Music recording and reproduction Books
Edinburgh University Press The New Soundtrack
Book SynopsisThe New Soundtrack is fully peer-reviewed and includes contributions from recognised practitioners in the field, including composers, sound designers and directors.
£18.99
Hal Leonard Corporation The Business of Audio Engineering
Book SynopsisTHE BUSINESS OF AUDIO ENGINEERING 2ND EDITION
£25.00
Hal Leonard Electronics Concepts Labs and Projects For Media
Book SynopsisELECTRONIC CONCEPTS LABS AND PROJECTS: FOR MEDIA ENTHUSIASTS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIO
£35.00
Hal Leonard Ableton Grooves Programming Basic and Advanced
Book SynopsisABLETON GROOVES: PROGRAMMING BASIC AND ADVANCED DRUM GROOVES WITH ABLETON LIVE
£999.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Sound Design Mixing and Mastering with Ableton
Book Synopsis
£19.95
Hal Leonard Corporation Zen and the Art of Recording Zen Art
Book SynopsisZEN AND THE ART OF RECORDING
£999.99
Hal Leonard Corporation La Guia Completa para la Conexin de Equipos de
Book SynopsisLA GU A COMPLETA PARA LA CONEXIÃN DE EQUIPOS DE AUDIO V DEO Y MIDI
£45.90
Hal Leonard Corporation Get Tusked
Book SynopsisIn this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac's epic, platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours, the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn't get things his way, resulting in clashes not only with his band but especially Caillat, who had been essential to the band's Grammy-winning sound. Hernan Rojas's story recounts a young man who leaves Chile after General Pinochet's coup to seek his future in the music industry of Los Angeles, where he finds success at one of the hottest studios in town. When Fleetwood Mac arrives, Rojas falls in love with its star singer, Stevie Nicks, and the two of them become romantically involved.
£16.14
Hal Leonard Corporation Mixerman and the Billionheir Apparent
Book SynopsisMIXERMAN AND THE BILLIONHEIR APPARENT
£28.27
Hal Leonard Corporation An Age Without Samples Originality and Creativity
Book SynopsisAN AGE WITHOUT SAMPLES: ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
£28.80
Hal Leonard Corporation The Blackbird Academy Foundations
Book SynopsisÊThe Blackbird Academy Foundations: Must-Know Audio and Recording PrinciplesÊ is designed to build your music engineering and audio production skills. The principles are directed at beginners to more advanced music creators remixers musicians songwriters singers and those curious about what it takes to record overdub and mix quality music. Those who aspire to music from ages 10 and up will gain operational skills and understanding of basic to advanced recording concepts including:ÞÞÛ Signal flowÞÛ Microphone recognition and advanced placementÞÛ The keys to achieving great results when recordingÞÛ Essential analog and digital gear used in audio productionÞÛ Using a digital audio workstationÞÛ Understanding analog to digital and digital to analog conversionÞÛ Using plug-ins and analog processing when recording overdubbing and mixingÞÛ Developing software skills such as tuning processing editing and mixingÞÛ Console basics and operationÞÛ Using auziliary tracks and busesÞÛ
£19.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Recording Unhinged Coloring Book For Those Who
Book SynopsisRECORDING UNHINGED COLORING BOOK: FOR THOSE WHO COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES
£12.34
Hal Leonard Corporation Audio Icons Unhinged Coloring Book Color All Over
Book SynopsisAUDIO ICONS UNHINGED COLORING BOOK: COLOR ALL OVER YOUR FAVORITE STUDIO PERSONALITIES
£12.34
Hal Leonard Recording Vocals with Dave Pensado Pensados
Book SynopsisPENSADO'S STRIVE EDUCATION SERIES: RECORDING VOCALS WITH DAVE PENSADO
£21.00
Hal Leonard Corporation Al Schmitt on Vocal and Instrumental Recording
Book SynopsisIn ÊAl Schmitt on Vocal and Instrumental Recording TechniquesÊ legendary producer and engineer Al Schmitt takes us into the studio and shares his process of selecting a microphone and shows us how to get the best sounds. Considerations such as song style instrumentation and the recording space itself are taken into account when making mic choices and determining the best placement for each. Schmitt demonstrates how to achieve the best sounds for a number of instruments ä including drums bass piano guitars (both acoustic and electric) organs and horns ä across many genres of music.ÞDrawing on decades of experience in the studio Schmitt brings a unique and invaluable perspective to not only making mic choices and their placement but also the importance of interacting with musicians ä taking their vision and preferences into account to create the most comfortable and effective recording experience for all involved.ÞAlso featured in ÊVocal and Instrumental Recording TechniquesÊ i
£24.70
Hal Leonard Audio Production Basics with Pro Tools First
Book Synopsis
£25.20
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Amália Rodriguess Amália at the Olympia
Book SynopsisLila Ellen Gray is a cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and interdisciplinary scholar of music and sound. She is currently Associate Professor of Music at Dickinson College, USA. Her book Fado Resounding: Affective Politics and Urban Life (2013), was the recipient of the 2014 Woody Guthrie Award of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US).Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Notes on the Text Track List Preface: A Yearning for Liveness Part I: Setting the Stage 1. Dresses, Acrobats, and the Sound of Moonlight 2. Biographies of Her Voice 3. A Fado Primer 4. Listening to Amália Interlude I: Mid-century Representations: NATO: “Introducing Portugal” Part II: Listening to Amalia à l’Olympia Prelude: On Love and Longing 5. Presentation and “Uma Casa Portuguesa” 6. “Perseguição” 7. “Barco Negro” 8. Fados about Fado: “Tudo Isto É Fado” and “Que Deus me Perdoe” Interlude II: Mid-Century Representations: Simone de Beauvoir’s Les Mandarins 9. Diva Constellations Coda: “Fado Amália” Notes References Index
£21.36
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ReMaking Sound
