Question and some advice for NEWBIES

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Rzzzzz!
Do you have books on the subject of home/pro recording?

Are you buying books on the subject of home/pro recording?

No? Then get yourself a lot of books on the subject.

When buying a book, read the back cover and the names of the chapters first.

Does it seem too simplisitic?
Does it seem too complicated?


Pick a random page and read it. Is the author keeping your attention? Do you think you will be happy reading the entire book?

Look for something in the book that you already know or have asked a knowledgeable person about. See what the author has to say about it. Is he accurate? Does he convey the information in a specific and non ambiguous manner?

When you can feel comfortable with the criteria above, buy the book! You will find yourself using that tomb over and over agian for reference.

Do not assume that a book is good because there's a CD on the back cover.

Do not buy books solely on another person's say so. What's right for one person may not be right for you.

If you have to buy something online (via Amazon) try to get a book that you know something about. Best case is when you know that the author is someone that you like.

I can not emphisize enough the value of reference material. Buy a book and get reading!

:D
 
Untill now I've only used the manuals of the different machines and equipment I've got, and this website :D.

And quite some self-teached experience.

Anyway, got some tips? I've got no problem with English books. I can even get study-points for reading that. :D
 
Some of mine

I don't know if these are still in print but The Recording Studio Handbook by John M. Woram and Audio in Media by Stanley R. Alten are too books that have served me well.

For Midi, I'm currently reading The Midi Files by Rob Young and this weekend I bought Sequencer Secrets by Ian Waugh.
 
Good Point

Reference materials are often overlooked as a great short cut to getting the desired result. Every so often there is a particular sound I need that I just can't get to using my limited experience recording. You can usually bet that someone else has done it and written about it.
 
Ted Greenwald's "Musician's Home Recording Handbook" is an excellent guide for those just starting: basic, informative, and isn't specific to a particular recording/mixing format (although it is a bit slanted towards the guitarist point of view)...

Also, if you are new to recording I would steer clear from home recording magazine subscriptions.. The mags spend maybe one article per issue (even that much) on tips for the novice.. Browse at the newsstand and only buy when absolutely necessary....

Cy
 
I got "Home Recording for Musicians" by Craig Anderton the revised and updated version. I also have Digital Home Recording by Craig Anderton. I haven't started it yet. I'm enjoying the former, but I haven't picked it up since my 2480 came in, been to busy trying to figure the manuals out.

Taylor
 
Since you're talking books.... there are 3 must-haves --

1) Modern Recording Techniques - Huber & Runstein

2) The Mixing Engineer's Handbook - Bobby Owsinski

and of course,

3) Behind The Glass - Howard Massey

For the novice - there is also a video series which is quite good (although slightly dated, about 90-95% still applies!) -- the 5-tape "Shaping Your Sound" series.

Bruce
 
Thanks Bruce,

$99 for the videos. I'd really like to have em, but I'm gonna have to wait a while. I've been spending every penny I get on equipment and I'm gonna have to slack off for a little while. Maybe I can find a used set out there somewhere.

Zeke
 
Magazines are good too.

Useful information can be found in magazines like home recording,electronic musician, mix etc.

I also keep all my copies in a drawer by my desk and night stand.

To bad the dummies and idiots publishers have not put out anything on the subject. Thier books just magically speak to me. I think theres a midi one though.
 
"cornucopia...."

Now there's a word that you don't see on BBS's too often!!!!!! ;)
 
It was just the other day I was dicussing cornucopias as a repalcement for bacon-bits! :D
 
How about "plethora"??????????

So what's up Spin? You been reading "Word Power" in Reader's Digest again???? :eek:

:D :D
 
getuhgrip said:
It was just the other day I was dicussing cornucopias as a repalcement for bacon-bits! :D
Click to expand...
heh... you said "bacon!" :p

(oh, sorry... wrong thread...) :D :D
 
I apologize in advance for not being able to contain myself today!
Her plethora was like...
Oops, that's not it....
The day was a plethora of cornucopius wonders...
I'm sorry, I'll go away now.

P.S.- Paul White's reference guides have been a big help to me; Basic Mixing Techniques and Basic Digital Recording are two that I've read in a series of nine. Informative and concisely written.
 
:D LOL :D @ Bruce and getuhgrip.

My wife didn't renew the subscription to Readers Digest :) , so I had to "bust out" the ole' Roget's Thesaurus. :D

Talk to you guys later... ;)

spin
 
carrying it too far now...

And what would make you choose the word "cornucopia" over the word "plethora" anyways????

:confused:


Bruce

:D :D
 
:D Please, don't doubt my veracity when I insinuate that, in my eyes, the locution "plethora" is quite pedestrian. ;D:D:cool:

LOL..... :D

Have a good day, peace...

ED
 
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