Music-Recording & Reproduction

How Does It Sound Now? features 32 interviews with top engineers and producers who have contributed to hundreds of millions of albums and CDs throughout their combined careers, including a new interview with Leslie Gaston-Bird for this second edition.Winner of the 2010 Association for...

This unique anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, film sound, and the radio. These three sound technologies shaped Americans' relation to music from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War, by which time the technologies...

The Art of Producing is the first book to standardize a specific production process for creating a successful music project from start to finish. Author: David Gibson,Maestro CurtisISBN-10: 0815369387ISBN-13: 9780815369387Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2019Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.50w x 0.50d

Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the phonautograph to magnetic tape and now to...

How did the introduction of recorded music affect the production, viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound, Charles O'Brien examines American and European musical films created circa 1930, when the world's sound-equipped theaters screened movies featuring recorded songs...

Pro Tools for Music Production is a definitive guide to the system for new and professional users. Extensively illustrated in colour and packed with time saving hints and tips, you will want to keep to hand as a constant source of information. The book...

Whether you're a pro or an amateur, a musician or into multimedia, you can't afford to guess about audio wiring. The Audio Wiring Guide is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide that explains exactly what you need to know. No matter the size of your wiring...

It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound...

Unlock the power of AI to create J-Pop, City Pop, Anime, and J-Rock music with 200 AI Prompts for Japanese Music!Whether you're a beginner exploring AI-generated sound or a seasoned music producer seeking inspiration, this book gives you 200 ready-to-use prompts to craft emotional,...

The realm of music creation is undergoing a profound metamorphosis. What once felt like a distant future is now an undeniable present, rapidly reshaping every facet of the industry.How to Write and Self-Publish Music - Using AI is your essential guide through this exhilarating...

Machine Music: How AI is Transforming Music's Next Act explores the seismic impact of AI on the music industry - offering a sweeping yet grounded analysis of how AI and generative tools are reshaping what it means to make, monetize, and experience music.Author: Drew...

Musical as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity investigates music as a site of classical reception from the early modern rise of opera to contemporary hip-hop. The volume's contributors explore topics across musical genres and classical sources--myth, epic, lyric, history, philosophy, archaeology--to demonstrate the enduring importance...

Music Production Pedagogy: Perspectives on Innovation in Music Production Education explores and disseminates innovative educational methods, curriculum designs, and conceptual underpinnings for learning environments that facilitate the delivery of high-quality tuition to an ever-growing pool of students in the field of music production.With chapters...

Grammy Award-winning music producer Sylvia Massy provides a visual tour through the fascinating world of vintage microphones with hundreds of original, full-color photographs. Based on one of the largest collections in the world, this book is for the appreciation of the art, technology, and...

On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus, in front of 8,500 eager fans, the Grateful Dead played a show so significant that the Library of Congress inducted it into the National Recording Registry. The band had just released Terrapin...

Behind every superstar--from Rihanna to Justin Bieber, SZA to Post Malone--there's an A&R executive shaping their sound, vision, and career. This is the definitive inside story of the people behind the music. The greatest music artists of the past century--those who've shaped the industry...

This book investigates the relationship between performance, technological mediation, and the sense of live presence through a series of case studies related to popular music products. Bratus explores the crucial significance of live performance for the construction of a personal, intimate relationship between performers...

Coproduction is dedicated specifically to the study of an emerging field in music production musicology. It explores the limits of what this field might be, from the workings of a few individuals producing music together in the studio, to vast contributions of whole societies...

In Recording History, Peter Martlanduses a range of archival sources to trace the genesis and early development of the British record industry from1888 to 1931. A work of economic and cultural history that draws on a vast range of quantitative data, itsurveys the commercial...

Whether you're comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques,...

Indie Rock 101 is a clear, concise, all-in-one primer for beginning to mid-level musicians looking for the essential fundamentals behind running, recording and promoting their band. It's all the basics that can take years to collate from more specialized or technical books, magazines and...

Author: Kat Reinhert,Sarah GulishISBN-10: 0197761186ISBN-13: 9780197761182Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2025Pages: 226Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

Sound and statuary have had a complicated relationship in Western aesthetic thought since antiquity. Taking as its focus the sounding statue--a type of anthropocentric statue that invites the viewer to imagine sounds the statue might make--The Sculpted Ear rethinks this relationship in light of...

Author: Kat Reinhert,Sarah GulishISBN-10: 0197761194ISBN-13: 9780197761199Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2025Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d

NOTE: This book is provided solely for informational and educational purposes. It does not constitute an endorsement or promotion of any specific product, brand, manufacturer, or service mentioned within. Ableton Live 12 Guide for Beginners 2026: A Step-by-Step Manual to Build Your First Tracks,...

Ready to make music but don't know where to start?This book doesn't just tell you what to do-it builds a full song with you, step-by-step, from a blank screen to a finished track. You'll follow along in real time with screenshots, chapter-based videos, and...

