first record, then?

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does any body know of a book or something that will help me with editing, mixing, normalizing and mastering? i'm get started recording and i know a little, but but i need to have a list and an order of what to do. thanks!

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Book?!!
How about reading the advice of the extremely knowledgeable people on this BBS? That's what we're all here for... to learn what we "don't" know, and to pass on what we "do" know.
Why pay for a book (which is one person's opinion) when you can ask and receive answers to any questions you have RIGHT HERE?!
 
well, i've learned a lot from this site. you can only learn so much and remeber it. the reason in need a book or at least a list is when it's time to record it's kinda hard to recall all of it all to the last detail (hey thats a jack nicholson film, he rules!). anyway, i'm no f**cking rain man! thats why i need a list.
 
make a list of what you want to do directly from this site.
 
Sheesh,

To actually answer you question....there are a number of good books out there. Do you have any book stores or music stores around? You might want to go browsing and look for the technical books only.

A recent trip to Hastings scored me three books. I got "The Musicians Guide to Home Recording" which SUCKS. Don't buy it as it's way too vague and basic. I read the whole thing in one night and it simply confirmed what I already knew.

The other two books I bought are really nice. They are the Sound on Sound Creative Recording Series books 1 & 2. Book 1 covers effects and processors and book 2 covers microphones, acoustics, soundproofing, and monitoring. They're each about 200 pages of rather small text. I'd recommend them (they're by Paul White).

There is nothing more valuable to the learning process than a good book. This BBS is ok if you have a very specific task in mind...but other than that it's like listening to people talking at a music store...you listen and try to learn, but at the same time take everything with a grain of salt.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Slack, you get the, "Most Helpful Common Sense" award of the week! That plus programming a joy stick and steering the unwieldily HomeRecording.Comp. We're gonna have to change your screen name to "Unbridled Ambition"
 
yeah, slackmaster is the man! thanks, thats what i wanted to know. i'll have to check out those books.
 
SLAK, I got that same crappy book on home recording... Pretty outdated. It did help me with my drum mic'ing technique, though. It helped my drum sound a bit which pretty much paid for the book, in my opinion.
There was some interesting info on routing tracks for mixing boards, although it doesn't really apply to the DAW setup.
The Moral of this Story: Even a crappy book will teach you SOMETHING.
 
Slackmaster2K,

I was thinking about getting book #2 of creative recording cause you don't really see a lot written on acoustics and stuff. So my question is, Is it understandable useable stuff, I mean things that you can actually use or does it just give you specs and theory and all that very intresting but hard to apply stuff?
 
I bought that same book Slack & S8-N mentioned about 15 years ago. It was good for a kid with a guitar and a 4 track, but that was about it for me. I recently picked up an updated edition and not much had changed.

Not that it matters, but I met the author at a recording seminar that he was giving a few years back. He was a pompous jackhole. I walked out while he was talking about how great he was.
 
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