Suggested Reading

First and foremost, if you are interested in the current state of the production and technology industry you should read Sound On Sound, the industry's standard and best magazine. The articles in there are more in-depth and up-to-date than most books on the subject.

These books aren't essential to the courses, but they can certainly help…

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Creative Recording 1	Paul White	Sanctuary Publishing	1860744567
Creative Recording 2	Paul White	Sanctuary Publishing	1860742319
Modern Recording Techniques	Huber	Focal Press	0240804562
Sound and Recording	Rumsey & McCormick	Focal Press	024051680X
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics	Howard	Focal Press	0240516095
Sound Synthesis and Sampling	Russ	Focal Press	0240514297

If you are new to music technology or need to brush up, you can't go far wrong with Sound On Sound editor Paul White. Although he's written a series of small 'Basics' books which are very good, I'd always go with the Creative Recording books listed above. You'll need them both, and you might find you don't need anything else.

The Modern Recording Techniques book is good too, but pretty much covers the same turf as Paul White.

Sound and Recording is much more suited to the theoretical side of the HND and HNC. The information is much more technical and less hands-on practical. Very useful.

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics is the standard text on acoustics. Not exactly bedtime reading, unless you like your algebra. Very good for the HND Acoustics unit.

Sound Synthesis and Sampling is a useful book, although it's looking a bit long in the tooth now; this area progresses with such speed it's hard for books to keep pace. I expect a new edition is in the works.

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