Best Books to teach oneself recording!

[bluepowder]

Lets hear 'em

Books to teach how to record, mix and master - ones that you found were really good.

 

[KyleAtGalaxy]

If you do a search, there's a couple threads that suggest some very good reading. My first book was Home Recording for Dummies. It's very straight forward and easy to understand if you're just starting out (as the title suggests).

 

[Chili]

If you do a search, there's a couple threads that suggest some very good reading. My first book was Home Recording for Dummies. It's very straight forward and easy to understand if you're just starting out (as the title suggests).

Yup, +1 on that.

Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies by Jeff Strong.

Some good internet reading is the tweak guide.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

Cheers,

 

[blazingstrings]

"Recording Tips For Engineers - For Cleaner, Brighter Tracks" By Tim Crich

Has a lot of great tips on placement and tons of info, Oh! and it has a lot of great jump off points when learning how to EQ and Compress individual instruments.

 

[bluepowder]

perfect.....sounds exactly like the kinda stuff i need....will check them out....

anyone with a link to the thread with the readin material?

 

[TimOBrien]

Home Recording for Musicians by Jeff Strong - $15
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...ce&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance
(Wish I'd had that when I started; would have saved me lots of money and time and grief)
You can also pick up this book in most any Borders or Barnes&Noble in the Music Books section!

Another good one is: Recording Guitar and Bass by Huw Price
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Gui...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215734124&sr=1-1
(I got my copy at a place called Half-Price Books for $6!!)

Barnes&Noble or Borders are great places to start --- they have recording books and you can go get a snack or coffee and read them for FREE! Don't pass by a good recording book --- this is a VERY technical hobby and you REALLY want to start a reference library!!!

Good Newbie guides that also explains all the basics and have good tips:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/computermusic?entry=free_beginner_pdfs
http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/

21 Ways To Assemble a Recording Rig: http://www.tweakheadz.com/rigs.htm

Also Good Info: http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/directory.htm

Other recording books: http://musicbooksplus.com/home-recording-c-31.html

 

[JonPaulP]

Can anyone who has read "Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies" give a short summary about it. I mean, what kind of information does it provide? Does it give any advice on getting a "studio sound" or compression, EQ and all that stuff.

I just bought "The Idiots Guide to Recording with Cubase," but I'm not sure if that's enough.

 

[drossfile]

"total recording" by david moulton is pretty exhaustive. it gives you all the technical basics on things like various dB scales, psychoacoustics, and TONS of technique. it's a bit pricey (around $100 new, but check alibris.com for used copies), but worth every penny if you're in it to really understand the nuts and bolts of audio. fantastic resource.

 

[Nat DiasterUNI]

The official pro tools book taught me