Music - Recording & Reproduction

The Fundamentals of Synthesizer Programming provides an introduction onhow to program a synthesizer for creating music in the studio and on stage. Used as a textbook for theintroductory electronic music course at the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, it covers the...

A reflection on the evolution of physical media into metaphor, through the history of music curation. Obsolescence makes the heart grow fonder, at least in the case of the mixtape. Not all technologies are so lucky. Some (say, wax cylinders) fade almost completely from...

Self-Mastering Made Simple With Insider Secrets - Expert Advice From The ProsAudio mastering remains the essential final step in the audio production process, where the recording's final mix is polished and prepped for release and distribution. In this thoroughly updated fifth edition of Bobby...

Learning the art of mixing has never been easier.For more than two decades, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook has been the best selling and most respected resource on the art of music mixing for seasoned professionals and enthusiastic beginners alike. Today's home studio is just...

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...

The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski has become a music industry standard found in studios all over the world, and this fully updated fifth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the art of audio recording. Written with today's...

For many citizens, politics is depressing. How has this come to be the norm? And, how is it influencing democracy? From rising polarization to climate change, today's politics are leaving many Western democracies in the throes of malaise. While anger, anxiety, and fear are...

What does it mean to be human in a world where machines, too, can be artists? The Uncanny Muse explores the history of automation in the arts and delves into one of the most momentous and controversial aspects of AI: artificial creativity. The adoption...

Author: Joel WhitburnPublisher: Record Research Inc.Published: 06/04/2026Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.57lbsSize: 11.10h x 8.40w x 1.50dISBN: 9780898202441About the AuthorOur founder, Joel Whitburn, introduced the world to his reliable research of the music charts with the publication of his first book in 1970. Since then, Record...

Turn My Head Into Sound: A History Of Kevin Shields And My Bloody Valentine tells the story of one of the great sonic innovators of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.My Bloody Valentine have released only three albums in their forty-year career, but...

Love songs are for everybody and so is this book. In We Found Love, Song by Song, award-winning author and music journalist Annie Zaleski delivers a beautifully illustrated keepsake that tells the fascinating history and behind-the-scenes stories of the 100 most popular and cherished...

The music of Yes indelibly shaped the original sound of progressive rock. But the true tale of this landmark band goes well beyond headline-making albums like Fragile and Close to the Edge. In this book, Kevin Mulryne tells the absorbing story of the final...