Audio Books

New and Published Books

1. Web Marketing for the Music Business

   2nd Edition

   By Tom Hutchison

   Interested in promoting, selling, and distributing music online? Have the website but not sure what to do next? Web Marketing for the Music Business is designed to help develop the essential Internet presence needed for effective promotion, sales, and distribution. Author Tom Hutchison provides...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Focal Press
2. iPad Music

   In the Studio and on Stage

   By Mark Jenkins

   Just as computer software changed the face of performing and recording over the past decades, Apple's iPad® tablet has the power to change how you produce music today. Author Mark Jenkins summarizes the iPad tablet's massive potential for music creation, explaining in detail how all iPad models can...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Focal Press
3. Designing Audio Effect Plug-Ins in C++

   With Digital Audio Signal Processing Theory

   By Will Pirkle

   Not just another theory-heavy digital signal processing book, nor another dull build-a-generic-database programming book, Designing Audio Effect Plug-Ins in C++ gives you everything you everything you need to know to do just that, including fully worked, downloadable code for dozens of professional...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Focal Press
4. iTunes Music: Mastering High Resolution Audio Delivery

   Produce Great Sounding Music with Mastered for iTunes

   By Bob Katz

   Apple’s exciting new Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) initiative, introduced in early 2012, introduces new possibilities for delivering high-quality audio. For the first time, record labels and program producers are encouraged to deliver audio materials to iTunes in a high resolution format, which can...

   Published September 19th 2012 by Focal Press
5. Practical Recording Techniques

   The Step- by- Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording, 6th Edition

   By Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett

   This hands-on, practical guide covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this book gives advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced), suggestions for...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Focal Press
6. The Audio Expert

   Everything You Need to Know About Audio

   By Ethan Winer

   Gain a deep understanding of audio practice and theory with this easy-to-read book, illustrated with more than 400 figures and photographs. Using common sense, plain-English explanations and minimal math, author Ethan Winer helps you understand audio at the deepest, most technical level—no...

   Published April 8th 2012 by Focal Press
7. The Science of Sound Recording

   By Jay Kadis

   The Science of Sound Recording will provide you with more than just an introduction to sound and recording, it will allow you to dive right into some of the technical areas that often appear overwhelming to anyone without an electrical engineering or physics background...

   Published February 16th 2012 by Focal Press
8. Audio Engineering 101

   A Beginner's Guide to Music Production

   By Tim Dittmar

   Audio Engineering 101 is a real world guide for starting out in the recording industry. If you have the dream, the ideas, the music and the creativity but don't know where to start, then this book is for you! Filled with practical advice on how to navigate the recording world, from an author with...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Focal Press
9. Recording Studio Design

   3rd Edition

   By Philip Newell

   Using straight-forward language and practical examples, Philip Newell covers the key principles of making a successful studio construction. In this third edition of Recording Studio Design, he gives you the skills you need to avoid disaster and create an efficient and effective acoustical...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Focal Press
10. Eargle's The Microphone Book

    From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application, 3rd Edition

    By Ray Rayburn

    Eargle's Microphone Book is the only guide you will ever need for the latest in microphone technology, application and technique. This new edition features more on microphone arrays and wireless microphones, new material on digital models; the latest developments in surround; expanded advice on...

    Published October 9th 2011 by Focal Press