Book SynopsisRe-Making Sound is concise and flexible primer to sound studies. It takes students through six ways of conceptualizing sound and its links to other social phenomena: soundscapes; noise; sound and semiotics of the voice; sound and/through/in text; background sound/sound design; and sound art. Each chapter summarizes the history and scholarly theoretical underpinnings of these areas and concludes with a student activity that concretizes the historical and theoretical discussion via sound-making projects. With chapters designed to be flexible and non-sequential, the text fits within various course designs, and includes an introduction to key concepts in sound and sound studies, a cumulative concluding chapter with sound accompanying podcast exercise, and an extensive bibliography for students to pursue sound studies beyond the book itself.Trade ReviewRe-Making Sound is splendid. Porcello and Patch advance sound studies in unique and compelling fashion and a whole generation of future scholars of the audible will be in their debt. -- Mark Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, author of A Sensory History Manifesto (2021)Porcello and Patch have crafted a thoughtful, wide-ranging, and ear-opening introduction to the broad and expansive field of sound studies. Re-making Sound creates a jumping-off point for students, teachers, and other readers interested in exploring the links between sound and society. -- David Novak, Associate Professor of Music, UC Santa Barbara, author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (2013)Re-Making Sound is a wonderful and innovative book, offering an immensely valuable and unique introduction to sound studies. By supporting their exposition with a focus on sensory experience and a set of classroom exercises geared towards making and listening, Thomas Porcello and Justin Patch’s original and timely contribution will make rewarding reading for sound focused scholars and students alike. -- Daniel Fisher, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, USA, author of The Voice and Its Doubles: Music and Media in Northern Australia (2016)Table of ContentsFigures Biographies Preface Introduction 1. Soundscape: Sound, Space, and Listening 2. Noise: From the Everyday to the Exceptional 3. Voice: Hearing and Ascribing Individual and Social Identity 4. Sound on the Page: Echoes and Resonances in Writing 5. Sound Design/Designing Sounds: Intentionally Crafted Sonic Worlds 6. Sound Art: What is Sound? Debates and Examples Concluding Exercise: Putting the Pieces Together Through Audio Narratives Acknowledgments Index
£21.99
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Dancing to the Drum Machine
Book SynopsisDancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controversial musical instrument ever invented: the drum machine. Here, author Dan LeRoy reveals the untold story of how their mechanical pulse became the new heartbeat of popular music. The pristine snap of the LinnDrum. The bottom-heavy beats of the Roland 808. The groundbreaking samples of the E-MUSP-1200. All these machinesand their weirder, wilder-sounding cousinschanged composition, recording, and performance habits forever. Their distinctive sounds and styles helped create new genres of music, like hip hop and EDM. But they altered every musical style, from mainstream pop to heavy metal to jazz. Dan LeRoy traces the drum machine from its low-tech beginnings in the Fifties and Sixties to its evolution in the Seventies and its ubiquity in the Eighties, when seemingly overnight, it infiltrated every genre of music. Drum machines put some drummers out of work, while keeping othTrade ReviewDan LeRoy takes on a subject that could easily result in a dry, strictly-for-geeks read – the history of machine-rhythm - and turns out a juicy deep-dive that will appeal equally to the lay-person interested in the evolution of pop culture as to the gear-head and serious musician. What this richly researched and entertaining book shows is that far from dehumanizing and deskilling music, the drum machine depended on human imagination: the vision and dedication needed to create the technology in the first place, the ingenuity of amateur and professional musicians alike, as they struggled with these newfangled boxes and extracted magic from them. It’s a story that’s largely untold and LeRoy tells it with vivid clarity. * Simon Reynolds, author of Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture and Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84 *Table of ContentsForeword by Nick Rhodes: Timing is Everything Prologue 1. From Boats to Babies: How Drum Machines Began 2. The Rhythm Aces 3. Beat Brothers: Sly Stone and J.J. Cale 4. “The Machines Are Fighting Back” 5. Teutonic Sonics: Germany and Programmed Rhythm 6. Turn the Beat Around: Eno, Disco and the Drum Machine 7. Our Drum Machine Could Be Your Band 8. The Drum Machines That Weren’t 9. Punch the Clock: The Joy and Pain of Drum Programming 10. Without Me, You Would Not Even Have Thought of Writing This Book 11. Give the (Electronic) Drummer Some 12. Inside and Outside the Box: The Linn Revolution 13. “Have You Seen This New Drum Machine? Shit!” 14. 808 State 15. Hip Hop’s Electric Guitar 16. Worker Bees of the DMX 17. Destination Emulation 18. Mr. K’s Last Laugh 19. The Mammals Arrive: The Linn 9000 and the End of the Drum Machine 20. Computer Love 21. Time Out of Time Appendix: I Am Echo Acknowledgments
£21.99
Rowman & Littlefield Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5
Book SynopsisLearn the basics of recording, editing, and mixing audio using Cubase Elements, Artist, or Pro. Experience the software used worldwide by musicians, producers, engineers, mixers, and audio professionals. Filled with tips and insights, Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5 will get you working fast. With this book and the included media files, you'll get the practical, hands-on exposure you need. We cover everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: Basic Digital Audio Workstation operations and audio hardware options Principles of sound production and microphone use Essential Cubase concepts and operations MIDI fundamentals for playing and performing with virtual instruments Multi-track recording Plug-in use and signal processing techniques Mixing your project and using automation Outputting your final mixdown Cubase software is very powerful, yet fun and easy to use. Everything you learn here will apply to all editions of Cubase (Elements, Artist, and Pro), so you can easily upgrade in the future no matter where you are starting today. Take the first step now, with Audio Production Basics with Cubase 10.5.
