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Good books

I am putting together a list of good audio and music books, hopefully with a one paragraph review of each one. Until then, here is the raw list:



Cyclopaedias

The Audio Cyclopedia, 2nd Edition - Howard Tremaine

Handbook for Sound Engineers - Glen M.Ballou (editor)



Studio Recording

Modern Recording Techniques - David Miles Huber, Robert E Runstein

The Mixing Engineer´s Handbook - Bobby Owsinski

The Art of Mixing - David Gibson

Mastering Audio, 2nd Edition - Bob Katz

Mixing With Your Mind - Michael Stavrou

The Recording Studio Handbook - John Woram

The Sound Studio - Alec Nisbett

Studio Recording Procedures by Mike Shea

Introduction to Professional Recording Techniques - Bruce Bartlett

Audio in Media - Stanley R Alten

Mixing Audio - Roey Izhzki

Understanding the Craft of Mixing - William Moylan

Stereo Microphone Techniques – Bruce Bartlett

Microphones: Technology and Techniques – John Borwick

The New Stereo Soundbook – Streicher & Everest

Sound & Recording – Rumsey & McCormick

The Microphone Book - John Eargle

Inside Tracks – Richard Buskin

Temples of Sound – Cogan & Clark

The Encyclopedia of Record Producers – Tobler & Grundy

Creative Music Production (Joe Meek) – Barry Cleveland

Good Vibrations – Mark Cunningham

How to Become a Record Producer – David Mellor

100 Best-selling albums of the 60s – Gene Sculatti

100 Best-selling albums of the 70s – Hamish Champ

100 Best-selling albums of the 80s

100 Best-selling albums of the 90s

Behind the Glass – Howard Massey vol.1

Behind the Glass – Howard Massey vol.2



MIDI & EMP

The Musicians Guide to MIDI – Christian Braut

MIDI Power – Guerin

Logic 9 Power – Anker & Merten

Scoring for Pictures – Jeff Rona

Creative Sequencing Techniques – Andrea Pejrolo



Synthesis

Synthesis - Herbert A Deutsch

Fundamental Technologies of the Synthesiser - Errol G Spector

Electronic Music Pioneers - Ben Kettlewell

Vintage Synthesisers - Mark Vail

Analog Days - Pinch and Trocco



Electronics, equipment interfacing, & Speakers

Electricity and Electronics – G. Randy Slone

Electronics: A Basic Course – Edwards & Meyer

Understanding Solid State Electronics – Cannon

Teach Yourself Electronics – Plant

GSCE Electronics - Rich

Understanding the Mathematics of Electronics - Wilson

Physics Demystified - Gibilisco

The Art of Electronics - Horowitz/Hill

Understanding Audio - Daniel Thompson

Sound System Design and Installation – Phillip Giddings

Loudspeaker Handbook – John Eargle

Introduction to Loudspeaker Design – John Murphy

Designing, Building, and Testing Your Own Speaker System – David Weems

Loudspeaker Design Cookbook – Vance Dickason

Loudspeakers – Newell & Holland



Sound Theory & Acoustics

Wave Physics – R E I Newton

The Acoustical Foundations of Music – John Backus

The Art of Sound Reproduction – John Watkinson

The Science of Musical Sounds – Johan Sundberg

Musical Acoustics – Donald E Hall

Acoustics – Hunter

How Music Works – John Powell

Woods Practical Guide To Noise Control, 5th Ed. -  Ian Sharland

Handbook of Recording Engineering, 3rd Ed. -  John M. Eargle

Basic Home Studio Design - Paul White

Master Handbook of Acoustics, 5th Ed. - F. Alton Everest

Sound Studio Construction on a Budget - F. Alton Everest

Recording Studio Design – Philip Newell

Building a Recording Studio – Jeff Cooper



Digital Recording

Principles of Digital Audio - Ken C. Pohlmann

Art of Digital Audio - John Watkinson



LiveSound

The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook -Gary Davis/Ralph Jones

Sound System Engineering - Davis/Patronis



Music Theory

Essentials of Music for Audio Professionals – Frank Dorritie

The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory – Michael Miller

Introduction to Music Theory – Winold & Rehm

Elements of Music – Michelle Worthing

Practical Theory Complete – Sandy Feldstein

The Musician’s Guide to Reading and Writing Music – Dave Stewart

How Music Works – John Powell (chaps 7-10)



Songwriting

6 Steps to Songwriting Success -  Jason Blume

The Craft of Lyric Writing – Sheila Davies

Managing Lyric Structure - Pat Patterson

The Craft and Business of Song Writing – John Braheny

101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them – Pat and Pete Luboff

You can Write a Song – Appleby

Creating Melodies – Dick Weissman

1000 Keyboard Ideas

The Songwriting Sourcebook – Rikky Rooksby

Rock, Jazz & Pop Arranging – Daryl Runswick

Rock Arranging – Mark Michaels

Listen, Compose, Perform – Geoffery Winters



Music & Culture

Kiwi Rock Chicks, Pop Stars & Trailblazers -  Ian Chapman

Blue Smoke – Chris Bourke

How Music Works (various authors) [chapters 16-18]

Stranded in Paradise – John Dix

Ready to Fly – David Eggleton

For the Record – Staff & Asley

Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century – Braun

Repeated Takes – Michael Chanan

Woman, Sex & Rock & Roll – Liz Evans

Rock and Roll at 50 – Life Books

Rock of Ages (1986)– The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll - Ed Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, Ken Tucker

All You Need is Love (1976) – Tony Palmer

Rock Reconsidered (1981) – Steve Lawhead

A new look at Rock, 3rd Ed. (1983) – David Belesky

The Concise Oxford History of Music – Gerald Abraham

A History of Western Music – Donald Grout

Music; Its Story in the West – Alan Kendall

The Great Composers – Wendy Thomson

The Rough Guide to World Music – Africa & Middle East

The Rough Guide to World Music – Europe, Asia & Pacific Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia – William Malm

Reggae Bloodlines – Davis & Simon

Maori Music – Mervyn McLean

 

Sound for Picture

Audio Post Production for Television and Film – Tim Amyes & Hilary Wyatt

Producing Great Sound for Film & Video – Jay Rose

Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound – David Lewis Yewdall

A Practical Guide to Television Sound Engineering -  Dennis Baxter

Sound for Film and Television – Tomlinson Holman

Audio Post Production – Mark Scetta

 

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