Basic Production Advice

Dodge · Post by **Dodge** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:27 pm

I'm just making my first tentative steps into music production, can you guys recommend any good books to read which cover off much of the basic terminology? I'm at the 'Music Production For Dummies' level so I need something pretty basic.

Cheers!

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:36 pm

I would head over to SoundonSound.com and just start reading everythign you can. They post their backissues that are at least 6 months old on the website, so you have a huge resource of well written articles to get you started. Additionally, I think Computer Music magazine out of the UK includes a beginners section in each issue, at least they used to. I haven't bought it in awhile.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:47 pm

I think the Dance Music Manual is an excellent source for music production. Aimed at dance music obviously, it still covers a lot of material that is universially applicable:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 63-7523859

Check out the reviews at the bottom of the page. It has eleven reviews, every one of them a five-star!

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:52 pm

www.computermusic.co.uk is great too. grab a magazine at your local bookstore and you get a dvd full of samples and free software!

i learned a shit ton from that mag cuz my friend had a subscription while i was staying at his house. after work i would scour the back issues for info and tips. learned a lot!

supster · Post by **supster** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:08 pm

Michael-SW wrote:I think the Dance Music Manual is an excellent source for music production. Aimed at dance music obviously, it still covers a lot of material that is universially applicable:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 63-7523859

Check out the reviews at the bottom of the page. It has eleven reviews, every one of them a five-star!

add my 5 star review to that. only one ive found that was specific to electronic music and convered things in a clear, focused, non-abstract kind of way
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noisegeek · Post by **noisegeek** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:15 pm

Understanding Audio from Berklee Press covers all the fundementals of engineering and production.

D K · Post by **D K** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:24 pm

yamaha's sound reinforcement manual is great,
geared toward live audio but still an industry standard.
cheers
d

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:26 am

google

siddhu · Post by **siddhu** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:17 pm

Pick up Ableton Live Power 5 when it comes out this fall.

It will walk you through the general basics of audio production, plus help you out a lot with Live itself.

The more you read, the better!

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:47 pm

supster wrote:
Michael-SW wrote:I think the Dance Music Manual is an excellent source for music production. Aimed at dance music obviously, it still covers a lot of material that is universially applicable:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 63-7523859

Check out the reviews at the bottom of the page. It has eleven reviews, every one of them a five-star!

add my 5 star review to that. only one ive found that was specific to electronic music and convered things in a clear, focused, non-abstract kind of way
.

I will add my voice to that as well. It is very well written at an approachable level of tech speak but it also gets very granular. It is waaay more useful than just a dance music book too. Mine is already losing it's pages.

He's got a website as well

http://www.dancemusicproduction.com/home.shtml

supster · Post by **supster** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:06 pm

kennerb wrote:. Mine is already losing it's pages.
l

yeah, mine too

its my only complaint about it, actually: they need to up the budget for the pressing. its worth the info anyway tho
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siddhu · Post by **siddhu** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:43 pm

I was so inspired by all the enthused ravings about the Dance Music Manual that I immediately ordered it from Amazon (should have it within 2 days).

I had seen the title before but I did not take it seriously until I read the rave reviews and then went to the website and saw the table of contents.

Will let you know what I think.

Again thanks for tip on that one!