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[binary]

Hello everyone.

Other than this fantastic forum.. What books do you all recommend as further reading or essential reading relating to producing, engineering and mixing?
On both technical and practical levels.

I recently saw a list compiled by Larry Crane in Tape Op.. But I can't seem to find the list anymore

I'll start off by mentioning a few that I find good reads:

Modern recording techniques - David Miles Huber (great all round easy to read - techniques and practices)

Music The Business - Ann Harrison (Excellent up to date book specifically regarding the workings of the British music industry)

Revolution in the head - Ian Macdonald (nice rundown of every Beatles track)



I'm particularly interested in books relating to mixing technique, and acoustic music.. Which is quite specific.. But someone should write some


Ta loves

[Fig]

A fascinating read about how the mind and music connect:

click here

For something more matter-of-fact, if you can find a copy of Harry F. Olson's Music Physics and Engineering (formerly titled Musical Engineering) it essentially explains everything you may want to know about music, physics and/or engineering (not counting anything digital, however).

Certainly read all you can, but get your hands dirty doing it, too.

$0.02,

Fig

[JSam]

Pohlmann - Principles of Digital Audio

[multicom]

Ballou - Handbook for Sound Engineers

[Fletcher]

I don't know if it's still in print but the "Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook" has been a great resource over the years.

Peace.

[binary]

multicom wrote on Fri, 05 September 2008 15:04

Ballou - Handbook for Sound Engineers

Wow that's expensive!!

Also Fletcher.. Do you by chance know the author of that book? Is it Gary Davis?



I recently put in an order for "Behind the glass" by Howard Massey.. But Play.com have been messing around for ages

[Sean Eldon Qualls]

Drum Tuning Bible - by Scott Johnson

[Sam Lord]

binary wrote on Fri, 05 September 2008 12:21

Also Fletcher.. Do you by chance know the author of that book? Is it Gary Davis?

Yes:

 http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davi  s/dp/0881889008/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= 1221131419&sr=1-1

What Fletcher said, the Yamaha book is great, covers *far* more than PA, and is one of the most complete books on audio available.  It is very clear, well-organized, and is my first source.  Another favorite is Recording Music on Location by Bruce Bartlett and Jenny Bartlett.  Great, in-depth discussions of mic arrangements for distant field.  
Oh yeah, Bob Katz's Mastering Audio is tops too.

[Audio Craftsman]

F. Alton Everest, Master Handbook of Acoustics -- The MASTER of making complex ideas easy to understand.  Excellent.
Alex U. Case, Sound FX -- I particularly like his broad perspective on reverb/ambience.
Bobby Owsinski, Mix Engineer's Handbook -- GREAT book about mixing.  His Recording Engineer's Handbook is decent.  But I much preferred the Katz book to Owsinki's mastering book.
Gareth Loy, Musimathics Vol. 1 -- Very interesting perspective on tuning systems.  If you like to run formulas in Excel, this reference has tons of audio related formulas.
John Eargle, The Microphone Book -- Pretty much everything you could want to know about how mics work.