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Books and Videos about Recording Electric Guitar & Amp Tone in Studios

See also the main list, Books about Getting Guitar Sounds.

 

New Items to Add. 3

Recording Guitar and Bass: Getting a Great Sound Every Time You Record (book with CD) 3

Recording the Electric Guitar: It's All About Tone (book with CD) 3

Recording the Guitar: Get a Great Sound Onto Tape (book) 3

DVD about recording the guitar (loaned out) 3

Computer Music latest special issue about recording the guitar 3

FAQ: Recording the Guitar 3

Wired: Musicians' Home Studios: Tools and Techniques of the Musical Mavericks. 3

Keep the Peace!  The Musician's Guide to Soundproofing. 3

Sound Advice on Recording and Mixing Guitars. 3

Home Recording. 4

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 3. 4

Home Recording for Musicians. 4

Home Recording Tips. 4

Sound Check - The Basics of Sound and Sound Systems. 4

The Art of Home Recording. 4

The Billboard Guide to Home Recording. 4

The Musician's Guide to Home Recording. 4

The Musician's Home Recording Handbook. 4

Studio Design and Soundproofing. 4

Building a Recording Studio. 4

Creative Recording Three: Acoustics, Soundproofing and Monitoring. 4

How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch. 4

Project Studio Blueprint 5

The Master Handbook of Acoustics. 3rd Ed. 5

Making a Demo Recording. 5

How to do a Demo Quality Recording in Your Bedroom.. 5

Killer Demos: Hot Tips & Cool Secrets. 5

Making the Ultimate Demo. 5

Recording Demo Tapes at Home. 5

Using Multitrack Recorders and Mixers. 5

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 1. 5

Mixdown to Master to Cassette. 5

Mixing Board Magic. 5

Multitrack Mixdown. 5

Multitrack Recording for Musicians. 5

Shaping Your Sound with Mixers and Mixing - video. 6

Shaping Your Sound with Multitrack Recording - video. 6

Studio-on-a-Budget's Guide to Home Recording Volume 1. 6

General Recording Books. 6

A Poke in the Ear with a Sharp Stick, Vol. III - CD-ROM sound-effects library (non-guitar) 6

Acoustic Techniques for Home and Studio. 6

Advanced Audio Production Techniques. 6

Audio Made Easy. 6

Creative Recording: Effects and Processors. 6

Digital Delays and How to Use Them.. 6

Digital Reverb. 6

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 2 - Signal processing. 6

Handbook for Sound Engineers: The New Audio Cyclopedia. 7

Improving Your Signal Processing Skills. 7

Master Course for the Recording Engineer 7

Modern Recording Techniques. 7

Panning & Stereo Imaging. 7

Practical Recording Techniques. 7

Practical Techniques for the Recording Engineer 7

Recording Sessions. 7

Shaping Your Sound with Equalizers, Compressors, and Gates - video. 7

Shaping Your Sound with Reverb and Delay - video. 7

Sound Advice: The Musician's Guide to the Recording Studio. 7

Sound and Recording: An Introduction. 7

Sound Ideas Sampler Library, Volume 5: Rock Strings. 7

Sound Recording Handbook. 7

Studio City (Guitar One Presents) 8

Studio-on-a-Budget's Guide to Home Recording Volume II 8

The AudioPro Home Recording Course Vol.3. 8

The Digital Delay Line Handbook. 8

The Sound Studio. 9

The Total Recording Session. 9

The Ultimate Tone, Vol. 2: Systems Approach to Stage Sound Nirvana. 9

Microphone Techniques. 10

Creative Recording Two: Microphones and Recording Techniques. 10

Microphone Manual: Design and Application. 10

Microphones: Technology and Technique. 10

Shaping Your Sound with Microphones - video. 10

Stereo Microphone Techniques. 10

The New Stereo Soundbook. (stereo mic'ing) 10

Tonmeister Technology: Recording Environments, Sound Sources, and Microphone Techniques  10

Music Book Dealers, Publishers, and Catalogs. 10

Newsgroup Postings about Guitar Books. 11

I'm particularly interested in any sections of these books discussing isolation of a miked guitar speaker from the control room, as well as use of power attenuators and dummy loads.  This coverage is very spotty even in books specifically about recording the guitar, and you can't predict what books will have a tiny or significant mention of these techniques. -mh

Recording Guitar and Bass: Getting a Great Sound Every Time You Record (book with CD)

 

Recording the Electric Guitar: It's All About Tone (book with CD)

 

Recording the Guitar: Get a Great Sound Onto Tape (book)

 

DVD about recording the guitar (loaned out)

Todo: Add when get back.

