Recording Reproduction category: 214 books

Music Preservation and Archiving Today moves beyond the how-to and assembles the work currently being done to preserve music and "scenes" via essays, case studies, and overviews of work by academic archives as well as community­driven preservation projects.

Telling the story of the 'mixmaster' Pete Hammond's incredible 40 year career in music production, Get Down Here and Mix Yourself a Hit lifts the lid on life behind the hits and the unique contribution made by Pete to countless hit records, many of which came to define the Stock Aitken and Waterman...

Paul White, of Sound On Sound magazine, presents a unique book that promises to get you up and running with MIDI in just eight weeks! Learn the basics of MIDI data, and the possibilities it has grown to present and get your MIDI equipment talking to each other in blissful synchronicity. Understand the...

Confucius once said ‘If you want to know what’s up the road ahead ask the man coming back down it’ Knowledge is both the key to not getting ripped off but it also unlocks the secrets of how to beat the opposition in a very competitive industry. When you add tips on saving tons...

Sure, you can import and mix a track in Pro Tools. You can work with MIDI and you know your way around the Edit window. The UI is as familiar as your most broken-in pair of jeans. We get it—you don’t need another button-pushing guide starting from the ground floor. Get uniquely in-depth...

STOP BEATING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL AND START TAKING YOUR MUSIC CAREER SERIOUSLY! Music Business Guru and multi-platinum music producer, music business book author, and educator, Sahpreem A. King is offering up his third installment of “In Your Face” music business wisdom's especially...

A cultural history of MIDI (the Musical Instrument Digital Interface), one of the most revolutionary and transformative technologies in the history of music. A history of electronic music that goes way beyond the Moog. Part rigorous history, part insightful commentary, and part memoir,...

Spin the Decks delves into the minds of those who are passionate about records and looks at how collecting records has become so popular again. It deals with the rises and falls of the record and what people are doing to revive their beloved records in the modern age.

Basic Live Sound has the answers for setting up equipment for live performance and DJ techniques. Discover how to work in different spaces with a variety of performance events, and the equipment required to get the sound just right.

Contains simple tips for maintaining guitars, amps, PA equipment and drums which will help prevent your kit from breaking down at inopportune moments, saving you money by avoiding expensive repair bills.

The latest SX release of Steinberg's Cubase program provides users with an incredibly powerful and versatile software sequencer equipped with sample-accurate mix automation, VST and ASIO capabilities and the groundbreaking cross-platform VST System Link networking protocol. Basic Cubase SX shows you...

This Palgrave Pivot uses modeling from microeconomic theory and industrial organization to demonstrate how consumers and producers have responded to major changes in the music industry. Byun examines the important role of technology in changing its structure, particularly as new methods of creating and...

Mixing and mastering are the final challenges in creating great recordings. Great mixes require both creativity and a practical understanding of process, while final masters require both a clear sense for purpose and specialized ears for achieving artistic goals. Mixing and Mastering in the Box gives...

The days of the rack-mounted reverb unit or dirt smeared fuzzbox are gone. With the development of Steinberg's virtual studio technology, you can now recreate every classic effect, from distortion to delay, using just a home computer.Basic Vst Effects provides an essential, user friendly insight into recreating classic effects with the minimum of cabling, using your home computer.