£34.00
Rowman & Littlefield Audio Production Basics with Reason Software
Book SynopsisLearn the basics of recording, processing, and mixing audio using Reason software, the robust digital audio workstation and musical toolkit used by artists, producers, and sound designers worldwide. Audio Production Basics with Reason Software will guide you every step of the way. The exercises in this book are designed to be completed using the low-cost Reason Intro edition, allowing you to get hands-on practice and easily experience the world of Reason software. Everything discussed in this book translates fully to the standard edition of Reason software, as well as to the expansive Reason Suite edition.With this book and the included online media files, you'll get working experience using Reason, covering everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: Basic digital audio workstation operations and audio hardware options Principles of sound production and microphone use Essential Reason concepts and operations MIDI fundamentals for playing and recording virtual instruments Managing devices and routing signals in Reason's unique rack interface Using automation to create dynamic changes to audio Mixing your project and exporting your final mixed track Reason Intro is affordable, easy, and fun. And everything you learn here will apply when you are ready to move on to more advanced versions of Reason. Take the first step now, with Audio Production Basics with Reason Software.
£37.11
Rowman & Littlefield Logic Pro 101: Music Production Fundamentals
Book SynopsisLearn the basics of producing music with Apple's Logic Pro digital audio workstation. Since its introduction by Emagic in the 1990s, Logic software has become a favorite platform among musicians and music creators everywhere. Today's Logic Pro features an intuitive interface that is easy for beginners to learn while also offering deep functionality and robust audio and MIDI features that meet the needs of the most advanced user.Logic Pro 101 and the included online media files will guide you through the fundamentals of music production, including: Studio setup and configuration Basic Logic Pro controls Creating Logic Pro projects Importing and working with audio and MIDI files Recording audio and MIDI Making selections and navigating Editing audio and MIDI Working in the Live Loops Grid Basic mixing and exporting The included exercises and hands-on projects will help you put your learning into practice, Launch your journey to producing better music using a tried and tested approach that has proven successful in certification programs worldwide. Get started today with Logic Pro 101your path to music production success!
£34.20
Hal Leonard Corporation How to Create Compelling Mixes
Book SynopsisThe best recordings are for nothing if the mix doesn''t present those tracks in the best possible way and this book is all about how to make mixes that pull the listener in. It''s not just about the technology, but the art of mixing as well. Written in a clear, practical, non-intimidating style, topics include: Feel vs. perfection The importance of the arrangement for mixing Tailoring material for your audience Monitoring and acoustics Software mixer architecture Unique aspects of mixing with digital audio How to use plug-ins Integrating external hardware with computers, the 12-step program to create great mixes Panning techniques Equalization Dynamics processing Time-based effects Placing effects in the right order How to use automation Hardware control surfaces Mixing with virtual instruments Adding expressiveness in the mix Using ReWire, beyond conventional mixing techniques Mixing and MIDI, and much moreFar from being a laundry list of mixing techniques, How to Create Compelling Mixes places equal emphasis on the art of mixing. With copious illustrations and featuring the judicious use of sidebars to give details on selected topics for those who want to know why as well as how How to Create Compelling Mixes is essential reading about how to get the most out of this crucial processor for mixing and mastering.
£30.00
Hal Leonard Corporation How to Apply Dynamics Processing
Book SynopsisDynamics processors ä often overused and sometimes misunderstood ä can make or break mixing and mastering projects. This book goes beyond explaining how dynamics processors work by giving essential tips on how their proper application can help make better music. Written in a clear practical non-intimidating style topics include how to apply limiters compressors noise gates expanders maximizers saturation and multiband dynamics whether in hardware or software form.ÞLoaded with examples of real-world dynamics processors to explain their similarities and differences ÊHow to Apply Dynamics ProcessingÊ ventures further than similar books by covering dynamics processing with MIDI data as well as manual dynamics processing done with recording software (phrase-by-phrase normalization for narration micro-mastering to allow greater apparent volume when mastering parallel dynamics and more). There''s also valuable information on how to achieve the most transparent effects possible creative uses of sidechaining and how to use creative squashing as an effect to obtain vintage compression sounds.ÞChock full of illustrations and featuring selected tech talk sidebars to give details on specific topics for those who want to know why as well as how ÊHow to Apply Dynamics ProcessingÊ tells everything today''s musicians need to get the most out of these versatile processors.
£26.00
Hal Leonard Corporation The Musician's Guide to Audio
Book SynopsisTHE MUSICIAN''S GUIDE TO AUDIO
£18.58
Hal Leonard Corporation Electronic Musician Presents the Recording
Book SynopsisCulled from 10 years of the ÊElectronic MusicianÊ ÊRemixÊ and ÊEQÊ magazines' archives the articles in ÊElectronic Musician Presents the Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great AlbumsÊ will enlighten readers about the recording and songwriting techniques that helped create 50 great albums spanning as far back as 1967 and as recent as 2011 revealing the methodology of numerous talented artists producers and engineers.ÞRanging from such seminal classics as Fleetwood Mac's ÊRumoursÊ Aerosmith's ÊToys in the AtticÊ and the Who's ÊQuadropheniaÊ to recently recorded works by Danger Mouse Foo Fighters and Phoenix this compilation of articles taps into the inner studio realm of a wide range of artists crossing boundaries of era genre geography and recording style. But what these articles have in common is a wealth of behind-the-scenes secrets that inform how many amazing sounds and songs were captured and constructed. Musicians craving great tips and advice to pursue their own musical dreams ä as well as fans interested in how their favorite artists made their music ä will find a treasure trove of stories from the long-respected music-production magazines that dug deep to capture all of the juicy recording details.