Computer Music latest special issue about recording the guitar

See my magazines page.

FAQ: Recording the Guitar

by Phil Gates

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786635975/

Oct. 2005

Badly needs an edit pass – I'm surprised Mel Bay allows such badly written, unedited material go out.  "Why bother, it's just a $5 book."  It reads like a very casual magazine article, but no magazine would permit such heavy use of colloquialisms tangled up with such heavy misspellings and grammar errors like missing punctuation – missing periods.  I would not recommend this as the first book on the subject.

Wired: Musicians' Home Studios: Tools and Techniques of the Musical Mavericks

by Megan Perry

Wired  Musicians' Home Studios – perry - rec, sounds

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879307943/

Sep. 2004

Keep the Peace!  The Musician's Guide to Soundproofing

by Mark Parsons

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0634089048/

Oct. 2005

Sound Advice on Recording and Mixing Guitars

by Bill A. Gibson

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931140383/

May 2004

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 3

High-tech music gear, MIDI, sampling, hard-disk recording

See Music Books Plus.


Home Recording for Musicians

$20 at Amazon.com. 1978. Author: Craig Anderton. See Music Books Plus. Amazon.

Home Recording Tips

See mixonline.com's book page. Then Music Books Plus.

Home Recording Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

Sound Check - The Basics of Sound and Sound Systems

Putting together and using sound systems for gigs. See Music Books Plus.

The Art of Home Recording

See Music Books Plus.

The Billboard Guide to Home Recording

See Music Books Plus.

The Musician's Guide to Home Recording

See Music Books Plus.

The Musician's Home Recording Handbook

See Music Books Plus.

Studio Design and Soundproofing

Building a Recording Studio

See Music Books Plus.

Creative Recording Three: Acoustics, Soundproofing and Monitoring

See Music Books Plus.

How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch

See Music Books Plus.

Project Studio Blueprint

See Music Books Plus.


The Master Handbook of Acoustics. 3rd Ed

See Music Books Plus.

How to do a Demo Quality Recording in Your Bedroom

See Music Books Plus.

Killer Demos: Hot Tips & Cool Secrets

See Music Books Plus.

Making the Ultimate Demo

See Music Books Plus.

Recording Demo Tapes at Home

See Music Books Plus.


Using Multitrack Recorders and Mixers

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 1

Cassette multitracks, demo tapes

See Music Books Plus.

Mixdown to Master to Cassette

See Music Books Plus.

Mixing Board Magic

See Music Books Plus.


Multitrack Mixdown

See mixonline.com's book page. Then Music Books Plus.

Multitrack Recording for Musicians

See Music Books Plus.

Shaping Your Sound with Mixers and Mixing - video

See Music Books Plus.

Shaping Your Sound with Multitrack Recording - video

See Music Books Plus.

Studio-on-a-Budget's Guide to Home Recording Volume 1

Multitrack techniques, recording jargon, MIDI elements, conserving tracks, correcting recording mistakes, reducing tape hiss. See Music Books Plus.

A Poke in the Ear with a Sharp Stick, Vol. III - CD-ROM sound-effects library (non-guitar)

Fried Tooth Fairy, Acid Waterfall, Charred Radio, Resonant Dog Meat, Alien Sinus Problem, Tiny Robot Hairball, Glass Rodents, and more. $200. See Music Books Plus.

Acoustic Techniques for Home and Studio

F. Alton Everest, Tab Books

books page at ampwares.com

Advanced Audio Production Techniques

Ty Ford. 1993. $24.95. See Music Books Plus.

Audio Made Easy

$13 at Mus. Friend. 60 pages. Chapters on mics, mixers, effects, amps, speakers, recorders, and more. How pro audio gear works and how to get the most out of it.

