Recording Books

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Hi all,

I heared several recommendations about Recording books on this forum, but it would be great if I got a survey.

Online, I found books from Paul White (his basic books?), Chris Stone, DAvid MEller, Keith Hatschek, Francis Rumsey, Ingo Raven, Bruce Bartlett, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Ian Waugh, John Harris, Bill Gibson.

Does anyone has experience with one of these books/writers?

thx for the Help!!
 
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hi Bruce

Maybe you're right, there's been several posts on this topic. It's just a hard desicion. I only find this books on the net, so it's a bit guessing for me. You never know exactely what you're gonna get.
 
I meant do a forum search -- I've recommended a number of books (all recommendations I make are from experience with them!)
 
I've just finished reading "The Art of Mixing" by Davd Gibson. It's quite expesnive, but it's definitely worth it. It gives a visual theory to mixing, that makes it much easier to picture the whole mix and get better results. After reading it, I feel like I've broken through a mixing knowledge barrier - let's just hope it reflects in my mixing!
 
axehead: I heared different views on that book.


Bruce: I know you meant a search on the forum, and I did. I got a lot wiser, an dI'm gonna try some of those books, thx.
 
I've read "Basic mixers" by Paul White. Wasn't to impressed
but OK for the money I guess. A little bit to elementary. I'd
rather recommend "The mixing engineer's handbook" by
Oswinski. That's a great book that I not only find informative
but also inspirational.

I also like "The home studio guide to microphones" by Loren
Alldrin but that one you could put together yourself from info
on the net. It's a nice "read once and keep as reference".

I'm afraid one of the best book's on recording techniques I've
read is in swedish - so I guess that one's out of the question?

/ Dan
 
David Miles Huber writes some great stuff for recording. He's an Electronics Engineer as well and that knowledge will come out in his books.

Modern Recording Techniques was one of his first, if not the first one.

-c
 
I didn't buy "The Art of Mixing" by Davd Gibson
because of the bad reviews it got at Amazon.
Just checked and at the first page there are one
5-star, two 2-star and one 1-star review. The
reviewers are not even being very nice about it.
I like the idea, "music & technology" (the mag)
had a couple of articles that seems to have the
same approach and it was really helpful. But I've
never seen this book in a store so I can't check it
out - and it's a bit pricey to buy on bad odds.
 
And of course, don't forget Craig Anderton. His
book "Home recording for musicians" is what helped
me out in the beginning. I've got one of the first
editions though - written from a "4-track -> Mono"
view. So I'm not sure hom contemporary it is nowadays.
I still have a peek in it occasionally though.
 
axehead,

I was also talking about the comments on Amazon.com. Gibsons book got some reviews, and when I want to purchase a book that expensive, I want to be sure it is worth the money.
 
Ahhh....I looked at the comments at amazon.co.uk, not .com - it gets three 5 star and one 4 star rating!
 
I ordered two basic books of Paul White. I like his SOS articles, and they only cost 9 € each.
 
"Behind the Glass" by Howard Massey is awesome. Even if you're a beginner, certain concepts will always apply and it's great to read what the pros have to say. It's become a reference book for me.

Stevez
 
i've got 'modern recording techniques' by david m. huber, and i think it's too superficial. it's pretty good for beginners, of course, but it won't get an intermediate-level home reccer any further (or is it farther? damn english language). :D
anyway, the best book on recording i got so far was 'drummers' studio survival guide', which explains a lot of stuff about recording but focuses on drum tracking, which is probably the hardest part of any pop/rock recording. i've also got a few others, but this is the one i'm always reaching for.
i really need to get a hold of more books, and especially some videos, since i feel i can't really make a lot of progress by reading anymore. i'm at a point where i have to HEAR examples, otherwise i get really frustrated.

adriano
 
One of the best books I have (I've purchased many) is "Professional Microphone Techniques" by Huber and Phil Williams. Especially good for learning how to mic accoustic instruments. Comes with an example CD.
 
There's also a pretty good Dutch book. It's the old course of the BRT... They used to use this at the RITS in Brussels. Have a copy, but haven't read it all the way thru. Could be pretty hard to find though.... I got it from a friend that sold it cause he didn't understand even the first chapter anyway. :D

If you want I could check on the book if there's some more info on it... Altough you should know most of it. Types of mics, multitracking, mic positioning. Nothing really advanced. Some cool pics of the brt-studios. Real concerthalls with panels to vary the reverb time etc. Pretty neat-o...
 
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