£12.34
Museum of Modern Art The Thoughts of Gilbert & George
Book Synopsis
£41.76
Weldon Owen, Incorporated The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n’ Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings.In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the outskirts of town. But at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there was something different going on – a whole lotta shakin’, rockin’, and rollin’. This is where rock ’n’ roll was born. Sun Records: the company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Breathless,” “I Walk the Line,” “Mystery Train,” “Good Rockin’ Tonight.” The Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined American music. Accompanying the recordings is the label’s origin story and a look at the mission of the label today, as well as “Sun Spot” sidebars—a fascinating dive into subjects such as how the iconic logo was created, the legendary Million Dollar Quartet sessions, and how the song “Harper Valley, PTA” funded the purchase of the label. Written by two of the most acclaimed music writers of our time, Peter Guralnick and Colin Escott, and featuring hundreds of rare images from the Sun archives as well as a foreword by music legend Jerry Lee Lewis, this is a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started.
£39.95
BenBella Books To Feel the Music: A Songwriter's Mission to Save
Book SynopsisNeil Young, who removed his music from Spotify to protest COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, previously took on the music industry so that fans could hear his music—all music—the way it was meant to be heard.Today, most of the music we hear is com-pressed to a fraction of its original sound, while analog masterpieces are turning to dust in record company vaults. As these record-ings disappear, music fans aren't just losing acollection of notes. We're losing spaciousness, breadth of the sound field, and the ability to hear and feel a ping of a triangle or a pluckof a guitar string, each with its own reso-nance and harmonics that slowly trail off into silence. The result is music that is robbed of its original quality—muddy and flat in sound compared to the rich, warm sound artists hear in the studio. It doesn't have to be this way, but the record and technology companies have incorrectly assumed that most listeners are satisfied with these low-quality tracks. Neil Young is challenging the assault on audio quality—and working to free music lovers from the flat and lifeless status quo. To Feel the Music is the true story of his quest to bring high-quality audio back to music lovers—the most important undertaking of his career. It's an unprecedented look inside the successes and setbacks of creating the Pono player, the fights and negotiations with record companies to preserve master-pieces for the future, and Neil's unrelenting determination to make musical art available to everyone. It's a story that shows how much more there is to music than meets the ear. Neil's efforts to bring quality audio to his fans garnered media attention when his Kickstarter campaign for his Pono player—a revolutionary music player that would combine the highest quality possible with the portability, simplicity and affordability modern listeners crave—became the third-most successful Kickstarter campaign in the website's history. It had raised more than $6M in pledges in 40 days. Encouraged by the enthusiastic response, Neil still had a long road ahead, and his Pono music player would not have the commercial success he'd imagined. But he remained committed to his mission, and faced with the rise of streaming services that used even lower quality audio, he was determined to rise to the challenge. An eye-opening read for all fans of Neil Young and all fans of great music, as well as readers interested in going behind the scenes of product creation, To Feel the Music has an inspiring story at its heart: One determined artist with a groundbreaking vision and the absolute refusal to give up, despite setbacks, naysayers, and skeptics.Trade Review"An intriguing account of Young's determination to provide world-class audio to consumers . . . In print as in song, Young's passion will not be quenched."—USA Today "Part manifesto and part how-not-to manual . . . Just as when he's taken up various ecological mantles over the years, Young is fighting large and historical forces."—WIRED "The success of To Feel the Music is in the passion Young brings to his mission to save audio. His reasons are just. His dedication bleeds from the page. And you get the feeling, despite any setbacks, he will not stop until we're all listening to music again the way it was supposed to be heard."—Under the Radar "To Feel the Music is a fascinating tale about countless intersections: of artistry and technology, of creativity and commerce, of entrepreneurs and organizers, of the individual and the team. It's heartbreaking on some fronts and inspiring in many others. I will never listen to music in quite the same way after reading this book, nor ever again take for granted the ingenuity behind the high-tech devices amid which we live." —James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic "One of the greatest musicians of all time, Neil Young knows the effort artists put into their work so that their audiences can feel the music. In a very easy-to-understand way, Neil explains how, unlike for photographs or television, each generation of digital technology has further degraded sound quality. Neil and collaborator Phil Baker lay out concrete solutions to restore music fidelity without sacrificing listener convenience in this fascinating read brimming with passion." —Dan Hesse, retired CEO, Sprint "This book provides backstage access to a fascinating story about the intersection of art, technology, and business. Young and Baker's passion for their respective crafts is tangible on every page." —Harry McCracken, technology editor, Fast Company "Neil Young is not only a rock star in the music industry. He has emerged as a rock star in championing and challenging the tech industry to deliver the kind of sound quality that he and other musicians want their audiences to experience as they do when they record their music . . . The book is a call to action for the tech industry to strive to deliver the best audio quality possible, so that those who listen to Neil Young's songs and music, as well as those from other artists, experience exactly what the artists hear when they create their music." —Tim Bajarin, president, Creative Strategies, Inc. "The alchemy of product development is rarely shared like this, from a music legend (and it turns out, an enlightened CEO) and a tech veteran, with refreshing candor about the highs and lows of bringing together people, materials, and energy to deliver sound as intended, straight to the soul." —Louis Kim, vice president, Hewlett-PackardTable of ContentsContents A Message from Neil xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: The Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done 7 CHAPTER 2: A Look at Audio Quality 15 CHAPTER 3: How I Discovered We Were Losing the Music 29 CHAPTER 4: Neil Was Not Alone 47 CHAPTER 5: The Birth of Pono 51 CHAPTER 6: Meeting Neil 61 CHAPTER 7: Getting Started 69 CHAPTER 8: Beginning Development 73 CHAPTER 9: Pono Is for and by the Artists 79 CHAPTER 10: Inventing Pono 87 CHAPTER 11: Leadership at Pono 99 CHAPTER 12: A New Direction 111 CHAPTER 13: Our Kickstarter Adventure 117 CHAPTER 14: The Drive from Kickstarter to Production 137 CHAPTER 15: Going to China 141 CHAPTER 16: Building the Pono Music Store 153 CHAPTER 17: More Management Turmoil 161
£17.09
Brill I Fink Kulturdatenanalyse
Book Synopsis
£119.20
Bloomsbury Publishing USA How Music Changed YouTube
Book SynopsisGuillaume Heuguet is a Professor of Contemporary Art and Art History at ESACM (Clermont-Ferrand), France, and the Editor-in-Chief of Audimat, a French journal of music criticism. He holds a PhD in media studies from the School of Higher Studies in Communication (CELSA), Sorbonne University, France, and has edited for Paris' Philharmonic Penser les musiques populaires, the first French reader on popular music studies.