Creative Recording: Effects and Processors

See Music Books Plus.

Digital Delays and How to Use Them

See Music Books Plus.

Digital Reverb

See Music Books Plus.

Getting the Most out of Home Recording, Level 2 - Signal processing

See Music Books Plus.

Handbook for Sound Engineers: The New Audio Cyclopedia

See Music Books Plus.

Improving Your Signal Processing Skills

See Music Books Plus.

Master Course for the Recording Engineer

See Music Books Plus.

Modern Recording Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

Panning & Stereo Imaging

See Music Books Plus.

Practical Recording Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

Practical Techniques for the Recording Engineer

See Music Books Plus.

Recording Sessions

See Music Books Plus.

Shaping Your Sound with Equalizers, Compressors, and Gates - video

See Music Books Plus.

Shaping Your Sound with Reverb and Delay - video

See Music Books Plus.

Sound Advice: The Musician's Guide to the Recording Studio

See Music Books Plus.

Sound and Recording: An Introduction

See Music Books Plus.

Sound Ideas Sampler Library, Volume 5: Rock Strings

Multisampled, played with a variety of playing styles. Bass and guitar, clean and processed. CD.

See Music Books Plus.

Sound Recording Handbook

See Music Books Plus.

Studio City (Guitar One Presents)

Carl Verheyen.  Session player.  Studio City columns from "Guitar" magazine.  Exercising studio etiquette and acting professionally.  Acquiring, assembling and setting up gear for sessions.  For recording guitarists.  2001, 112 pages.  ISBN 1575603411.  Cherry Lane Music.  Width: 6" Length: 9". $9.95.  Music Books Plus.  Stagepass.com.  Amazon.

I'd like to see this. -mh.  Does it cover amp tone equipment and full signal path, use of power attenuators or dummy loads?

Studio-on-a-Budget's Guide to Home Recording Volume II

Tracking vocals, guitar, and bass. Mics, compressors, MIDI sequencing, SMPTE. VHS Video, 50 min. See Music Books Plus.

The AudioPro Home Recording Course Vol.3

>Bill Gibson, author of the best-selling Hit Sound Recording Course, in his new book The AudioPro Home Recording Course Vol.3 offers several Audio Examples that demonstrate how ASC Studio Traps can benefit home recording settings. The Course with accompanied CDs is available from MixBooks Intertec Publishing (http://www.mixbooks.com).

MP3 is currently underutilized for guitar sample clips, but the guitar and the Web multimedia capability are a perfect match. Here is a use of Web-based audio and video for guitar instruction.

Crossroads - crossroads-guitar.com - A new way to learn to play guitar with steaming videos, sound clips, tablature, live on-line lessons and much more.

A bass trap is designed to attenuate low frequencies.

The Auralex book "Acoustics 101" (downloadable from their site) has a lot of neat tips on soundproofing. With the room dimensions you have, you could consider a room-within-the-room construction. That would definetly help the most with soundproofing the room. Floating an entire room within your existing room and getting a pair of good near-field monitors so you don't have to play so darn loud would probably make it possible for you to mix at any hour of the day.

"Acoustics 101" from the auralex website - http://www.auralex.com/a-101/a101v28a.pdf

The Digital Delay Line Handbook

Music Sales, published 1985, revised 1989. Author: Craig Anderton

The Sound Studio

5th ed. Alec Nisbett. Recording techniques, mics, monitoring, mixing, signal processing, sound efffects, editing, session planning. 1993. $39.95.

Music Books Plus.

The Total Recording Session

Music Books Plus.