In an era where algorithms curate our music and artificial intelligence predicts our tastes, one man's story reminds us of the irreplaceable magic of human connection through music. "A Legend in British Radio: The Johnnie Walker Story" is not just another broadcasting biography -...

CUBASE 15 COMPLETE: BEGINNER TO PRO MUSIC PRODUCTION MASTERY - Step-by-step recording, mixing & mastering with AI workflow tools, stem separation & pattern sequencer Home studio workflowAuthor: Kaelyn N'ViroISBN-13: 9798276351865Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2025Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.53d

Discover how easy and exciting music production can be-even if you've never opened a DAW before. This beginner-friendly REAPER guide turns complex audio workflows into simple, practical steps you can follow this weekend. No confusion. No technical overwhelm. Just real music-making.With clear instructions, illustrated...

Unlock the future of music creation with AI Music Mastery-the ultimate step-by-step guide for beginners, artists, and producers ready to explore the power of artificial intelligence in songwriting.Written by AI music entrepreneur Avery Bennett, this groundbreaking book takes you inside the revolutionary world of...

"Hypnotic Music Secrets" is written by Grammy award-winning engineer/producer Khaliq Glover also known as Khaliq-O-Vision based on his vast experience of working with the world's top recording artists. Some of his clients include Michael Jackson, Prince, Herbie Hancock, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Marcus Miller,...

Author: Lydia CyprianISBN-13: 9798272466341Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2025Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Author: Jacob QuinlanISBN-13: 9798271369148Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2025Pages: 308Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.65d

The Vintage Journal Camping with Victrola pocket journal features an illustration of two men camping. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where a...

From the Fairlight CMI through MIDI to the digital audio workstations at the turn of the millennium, Modern Records, Maverick Methods examines a critical period in commercial popular music record production: the transformative digital age from the late 1970s until 2000. Drawing on a...

Cassette Culture: Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet Age takes a social history/analytical approach to the growth of the global homemade music/cassette culture network that sprouted and flourished from the post-punk era through the early 1990s. Jerry Kranitz explores how the...

(Berklee Guide). Improve the sound of your recordings. Mastering is the art of optimizing the sound of a recording, finding the ideal levels and tonal quality, and addressing all the details necessary to produce a professional quality distribution-ready master. This book discusses the essential...

Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre documents the journey of an online community in their formation of the synthwave genre.Taking an emic perspective that delivers a behind-the-scenes, access-all-areas telling of synthwave's story from the very beginning to the mid 2020s,...

The revised edition of Understanding Records explains the musical language of recording practice in a way any interested reader and student can easily understand. Drawing on readily available hit records produced since 1945, each section of this book explains a handful of core production...

Making Synthwave: How an Online Music Community Invented a Genre documents the journey of an online community in their formation of the synthwave genre.Author: Jess Blaise WardISBN-10: 1032732032ISBN-13: 9781032732039Publisher: Focal PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2025Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d

For more than two decades, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook has been the go-to, best-selling guide for anyone serious about the art of music mixing, and trusted by seasoned pros and beginners alike.In the fully updated Sixth Edition, you'll discover the proven fundamentals and cutting-edge...

Author: Tommy SwindaliISBN-13: 9798330385072Publisher: Thomas William SwainLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2025Pages: 430Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.87d

Everything you need to know about making music in one place! 2024 & Beyond!Not so long ago music production was only available to the rich and famous. However, these days it's now possible to produce professional sounding music from your own home.In fact, you...

Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th-century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid technological and social transformation. The folk revival that changed the sound of 20th century British popular music was sustained by...

Recording Music on Location provides an exceptional collection of information regarding all aspects of recording outside of the studio. Featuring clear explanations on how to achieve professional results, this book is divided into two distinct sections: popular music and classical music. Whether you record...

This newly updated third edition of The Audio Expert offers a comprehensive reference book that covers all aspects of audio. The book includes both practical and theoretical explanations, using common sense plain-English explanations and mechanical analogies, with minimal math.Author: Ethan Winer,Michael LawrenceISBN-10: 1032854510ISBN-13: 9781032854519Publisher:...

Author: Jordan M. LyleISBN-13: 9798297465862Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2025Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d

Not every singer belts, and not every great vocal takes power to leave a lasting impact. For female vocalists with soft, intimate voices, the recording studio can feel like a battlefield built for louder singers. But your voice-gentle, expressive, nuanced-is not a flaw. It's...

Music Under The Moon: A History Of The Berkshire Symphonic Festival, Inc. is a book written by John G. W. Mahanna that provides a comprehensive account of the Berkshire Symphonic Festival, Inc. The festival, which was held annually in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts,...

Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio is the best-selling primer for small-studio enthusiasts who want chart-ready sonics in a hurry, and this extensively updated third edition now contains sections on DSP phase-linearization, loudness normalization, oversampling, mixing from stems, frequency shifting, and analog summing.Discover how...