£21.36
The University of Chicago Press Format Friction
Book SynopsisThe first book to consider the shellac disc as a global format. With the rise of the gramophone around 1900, the shellac disc traveled the world and eventually became the dominant sound format in the first half of the twentieth century. Format Friction brings together a set of local encounters with the shellac disc, beginning with its preconditions in South Asian knowledge and labor, to offer a global portrait of this format. Spun at seventy-eight revolutions per minute, the shellac disc rapidly became an industrial standard even while the gramophone itself remained a novelty. The very basis of this early sound reproduction technology was friction, an elemental materiality of sound shaped through cultural practice. Using friction as a lens, Gavin Williams illuminates the environments plundered, the materials seized, and the ears entangled in the making of a sound format. Bringing together material, political, and music history, Format Friction decenters the story of a beloved med
£87.40
University of Illinois Press Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Reali’s cultural history of the magical, mystical Shoals captures the multifaceted layers of this little Alabama spot that produced so much storied music from artists as diverse as Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, and the Osmond family." --No Depression"A fascinating study of a musical microcosm, reveling in contradictions and debunking myths. " --Kirkus Reviews"Grounded in oral histories and meticulous archival research, Reali's work takes us deep into the story of the Muscle Shoals sound, providing additional complexity and context that helps to answer the question scholars and music enthusiasts have been asking for over half a century: 'Why Muscle Shoals?'" --Carolyn M. Crawford, Director, Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area"Reali’s work successfully shatters misconceptions about soul music and an identifiable Shoals sound." --Library Journal "Reali’s meticulous research--including his use of original oral histories and new archival finds--situates Muscle Shoals’s rich musical history within a broader understanding of its impact on pop music and culture in the United States."--Charles L. Hughes, author of Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South"Reali's account is fascinating, essential reading for anyone interested in American music and cultural history." --Shepherd Express"Thanks to a fine effort by the author, readers can now enjoy a well-rounded, succinct history of Muscle Shoals, and many of the musical highlights that have been created there over the last seven decades. A solid addition to the College of Musical Knowledge!" --Blues Blast Magazine"Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals is among the rarest of nonfiction books that require no subtitle. It is one of many details that makes Christopher M. Reali's account an outstanding contribution to the understanding of not only Muscle Shoals and its music but also the wider postwar South." --Journal of Southern History
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Reali’s cultural history of the magical, mystical Shoals captures the multifaceted layers of this little Alabama spot that produced so much storied music from artists as diverse as Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, and the Osmond family." --No Depression"A fascinating study of a musical microcosm, reveling in contradictions and debunking myths. " --Kirkus Reviews"Grounded in oral histories and meticulous archival research, Reali's work takes us deep into the story of the Muscle Shoals sound, providing additional complexity and context that helps to answer the question scholars and music enthusiasts have been asking for over half a century: 'Why Muscle Shoals?'" --Carolyn M. Crawford, Director, Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area"Reali’s work successfully shatters misconceptions about soul music and an identifiable Shoals sound." --Library Journal "Reali’s meticulous research--including his use of original oral histories and new archival finds--situates Muscle Shoals’s rich musical history within a broader understanding of its impact on pop music and culture in the United States."--Charles L. Hughes, author of Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South"Reali's account is fascinating, essential reading for anyone interested in American music and cultural history." --Shepherd Express"Thanks to a fine effort by the author, readers can now enjoy a well-rounded, succinct history of Muscle Shoals, and many of the musical highlights that have been created there over the last seven decades. A solid addition to the College of Musical Knowledge!" --Blues Blast Magazine"Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals is among the rarest of nonfiction books that require no subtitle. It is one of many details that makes Christopher M. Reali's account an outstanding contribution to the understanding of not only Muscle Shoals and its music but also the wider postwar South." --Journal of Southern History
£17.09
Indiana University Press Movies Songs and Electric Sound Transatlantic
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMovies, Songs, and Electric Sound is an insightful study in the beginning of cinema's sound era. * popcultureshelf.com *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Movies and Songs in Transition Chapter 1: Songs in Cinema in 1930Chapter 2: Electric Sound as New Medium Chapter 3: Voices and Bodies, Direct and Dubbed Part II: Transnational Trends Chapter 4: Film Editing after Electric SoundChapter 5: Export Cinema and Modular AestheticsPart III: Hollywood and Film EuropeChapter 6: American Films and Songs, at Home and AbroadChapter 7: Musical Films Made in GermanyEpilogue: Songs in Cinema, from Electric to Digital
£59.50
Indiana University Press Movies Songs and Electric Sound
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMovies, Songs, and Electric Sound is an insightful study in the beginning of cinema's sound era. * popcultureshelf.com *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Movies and Songs in Transition Chapter 1: Songs in Cinema in 1930Chapter 2: Electric Sound as New Medium Chapter 3: Voices and Bodies, Direct and Dubbed Part II: Transnational Trends Chapter 4: Film Editing after Electric SoundChapter 5: Export Cinema and Modular AestheticsPart III: Hollywood and Film EuropeChapter 6: American Films and Songs, at Home and AbroadChapter 7: Musical Films Made in GermanyEpilogue: Songs in Cinema, from Electric to Digital
