real decent books on mixing and recording ?

[earworm]

hi, i hope this is the right section, couldn't find anything about BOOKS

so, i love reading, but most of the time i don't have time for it,
but this summer has been soo hot that i couldn't spend more than 5 hours per day in my home studio (gotto work on airconditioning)

so i learned to enjoy reading in the garden, with a glass of wine,
i got a few books on Recording, and i know there's ALOT of stuff out there, but most books are about "recording for newbies;...building your home studio;...blabla blabla"

i'm not a total newbie and i wanna skip all the "blabla for dummies"

so if you guys got any real good recommendations on books about mixing, mastering, recording, producing, accoustics

for example... i read "this business of music" , "getting a record deal from a-z" , "microphone techniques" , all this literature is pretty "dry" but i enjoy it ..

or maybe i should start with the biography of Joe Meek .. might be more fun ;..

i'm open for all comments,
cheers,
earworrrm

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Check the bottom of my ARTICLES page on my website - I posted a number of recommended books..........

 

[earworm]

Modern Recording Techniques - Huber & Runstein

is there a big difference between the 4th and the 5th release of that book ?

i had my eyes on it since a while, but i can't find the 5th edition as a second hand book ;... ('yeah, i like it cheap )

 

[4-Man Takedown]

I've got the 5th edition, got it for a class. I'm not a huge fan of it, but it gets recomended a lot. It's a good all around book, but in my opinion a lot of the info is very vague and general and could be found easily on the internet. For example, I now know what M/S recording is, I just still have no clue how to do it. It tells you about EQ and frequencies, but doesn't really have too many tips about it. I may have been retarded when I read it, I don't actually have it in front of me now.

I suppose if you are looking for an all around book with some info about almost all aspects of recording from analog to digital, then it would be good. But if you're looking for an interesting read with in depth techniques and the such, maybe look elsewhere. It's kinda dry as you say. And fringes on 'recording for dummies' type book. Just one man's opinion though.

 

[earworm]

mhhhh..
well, i read TONS of pdf files, outboard gear manuals, txt files, websites, magazines and only a few books,
i never spent money on books cause all i could ever find here in Belgium was bullshit about "recording for dummies"

i don't want a book that tells me that you need a mixer, pc and some mics to record

i'd like something difficult, so i learn new stuff, something to the point, a book about different ways to hook up all your equipment to your mixer, and i mean working with AUX, inserts, patchbays;.. i'm not a total newbie but there still is incredibly much to learn..

most books i took a look at just said; "for recording a drumkit you need a few mics, and a few effects, these fx are called a compressor or a gate"

i hate that.... there's only ONE reason why i read: because i wanna learn, it doesn't even have to be fun to read it

i think it might even be more interesting to buy a detailled book on Cubase sx or so ;... i bet that they explain lots of routing possibilities in such a book ;..

i'll just wait a month, i'm going to the SAE school in september, there they got a library with audio books,
so i'll just wait a bit so i don't spend stupid money on ''stupid'' books, know what i'm saying

so isn't there anyone out there that can recommend one work, one book that made you say: GOD, this was sooooo interesting ?
or don't you guys ever read ?

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

David Moulton's "Total Recording" is VERY detailed...... not cheap - somewhere around $80-90 cdn I think, but worth it........

 

[masteringhouse]

More geared to producing, but an essential read is Howard Massey's "Behind The Glass". There are some good tips on mic techniques and use of effects from "the real world".

I'm also a fan of Huber's book, but I have an old version and some of the info is a little old school.

For digital processing check out "Principles of Digital Audio" by Ken Pohlmann. This one can be difficult to read especially for the beginner, but it's one that you want to have in your library to refer to and possibly re-read at points in your development.