Two good books for beginners

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This isn't meant to be a plug but I honestly found these two books useful.

Basic Mixing
Basic Effects and Processors.

Both books are by Paul White and come in small pocket-sized guides. They explain all the basics.

The Most useful thing I found was that it explains in plain language a lot of the theory behind recording. Even better, it Basic Effects and Processors explains what all the different functions on the various common processors do. Now I can use my compressor, delay etc and actually have a clue as to what I am adjusting.

Both only cost me £4 each.
 
Here is another one I've had my nose in for about the last three years that I had found very helpful:

"Modern Recording Techniques" fourth edition, Huber und Runstein.

A lot of acoustic theory and electronics as well as practical information.

For me and the other old farts here, the chapter on how records are made is pretty cool.
 
I have that book. I didn't really like it that much to be honest, it says on the cover 'the most up to date...' (blah) but it struck me as being very outdated and was aimed far more at people using an analogue system with outboard effects.

Also, it gave me no real tips or advice on mixing or processing.
 
Sennheiser said:
Here is another one I've had my nose in for about the last three years that I had found very helpful:

"Modern Recording Techniques" fourth edition, Huber und Runstein.

A lot of acoustic theory and electronics as well as practical information.

For me and the other old farts here, the chapter on how records are made is pretty cool.
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I have that one as well... I think mine's the 3rd edition though... good reference.

One of the best books you can have is the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Book. It shows all of the technical stuff in detail.. like how to wire a mic cable, how to wire a balanced cable to an unbalanced cable, mathmatic formulas for stuff, etc etc.
 
Alchemist3k said:
Both books are by Paul White and come in small pocket-sized guides. They explain all the basics.
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I agree with you that Paul White is a great read. I have his "Creative Recording" series of books and it strikes a great balance between plain English and techno speak for both beginners and intermediates. Advanced people will probably complain that it doesn't get technical enough.
 
Yeah, I have his 'Home recording made easy' book however for some reason I think this series of 'Basic...' books are better. I like to try to learn and implement one new technique in my recordings every few days.
 
i own most of the books mentioned and well moder recording techniques is nothing but a buch of theory and explaing what is used no real life practicle help at all like we still need to know how to splice tape? there is like 10 pages on that alone and every recording book i own goes through the theory of sound waves is that really necessary in every book?
 
OK doulos, I'll bite:

Where or what is "al"?

Albania, Algeria, Alsace, Alaska, Alabama, Alcatraz, Alpha Centauri....? :confused:
 
If you don't understand the underlying theory of an application how do you apply and use the practical information?

Yeah, you can use all the presets on your reverb box, but do you know why the reverb sounds the way it does? Why certain reverbs and delays are used in different situations and on different instruments? What are all the different parts of the reverb effect and when they occur and how?

No, YOU probably don't need to know how to splice tape. This book was not really geared toward the home studio operator working out of his basement on a TASACAM four track or a basic computer set-up.

Ten pages on splicing tape is not a lot of information considering the size of the work.

Believe it or not, some recordings are still made on 1" and 2" analog and transfered to digital. Not every studio in the land records strickly to digital.
 
littledog said:
OK doulos, I'll bite:

Where or what is "al"?

Albania, Algeria, Alsace, Alaska, Alabama, Alcatraz, Alpha Centauri....? :confused:
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Littledog, are you suggesting that Doulos is a member of the Codan Armada?

milesmaxwell
 
sen name one studio that splices 2 inch mix down tape! lol 2 funny name one studio that is strickly analog in editing that has more then 40 clients i would love to get educated on that
 
Here ya go:

Rumbo Recorders

The Plant

I'm quite certain these studios have more than 40 clients.

I did not say they did not master to digital, nor did I say they spliced tape. I stated that 1" and 2" analog tape is still in wide spread use.

Read the fucking post and don't put words in my mouth.
 
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