£25.19
Yale University Press The Recording Angel
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1987 and now considered a classic, The Recording Angel charts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, Evan Eisenberg shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are acceleratingor reversingthese trends. Influential and provocative, The Recording Angel is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has hadand will haveon our experience of music.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition:“Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, The Nation“[The Recording Angel] throws out one arresting idea after another.”—Timothy Day, author of A Century of Recorded Music“An excellent work... Eisenberg explores so much uncharted territory... Long overdue.” —Michael Kimmelman, The Philadelphia Inquirer“A marvelous book, unlike any other.”—Garry Giddins -- Garry Giddins “A work of great originality and constantly stimulating argument.”—Geoffrey O’Brien -- Geoffrey O’Brien “Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, Nation -- David Hamilton * Nation *
£25.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Spatial Audio Processing
Book SynopsisThis book collects a wealth of information about spatial audio coding into one comprehensible volume. It is a thorough reference to the 3GPP and MPEG Parametric Stereo standards and the MPEG Surround multi-channel audio coding standard. It describes key developments in coding techniques, which is an important factor in the optimization of advanced entertainment, communications and signal processing applications. Until recently, technologies for coding audio signals, such as redundancy reduction and sophisticated source and receiver models did not incorporate spatial characteristics of source and receiving ends. Spatial audio coding achieves much higher compression ratios than conventional coders. It does this by representing multi-channel audio signals as a downmix signal plus side information that describes the perceptually-relevant spatial information. Written by experts in spatial audio coding, Spatial Audio Processing: reviews psychoacousticTable of ContentsAuthor Biographies. Foreword. Preface. 1 Introduction. 1.1 The human auditory system. 1.2 Spatial audio reproduction. 1.3 Spatial audio coding. 1.4 Book outline. 2 Background. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Spatial audio playback systems. 2.2.1 Stereo audio loudspeaker playback. 2.2.2 Headphone audio playback. 2.2.3 Multi-channel audio playback. 2.3 Audio coding. 2.3.1 Audio signal representation. 2.3.2 Lossless audio coding. 2.3.3 Perceptual audio coding. 2.3.4 Parametric audio coding. 2.3.5 Combining perceptual and parametric audio coding. 2.4 Matrix surround. 2.5 Conclusions. 3 Spatial Hearing. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Physiology of the human hearing system. 3.3 Spatial hearing basics. 3.3.1 Spatial hearing with one sound source. 3.3.2 Ear entrance signal properties and lateralization. 3.3.3 Sound source localization. 3.3.4 Two sound sources: summing localization. 3.3.5 Superposition of signals each evoking one auditory object. 3.4 Spatial hearing in rooms. 3.4.1 Source localization in the presence of reflections: the precedence effect. 3.4.2 Spatial impression. 3.5 Limitations of the human auditory system. 3.5.1 Just-noticeable differences in interaural cues. 3.5.2 Spectro-temporal decomposition. 3.5.3 Localization accuracy of single sources. 3.5.4 Localization accuracy of concurrent sources. 3.5.5 Localization accuracy when reflections are present. 3.6 Source localization in complex listening situations. 3.6.1 Cue selection model. 3.6.2 Simulation examples. 3.7 Conclusions. 4 Spatial Audio Coding. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Related techniques. 4.2.1 Pseudostereophonic processes. 4.2.2 Intensity stereo coding. 4.3 Binaural Cue Coding (BCC). 4.3.1 Time–frequency processing. 4.3.2 Down-mixing to one channel. 4.3.3 ‘Perceptually relevant differences’ between audio channels. 4.3.4 Estimation of spatial cues. 4.3.5 Synthesis of spatial cues. 4.4 Coding of low-frequency effects (LFE) audio channels. 4.5 Subjective performance. 4.6 Generalization to spatial audio coding. 5 Parametric Stereo. 5.1 Introduction. 5.1.1 Development and standardization. 5.1.2 AacPlus v2. 5.2 Interaction between core coder and spatial audio coding. 5.3 Relation to BCC. 5.4 Parametric stereo encoder. 5.4.1 Time/frequency decomposition. 5.4.2 Parameter extraction. 5.4.3 Down-mix. 5.4.4 Parameter quantization and coding. 5.5 Parametric stereo decoder. 5.5.1 Analysis filterbank. 5.5.2 Decorrelation. 5.5.3 Matrixing. 5.5.4 Interpolation. 5.5.5 Synthesis filterbanks. 5.5.6 Parametric stereo in enhanced aacPlus. 5.6 Conclusions. 6 MPEG Surround. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Spatial audio coding. 6.2.1 Concept. 6.2.2 Elementary building blocks. 6.3 MPEG Surround encoder. 6.3.1 Structure. 6.3.2 Pre- and post-gains. 6.3.3 Time–frequency decomposition. 6.3.4 Spatial encoder. 6.3.5 Parameter quantization and coding. 6.3.6 Coding of residual signals. 6.4 MPEG Surround decoder. 6.4.1 Structure. 6.4.2 Spatial decoder. 6.4.3 Enhanced matrix mode. 6.5 Subjective evaluation. 6.5.1 Test 1: operation using spatial parameters. 6.5.2 Test 2: operation using enhanced matrix mode. 6.6 Conclusions. 7 Binaural Cues for a Single Sound Source. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 HRTF parameterization. 7.2.1 HRTF analysis. 7.2.2 HRTF synthesis. 7.3 Sound source position dependencies. 7.3.1 Experimental procedure. 7.3.2 Results and discussion. 7.4 HRTF set dependencies. 7.4.1 Experimental procedure. 7.4.2 Results and discussion. 7.5 Single ITD approximation. 7.5.1 Procedure. 7.5.2 Results and discussion. 7.6 Conclusions. 8 Binaural Cues for Multiple Sound Sources. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Binaural parameters. 8.3 Binaural parameter analysis. 8.3.1 Binaural parameters for a single sound source. 8.3.2 Binaural parameters for multiple independent sound sources. 8.3.3 Binaural parameters for multiple sound sources with varying degrees of mutual correlation. 8.4 Binaural parameter synthesis. 8.4.1 Mono down-mix. 8.4.2 Extension towards stereo down-mixes. 8.5 Application to MPEG Surround. 8.5.1 Binaural decoding mode. 8.5.2 Binaural parameter synthesis. 8.5.3 Binaural encoding mode. 8.5.4 Evaluation. 8.6 Conclusions. 9 Audio Coding with Mixing Flexibility at the Decoder Side. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Motivation and details. 9.2.1 ICTD, ICLD and ICC of the mixer output. 