Recording & Reproduction

The Beatles. The Beach Boys. Blur, Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Kate Bush and Coldplay. EMI was one of the big four record companies, with some of the biggest names in the history of recorded music on its roster. Dominating the music industry for over 100...

An Introduction to Music Technology, Second Edition provides a clear overview of the essential elements of music technology for today's musician. This book focuses on the topics that underlie the hardware and software in use today: Sound, Audio, MIDI,...

Our day-to-day musical enjoyment seems so simple, so easy, so automatic. Songs instantly emanate from our computers and phones, at any time of day. The tools for playing and making music, such as records and guitars, wait for us in stores, ready for...

There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876391341Author Mark CrossPage Count 227Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952106330Author Richard PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Redwood Publishing, LLCPublisher Redwood Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

This book brings together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces - two solos and one duet chosen from each of lists A, B and C - have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of...

Learn the basics of recording, processing, and mixing audio using Reason software, the robust digital audio workstation and musical toolkit used by artists, producers, and sound designers worldwide. Audio Production Basics with Reason Software will guide...

Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Cello syllabus for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739996536Author Ashley HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Stereo Output LimitedPublisher Stereo Output LimitedWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 2 Cello syllabus for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

A Times Book of the Year 'Most underrated group? World of Twist.' - LIAM GALLAGHER'They're a top band. No one could do what World of Twist do, except World of Twist.' - NOEL GALLAGHER'They were such a special band, such a moment in time, and Gordon has...

Legendary music producer, Gordon Raphael has spent four decades working with musicians, performers and songwriters to create unique genre-defining sounds. His work with THE STROKES, REGINA SPEKTOR and THE LIBERTINES has made him one of the world's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458402271Author Andrew EiselePage Count 308Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 187mm...

If you've ever handled live sound, you know the recipe for creating quality live sound requires many steps. Your list of ingredients, shall we say, requires an understanding of sound and how it behaves, the know-how to effectively use a sound system),...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593371388Author Marc SchonbrunFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Adams Media CorporationPublisher Adams Media Corporation

This book is for beginners, hobbyists and semi-professionals wanting to enhance and improve their knowledge of recording sound. Focusing on using microphones to capture a few instruments, both the theory and the practical considerations are explained in...

A complete Pro Tools reference - from recording to mixing to mastering Pro Tools has long been the recording industry's leading solution for capturing, mixing, and outputting audio. While it was once a tool known and used exclusively by engineers in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311243Author Michael TauFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739996574Author Ashley HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Stereo Output LimitedPublisher Stereo Output LimitedWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876391358Author Jonathan FeistPage Count 406Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

Included in Electronic Sound magazine's Books of the Year Round UpThis spectacular volume is a compendium of beautiful recording and playback equipment and at the same time an engaging, comprehensive history of sound recording. Organized chronologically,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992806217Author Graham JonesFormat PaperbackImprint Proper Music Publishing LtdPublisher Proper Music Publishing Ltd

What is the difference between an echo and a reverberation? How do you calculate the best note to whistle in a toilet?Where do you best place microphones for that perfect recording? In this fascinating little book, musician Steve Marshall explores the...

Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins in C++ provides everything you need to know to start designing and writing your own synthesizer plugins, including theory and practical examples for all of the major synthesizer building blocks, from LFOs and EGs to...

Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists of the twentieth century. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio-behind the curtain-and...

Explores the principles and practical considerations of spatial sound recording and reproduction. Particular emphasis is given to the increasing importance of multichannel surround sound and 3D audio, including binaural approaches, without ignoring...

"Read and Burn" is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical accident. Despite the fact that they had...

In this comprehensive guide, Brixen takes the reader through the complex and confusing aspects of audio metering, imparting the knowledge and skills needed to utilize optional signal levels and produce high-quality audio.Covering all aspects of this...

Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to take them on. Determined to bring his...

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a...

Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices, and Tools is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of mixing-covering the entire mixing process, from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques. Packed full of photos, graphs, diagrams, and audio...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998503356Author Bobby OwsinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Bobby Owsinski Media GroupPublisher Bobby Owsinski Media GroupWeight(grams)...

Understanding Video Game Music develops a musicology of video game music by providing methods and concepts for understanding music in this medium. From the practicalities of investigating the video game as a musical source to the critical perspectives on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480393769Author Josh BessPage Count 276Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm *...

In Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, expert author and music technologist V. J. Manzo provides a user-friendly introduction to a powerful programming language that can be used to write custom software for musical interaction. Through clear, step-by-step...

His Master's Voice is the inspiring true story of Brian McLaughlin's 38-year career rising through the ranks at iconic record store HMV, and the personal journey that saw him become one of the most successful business leaders in the UK. With no topic...

Now in its fourth edition, The Art of Music Production has established itself as the definitive guide to the art and business of music production and a primary teaching tool for college programs. It is the first book to comprehensively analyze and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692061350Author Jon MarguliesFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Hobo TechnologiesPublisher Hobo TechnologiesWeight(grams) 898gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...