TEXTBOOKS for
Audio Engineering Courses

Audio Engineering 101: A Beginner's Guide to Music Production
Tim Dittmar
ISBN: 978-0-240-81915-0

Audio Engineering 101 is a real world guide for starting out in the recording industry. If you have the dream, the ideas, the music and the creativity but don't know where to start, then this book is for you!

Filled with practical advice on how to navigate the recording world, from an author with first-hand, real-life experience, Audio Engineering 101 will help you succeed in the exciting, but tough and confusing, music industry.

Covering all you need to know about the recording process, from the characteristics of sound to a guide to microphones to analog versus digital recording. Dittmar covers all the basics- equipment, studio acoustics, the principals of EQ/ compression, music examples to work from and when and how to use compression. FAQ's from professionals give you real insight into the reality of life on the industry... [more]

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 4th Edition
David Howard
Jamie Angus
ISBN: 978-0-240-52175-6

With a unique approach covering both acoustics and psychoacoustics from a musical standpoint in one volume this book is ideal for students taking courses in: music technology, studio recording popular/film/video music, composition, electronic/electroacoustic composition, media arts.

This new updated edition covers a broad range of topics providing a thorough and essential grounding in the introduction to acoustics and psychoacoustics, including: Principles of sound, Sound transmission and interaction, Human hearing, Psychoacoustics Musical timbre, pitch and loudness perception, Noise induced hearing loss, Harmonics and overtones, Tuning systems and temperament, Consonance and dissonance, Sound generation in string, brass and percussion musical instruments, The pipe organ, The singing voice, Sound in different environments (architectural acoustics), Reverberation Processing sound electronically... [more]

Sound and Recording, 6th Edition
Francis Rumsey
Tim McCormick
ISBN: 978-0-240-52163-3

This popular and best-selling text introduces trainee engineers and music recording students to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Vital reading for anyone entering music recording, broadcasting and associated industries. Throughout there are invaluable fact files that make key information easily digestible. This fifth editionis up to date, with expanded information on digital audio principles, systems and applications and digital mastering with DAT and digital audio C... [more]

Modern Recording Techniques, 7th Edition
David Miles Huber
Robert E. Runstein
ISBN: 978-0-240-81069-0

As the most popular and authoritative guide to recording available, Modern Recording Techniques provides everything you need to master the tools and day-to-day practice of music recording and production. The sixth edition has been expanded to cover the latest digital audio technology and features a new section on surround sound. For those who are just starting out or are looking for their next job in the industry, this edition also provides essential advice on career options and networking... [more]

Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-by-step Approach to Professional Audio Recording, 5th Edition
Bruce Bartlett
Jenny Bartlett
ISBN: 978-0-240-81144-4

Practical Recording Techniques is a hands-on practical guide for all aspects of recording, ideal for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this book offers advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced), with suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also tells how to judge recordings and improve them to produce maximum results. Two extensive glossaries clearly explain audio jargon and sound-quality descriptions…[more]

Sound Synthesis and Sampling, 3rd Edition
Martin Russ
ISBN: 978-0-240-52105-3

Reviews of the previous edition:

Sound Synthesis and Sampling provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying principles and practical techniques applied to both commercial and research sound synthesizers. This new edition has been updated throughout to reflect current needs and practices- revised and placed in a modern context, providing a guide to the theory of sound and sampling in the context of software and hardware that enables sound making. For the revised edition emphasis is on expanding explanations of software and computers, new sections include techniques for making sound physically, sections within analog and digital electronics. Martin Russ is well known and the book praised for its highly readable and non-mathematical approach making the subject accessible to readers starting out on computer music courses or those working in a studio...[more]