9.3 Side information. 9.3.1 Reconstructing the sources. 9.4 Using spatial audio decoders as mixers. 9.5 Transcoding to MPEG Surround. 9.6 Conclusions. 10 Multi-loudspeaker Playback of Stereo Signals. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Multi-channel stereo. 10.3 Spatial decomposition of stereo signals. 10.3.1 Estimating ps,b, Ab and pn,b. 10.3.2 Least-squares estimation of sm, n1,m and n2,m. 10.3.3 Post-scaling. 10.3.4 Numerical examples. 10.4 Reproduction using different rendering setups. 10.4.1 Multiple loudspeakers in front of the listener. 10.4.2 Multiple front loudspeakers plus side loudspeakers. 10.4.3 Conventional 5.1 surround loudspeaker setup. 10.4.4 Wavefield synthesis playback system. 10.4.5 Modifying the decomposed audio signals. 10.5 Subjective evaluation. 10.5.1 Subjects and playback setup. 10.5.2 Stimuli. 10.5.3 Test method. 10.5.4 Results. 10.6 Conclusions. 10.7 Acknowledgement. Frequently Used Terms, Abbreviations and Notation. Terms and abbreviations. Notation and variables. Bibliography. Index.
£88.16
LUP - University of Michigan Press Record Cultures
Book SynopsisTells the story of how early US commercial recording companies captured American musical culture in a key period in both music and media history. Through an interdisciplinary and intermedial approach to recording industry history, Record Cultures creates new connections between different strands of media research.
£27.50
LUP - University of Michigan Press Sound Streams
Book Synopsis
£69.30
Duke University Press Sound
Book SynopsisAppearing here in English for the first time, Michel Chion's Sound addresses the philosophical questions that inform our encounters with sound, stimulating our thinking about being open to new sounds and to explore the links between language, technology, culture, and hearing.Trade Review"Chion's work is refreshing in many ways.... It is clear that Chion lives his topic deeply, and has not simply “researched” it. Alongside the extended theorisation, the book teems with thought-provoking observations, like the best of Jean Baudrillard (who could always be appreciated for his vignettes if not for his theories) or Roland Barthes. How good it is to find that someone else has asked himself why being subjected to one side of a conversation on a mobile phone is even more frustrating than overhearing a two-way conversation in person – and Chion has an answer." -- David Revill * Times Higher Education *"This work . . . is an excellent addition to the literature on sound. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that addresses not only basic philosophical ideas but also highly practical questions that inform the reader about encounters with sound. . . . The notes that are provided at the end of the work offer further details and are extremely useful. The glossary is incredibly valuable, especially in describing the French words the author uses. The bibliography is also extensive. In summary, the book is excellent. Recommended. All readers." -- M. G. Prasad * Choice *"Michel Chion’s opus is itself a delight to read. . . . His writing miraculously foregrounds sound without fixating upon its objecthood. Organizationally, he provides clarity through schematic listings of key points throughout the essays and a helpful glossary of terms that he has generated throughout his career." -- Shayna Silverstein * TDR: The Drama Review *"Chion and Schaeffer are part of an active, interventionist, history: they are about how humans seize technologies and put them to undesigned uses, they are about how to dis-alienate the spectacular. Bravo!" -- Tim Hodgkinson * Cultural Critique *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Closed Grooves, Open Ears / James A. Steintrager vii Preface to the French Edition of 2010 xxvii I. Hearing 1. Listening Awakes 3 2. The Ear 16 3. Sound and Time 29 II. A Divided World 4. Voice, Language, and Sounds 45 5. Noise and Music: A Legitimate Distinction? 55 III. The Wheel of Causes 6. The Sound That You Cause: Ergo-Audition 83 7. Sounds and Its Cause: Casual Listening and Figurative Listening 101 8. Sound and What It Causes: Real and Supposed Effects 121 IV. Sound Transformed 9. How Technology Has Changed Sound 131 10. The Audiovisual Couple in Film: Audio-Vision 150 V. Listening, Expressing 11. Object and Non-Object: Two Poles 169 12. Between Doing and Listening: Naming 212 Notes 243 Glossary 265 Bibliography 269 Index 275
£98.60
The University of North Carolina Press High Bias The Distorted History of the Cassette
Book SynopsisThe cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. This entertaining book charts the journey of the cassette from its invention in the early 1960s to its Walkman-led domination in the 1980s to decline at the birth of compact discs to resurgence among independent music makers.Trade ReviewAn affectionate ode . . . Masters constructs a lively and detailed case for the cassette as a vital driver of cultural creation. This charming history is sure to please anyone nostalgic for the mixtapes of yesteryear."—Publishers Weekly A thoroughly enjoyable romp . . . With energy, insight, and wit, Masters provides a welcome examination of an often overlooked cultural turning point."—Kirkus Reviews (STARRED review) This accessible primer unravels past and present uses and misuses of cassettes. . . . Masters builds a generous lineage, where it is clear that as much as 'sounds realign magnetic particles on a tape . . . the tape realigns your brain.'"—The Wire Knowingly written from the perspective of an entangled enthusiast rather than a distanced observer, [High Bias] carries an awareness that an objective history of the impact of a piece of technology isn't possible, all we can do is collect the stories we tell through it. . . . High Bias is a material history, but it's also a folk history."—The Quietus "Masters, whose work often goes far below the surface of all things sonic . . . offers a fascinating look at the shifting role of cassettes over the years—and some of the fascinating ways in which people have used them."—InsideHook A wonderful book, whose title is derived from the term for tape quality."—The Goo
£17.95
Duke University Press Working Musicians
