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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:06 pm
by future producer
Loads of stuff on synthesis which is something you might wanna grasp, I just added here....
http://www.solarempireaudio.com/audio_s ... crets.html
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:27 pm
by ascend
Complicated but very very interesting and helpful! Thanks
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:34 pm
by red shrapnel
why does this site stray away from directly answering the questions posted at hand?
Power Tools For Reason 3.0 is my rec.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:47 pm
by thesynthesist
Seriously, if I came on this forum, and saw this thread, i would leave.
The guy asked for books, not your dissertation on why books arent good enough.
FUCK man, this is like a "listen to my bloviating, because its important" forum section, not production.
There are a TON of books that are excellent for learning how to mix, and especially learning the theory of synthesis and sound.
Here are some...
http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Synthesis-S ... 337&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforceme ... 368&sr=8-1
If you have a direction you are leaning, let us know, and maybe more specific books will come to mind.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:41 pm
by feasible_weasel
^^^^
thanks for all of the suggestions so far everybody
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:17 pm
by slim
Some guy off DOA is hosting loads of .rar files of samples etc, but among them is one of .pdf files with lots of advice on mixing and production, (samples are nice too
)
http://hosted.filefront.com/psitech
I'm learning myself, don't be too harsh on books, you would be lost if you had to learn the basics from scratch, and a bit of knowledge never hurts before you experiment.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:32 pm
by auan
I have that one. It's pretty much essential for the live sound I do, and I keep referencing it as I buy more and more hardware, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone making computer-based music. And I definitely wouldn't recommend it to a noob. It's very technical, very dry, very boring, and more of a reference material than a 'how to' book. The sections on MIDI and Acoustics are an interesting read, if nothing else.
The other one you recommend, Sound Synthesis & Sampling, looks like a jolly good read.
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:24 pm
by future producer
This a is a very good book and suitable for the beginner to intermediate, it's called the "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook" - it's one of the better written books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mixing-Engineer ... 466&sr=1-2
Looks mainly at Mixing, Sound Panorama, EQing, Effects, Dynamics, Monitoring & Mastering
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:12 pm
by thesynthesist
Auan wrote:
I have that one. It's pretty much essential for the live sound I do, and I keep referencing it as I buy more and more hardware, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone making computer-based music. And I definitely wouldn't recommend it to a noob. It's very technical, very dry, very boring, and more of a reference material than a 'how to' book. The sections on MIDI and Acoustics are an interesting read, if nothing else.
The other one you recommend, Sound Synthesis & Sampling, looks like a jolly good read.
THis book is essential for anyone working with sound.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:20 am
by feasible_weasel
Slim wrote:Some guy off DOA is hosting loads of .rar files of samples etc, but among them is one of .pdf files with lots of advice on mixing and production, (samples are nice too
)
http://hosted.filefront.com/psitech
I'm learning myself, don't be too harsh on books, you would be lost if you had to learn the basics from scratch, and a bit of knowledge never hurts before you experiment.
nice nice
fank yoo
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:21 am
by feasible_weasel
thanks everybody again