Learn from the best, these are the top selling books and guides on home recording and music production right now. Hopefully investing a small amount now on a good manual will save you hours of frustration.
Recording, mixing and producing your own music, video voiceovers and movie soundtracks is a rewarding, and potentially lucrative, hobby. However, the learning curve can be quite steep, especially when you just got started. So this is a list of the top 10 books on audio production. I have more than a few books on my shelf. So useful when you want to get beyond the basics, and look up stuff about microphones, speaker position, effects and production techniques.
Although YouTube is full of how-to videos (and I have my own channel where I have uploaded some), the great thing about a good book is usually the author has taken the time and trouble to break complicated processes down into simple steps in a logical way.
The list below is always up to date, and so these are the books that are helping you right now to make better recordings in your home studio.
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Books and Guides on Recording and Sound
- Swindali, Tommy (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 229 Pages - 02/21/2022 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
- Owsinski, Bobby (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 397 Pages - 03/28/2022 (Publication Date) - Bobby Owsinski Media Group (Publisher)
- Cordell, Bob (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 772 Pages - 06/13/2019 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
- Dittmar, Tim (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 244 Pages - 10/16/2017 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
- Dowsett, Peter (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 538 Pages - 10/23/2015 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
- Benediktsson, Bjorgvin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 156 Pages - 05/09/2019 (Publication Date) - Bowker (Publisher)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Rogers, John (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Kuehnl, Eric (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 304 Pages - 12/07/2020 (Publication Date) - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Publisher)
- House, Screech (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 180 Pages - 01/13/2019 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
- Kern, Jonathan (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 380 Pages - 07/01/2008 (Publication Date) - University of Chicago Press (Publisher)
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Online Courses In Audio Engineering and Digital Audio
To find out more, you could check out some of the excellent courses on audio engineering that are available on the Udemy online course platform. Another option is to think about a subscription to LinkedIn Learning. For a modest monthly fee you can access all their courses on audio production.