The Ultimate Tone, Vol. 2: Systems Approach to Stage Sound Nirvana

Kevin O'Connor. 1997. Power Press Publishing. ISBN 0-9698-6083-8. 252 pages. 8" x 11", spiral-bound with clear protective covers. 283 figures (schematic diagrams). $40. This volume is about designing and building an amp from scratch. Builds on Vol. 1, adding new depth to previously explored topics while introducing new subjects. The role of the sound man is explored with an eye to the evolution of PA and monitoring systems. Modular monitoring systems and local vocal PAs are examined, allowing the singer to explore the use of tube equipment and effects. Extensive "Power Supply Tricks" chapter. Transformers, rectifiers, capacitive and choke filters, regulation issues. Inherent regulation of transformers and active tube, mosfet and bipolar regulators. Variable, tracking, fixed and proportional regulators, and their consequences in live situations, comparing AC and DC controlled circuitry. Variacs, boost/buck transformer connections, zener diode and variable impedance rectification, with their impact on performance and tone. Bias supplies of all types. Common bias procedures and issues. Bias "fixes" for many popular amplifier models. The Importance of screen supplies and stand-bys. A variety of DC heater circuits bring to light both old and new ideas. Design rules for the five output stage topologies, with pointers regarding power output and tone. Cathode-bias to fixed-bias switching options, and less-well-known power amp master volume circuits. Opening up feedback loops, single-ended to push-pull panning, and solutions to "re-issue" amp model problems. Overview of solid-state power amps, highlight ease of assembly, range of tone, and circuit options including push-pull, mosfet, BJT, SRPP, cascade, multi-tier, bridges (grounded-floating-balanced), and non-feedback. Reliability. Thermal design and the solid-state power amplifier's intimate relationship to the power supply. Design examples from 20W to 1,250W. Hybrid power ampl ifiers incorporating both tube and solid-state elements provide options of tone, size and economy. The Nelson Pass Zen amp and John Linsley-Hood's simple class-A amp, and alternative amps such as the circlotron, OTL and SRPP. True triodes, which are becoming popular in both single-ended and push-pull formats. Triode and pentode gain stages, with the use of power tubes and large-geometry tube types for voltage amplification. High-gain preamps, split-rail designs, passive EQ and frequency shaping. Multi-band EQ with active tube stages and tube cross-over units. Mono and stereo reverb using tubes Tremolo circuits with bias- and audio-modulators. Compressor circuits using both tube and solid-state approaches are offered in low-distortion balanced and toneful unbalanced formats. Line Out and Direct Out circuits. Speaker selection, design, and enhancement. Acoustic instrument considerations. Adaptations for tube vocal preamps and monitor systems, and the evolution of tubed bass amplification. Simple switching techniques for both low-level and speaker control, demonstrating the capabilities of modern devices. London Power official book page. Available at Music Books Plus. Available at STF Electronics. Available at Mojo Musical Supply.


Microphone Techniques

Creative Recording Two: Microphones and Recording Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

Microphone Manual: Design and Application

See Music Books Plus.

Microphones: Technology and Technique

See Music Books Plus.

Shaping Your Sound with Microphones - video

See Music Books Plus.


Stereo Microphone Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

The New Stereo Soundbook. (stereo mic'ing)

See Music Books Plus.

Tonmeister Technology: Recording Environments, Sound Sources, and Microphone Techniques

See Music Books Plus.

Music Book Dealers, Publishers, and Catalogs

Music Maker Publications catalog - not guitar-specific.

Music Books Plus: Home Recording books

guitar gear books page at jklutherie.com

Music Books Plus - The largest online music bookstore and music book database. This has taken over the large Mix magazine's Bookshelf catalog of many music books. Books about gear, amps, recording techniques, effects, gear design, composition, music business, etc.

MixBooks - books published by Mix Magazine and Electronic Musician.

Mojo Tone has many of these books.

Power Press Publishing
P.O. Box 1777, Stn.B, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5H9
tel:519-668-3132
fax: 519-660-8992

Guitar Bookstore - Listings of guitar related books that you can buy on-line via Amazon.

GuitarBooks.com - Provides reviews and links for purchasing guitar books and videos.

Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Miller Freeman Books - publishes music gear books.

amazon.com has some of these books.

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc

Blue Book Publications, Inc

Creative Concepts Publishing Corporation

Hal Leonard

Homespun Tapes

Miller Freeman Inc

New Millennium Guitar Publishing Company

Amazon subject: Amplifiers, Vacuum Tube

Amazon subject: Audio Amplifiers


Newsgroup Postings about Guitar Books

Search web via Google for guitar recording


Amptone.com ultra gear-search page


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