Tapeop vol 2 today thumbsup
__________________ Velvet Room Mastering "Can you imagine how great the Beatles or Pink Floyd could have sounded if they had used better cables? I expect a Nobel prize to someday be awarded to an audiophile cable designer, as they clearly are way ahead of the rest of us. " - DC - |
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8th February 2009
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Verified Member | I know this is an older thread but, Recording the Beatles (Ryan & Kehew) Should be on added to the list. TW |
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8th February 2009
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Some additional, and worthy, titles: The Acoustical Foundations of Music, John Backus The Science of Musical Sound, John Pierce Psychology of Music, Carl Seashore Music and the Mind, Anthony Storr Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema, David Sonnenschein Sound System Engineering, Don & Carolyn Davis Sound Systems: Design and Optimization, Bob McCarthy Audio Cyclopedia, Howard Tremaine (mostly for it's historical reference value) |
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8th February 2009
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Acoustics: Recording Studio Design - Phillip Newell |
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8th February 2009
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| Sound System Engineering 3rd edition, Don Davis. It's geared towards live sound reinforcement but I learned more about getting good sound at its source and avoiding acoustic anomalies than from any other source. I had the 2nd addition which is somewhat out dated technologically speaking but I'm going to get the 3rd soon. |
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9th February 2009
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Oh, forgot to add: Music, Acoustics & Architecture, Leo L. Beranek and Acoustics, Leo L. Beranek (perhaps the bible on this subject, or at least that's what all the prof's like to say.) |
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9th February 2009
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Verified Member | Digital Audio Explained (for the audio engineer), latest edition -Aldrich |
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9th February 2009
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast of Canada
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| The Art of Electronics, (Paul Horowitz & Winfield Hill) High-Speed Digital Design "A Handbook of Black Magic" (Howard W. Johnson & Martin Graham) Prentice Hall, 1993; ISBN 0-13-395724-1 Back copies of 'The Audio Amateur' magazine Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles (Geoff Emerick & Howard Massey) This is Your Brain on Music, (Daniel Levitin) The Music of Life, (Hazrat Inayat Khan) Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Oliver Sacks) Introduction to Sound Recording (Geoff Martin) Introduction to Sound Recording Yamaha P2200 power amplifier owner's manual (Not kidding!) Music, Physics and Engineering (Harry F. Olson) *** Graemme |
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11th February 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hollywood CA
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Verified Member | Quote:
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If I could only have one book on audio it would probably be The Art of Sound Reproduction by John Watkinson. I think it covers more ground, in a highly readable fashion, than anything else I've read. DC | ||
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11th February 2009
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Thread Starter | Glad you brought that up, Dave and Graemme. I'm going to be returning to school this fall to get my EE degree, probably take a lot of physics classes too. Was just about to buy some related reading on Amazon. Any good book combos that anyone can suggest for someone who wants to design audio systems from the ground up (boutique gear, consoles, loudspeakers, microphones, everything...)? Specifically, I'm looking for some reading material that could help tie the physics, physiology / psychology, and engineering together nicely. Already have a few (see above)... Or, better yet, anyone willing to fund my way through college (again)? |
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11th February 2009
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia
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| +1 on the Phillip Newell book. And +1 on Stav's. Currently reading Joe Meek's biography. What a psycho. 
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11th February 2009
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| Gear nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia
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| +1 on the Phillip Newell book. And +1 on Stav's. Currently reading Joe Meek's biography. What a psycho.   |
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11th February 2009
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast of Canada
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| Dave, Thanks for mentioning the Watkinson book - I'd forgotten about that one and I agree; it covers a lot of useful ground. The quote* "Inside every digital circuit is an analogue signal, screaming to get out" is what inspired the choice of the high-speed digital book. I've learned lots about how digital audio can misbehave from this book and a few others like it. Jordan, Nelson Pass of Pass Labs has a DIY site (Pass Labs) with several great articles on fundamentals of audio electronics. Also, diyAudio.com - audio projects by fanatics, for fanatics is a Moroccan bazaar of stimulating discussion, BS, real world audio equipment projects and interesting characters... *This quote was originally attributed to an HP engineer (name escapes me) by OMas from Sonic Studio, several years back... Best, Graemme |
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