Book SynopsisIn Working Musicians Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the labor of the mostly unknown composers, music editors, orchestrators, recording engineers, and other workers involved in producing music for films, television, and video games. Drawing on dozens of interviews with music workers in Los Angeles, Taylor explores the nature of their work and how they understand their roles in the entertainment business. Taylor traces how these cultural laborers have adapted to and cope with the conditions of neoliberalism as, over the last decade, their working conditions have become increasingly precarious. Digital technologies have accelerated production timelines and changed how content is delivered, while new pay schemes have emerged that have transformed composers from artists into managers and paymasters. Taylor demonstrates that as bureaucratization and commercialization affect every aspect of media, the composers, musicians, music editors, engineers, and others whosTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Working Musicians 1 1. Group Production, the Collective Laborer, Supply Chains, and Fields 19 2. Creativity 48 3. Composers’ Labor 81 4. The Music Supply Chain after the Composer: Adding Value 119 5. Challenges 138 6. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World 156 7. Neoliberalization as (Self-)Exploitation 177 8. “Thousands of Guys Like Me” 212 Notes 217 References 231 Index 245
£70.55
Duke University Press Streaming Music Streaming Capital
Book SynopsisEric Drott undertakes a wide-ranging study of the political economy of music streaming to engage in a broader reconsideration of music's complex relation to capitalism.Trade Review“Streaming Music, Streaming Capital is terrific. Eric Drott offers us an assured and learned guide to understanding recorded music in the present conjuncture and likely for years to come. As a study of the political and psychic economies of music streaming, it is unparalleled and will be a must-read.” -- Sumanth Gopinath, author of * The Ringtone Dialectic: Economy and Cultural Form *“Eric Drott offers a much-needed analysis of recorded music, online streaming, and their mutual mediation. With its incorporation into digital platforms, music’s oft-celebrated power to connect takes on new significance as it becomes, simultaneously, a lucrative asset, a service to rent, a means of data accumulation, and an extraeconomic resource. Drott’s fascinating examination of this new music economy’s coherences and contradictions deserves to be widely read.” -- Marie Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, The Open University“For those awaiting the definitive critical interrogation of the global music streaming economy, Eric Drott has provided a consummate account. Drott refuses the fallacy of music’s exceptionalism, and in this skilled reading music portends many of the wider crises characterizing our world.” -- Georgina Born, Professor of Anthropology and Music, University College LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Streaming Music 22 2. Streaming Capital 63 3. Music as a Technology of Surveillance 101 4. Counterfeiting Attention in the Streaming Economy: Spam, Click Fraud, and Fake Artists 144 5. Streaming, Cheap Music, and the Crises of Social Reproduction 193 Epilogue 235 Notes 255 Bibliography 307 Index 331
£77.35
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi The Last Seat in the House The Story of Hanley Sound
Book SynopsisExamines Bill Hanley's echoing impact on the entire field of sound engineering, that crucial but often-overlooked carrier wave of contemporary music. Hanley's innovations founded the sound reinforcement industry and launched a new area of technology, rich with clarity and intelligibility.
£27.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Making Tracks A Record Producers Southern Roots
Book SynopsisProvides a widely accessible study in the craft of recording. Billington demonstrates varying ways of achieving the mutual goal of a great record. He also introduces the supporting cast of songwriters, musicians, and engineers crucial to the magic in each recording session.
£21.21
University of Tennessee Press Making Music in Music City: Conversations with
Book SynopsisAt least since the rise of the “Nashville sound” in the 1950s, Tennessee’s capital city has attracted numerous books and articles offering insight into the celebrity machine known as Music City. But behind the artist in the limelight are a host of support personnel and contributors who shape the artist’s music. Of these myriad occupations within the music industry, only two have received significant attention: executives at the major labels and elite songwriters who have forged a path to the top of the charts. In Making Music in Music City, sociologist John Markert compiles and assesses more than one hundred interviews with industry professionals whose roles have been less often examined: producers, publishers, songwriters, management, studio musicians, and more.The book naturally pivots around the country music industry but also discusses Nashville’s role in other forms of modern music, such as rock, Christian, and rap. Markert’s in-depth interviews with key music professionals provide a fresh perspective on the roles of critical players in Nashville’s music industry. This book sheds light not only on the complexities of the industry and the occupational changes taking place but on the critical role of those who work behind the scenes to shape the music that ultimately reaches the public.Through firsthand accounts, Making Music in Music City analyzes just what it takes to create, produce, and disseminate the Nashville sound.
£28.46
University of Cincinnati Press Working Together for Change – Collaborative
Book SynopsisStrategies for engaging key stakeholders—evaluators, researchers, and designers—to discuss frameworks for promoting collaborative change. Collaborative Change Research, Evaluation, and Design (CCRED) is a framework and collection of participatory practices that engage people and the systems around them to drive community outcomes. This framework emerged out of the recognition that deep participation (or engagement) is frequently missing in collaborative impact approaches. When collaborative change is implemented effectively, community members are viewed as valuable owners and experts instead of being seen as disinterested or unqualified partners. CCRED is a social action process with dual goals of collective empowerment and the deepening of social knowledge. Executed successfully, CCRED has the potential to increase the rigor, reach, and relevance of research, evaluation, and design translated to meaningful action. Written in an easily accessible, narrative style, Working Together for Change, the fourth volume in the Interdisciplinary Community Engaged Research for Health series edited by Farrah Jacquez and Lela Svedin brings together evaluators, researchers, and designers to describe collaborative change by describing their own work in the space.
£31.00
