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Synthesizer

Like to learn more about sound synthesis? 

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Computer Sound Synthesis for the Electronic Musician

by Eduardo Reck Miranda 
Understand modern synthesizing:

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Sound Synthesis and Sampling

by Martin Russ, Francis Rumsey (Editor)
More mutants... 

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Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers, Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting...
by Mark Vail
 

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Synthesizer Basics 
by Brent Hurtig (Editor)


MIDI

Sure you know everything about MIDI?

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Midi for the Professional
by Paul Lehrman, Tim Tully (Contributor)

Can't believe that you don't have this in your wall-to-wall cupboard!

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The Midi Companion

by Jeffrey Rona, Scott R. Wilkinson (Editor), Jeff Rona
To all the "warmduschers" out there!

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Basic MIDI 

by Paul White (Editor)
More than just music:

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Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts 

by Douglas Kahn


Computer and Music

Back to the roots!

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The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing...
by Richard Charles Boulanger (Editor)
 

MP3, what the hell is this ;-) ?

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MP3: The Definitive Guide by Scot Hacker
Thats basic!

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Basic Effects & Processors
by Paul White (Editor)
 

Be inspired!

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Experiencing Music Technology : Software, Data, and Hardware, Second Edition 
by David Brian Williams, Peter Richard Webster
 

Facts!

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Desktop Digital Studio

by Paul White
More facts!

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Home Recording Power! 
by Ben Milstead, Pat Pickslay, Greg Raffin, Ted Coombs
 

And now - earning big money with the facts!

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business
by Donald S. Passman, Randy Glass (Illustrator)
 

This is also a business! 

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This Business of Artist Management 

by Xavier M., Jr. Frascogna, H. Lee Hetherington (Contributor)
Web is more than little funny pictures!

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Cutting Edge Web Audio by Ron, Jr. Simpson
It's like surfing without water!

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Audio on the Web: The Official IUMA Guide

by Jeff Patterson, Marjorie Baer (Editor), Ryan Melcher
Mmm... 

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What's a Sequencer : A Basic Guide to Their Features and Use 
by Greg R. Starr, Jon F. Eiche

 

This is for you!

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Basic MULTITRACKING
by Paul White (Editor)
 

He's got the power!

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Sonar Power! 

by Scott R. Garrigus
Great sound - great film!

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Producing Great Sound for Digital Video

by Jay Rose
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Basic MICROPHONES 
by Paul White (Editor)
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Basic Mixers 
by Paul White (Editor)
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Designing Web Audio 
by Josh Beggs, Dylan Thede, Richard Koman (Editor)
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Cakewalk Power! 
by Scott R. Garrigus
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The Digital Filmmaking Handbook (with CD-ROM) by Ben Long, Sonja Schenk
Or use the crusher!

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The Stompbox Cookbook : Build Advanced Effects for Electric Guitar & Bass 

by Nicholas Boscorelli


Composing

Try to compose?

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Simple Composition 

by Charles Wuorinen
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Contemporary Music Theory : Level One 
by Mark Harrison
Eat this!

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Harmony & Theory : A Comprehensive Source for All Musicians (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).

by Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder
Tschingdarassa!

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Looking for the Perfect Beat : The Art and Culture of the Dj 

by Kurt B. Reighley
Ever heard from this?

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Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory
by Joseph Nathan Straus
 

Or use the crusher!!!!!!

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Composing Music : A New Approach 

by William Russo, Jeffrey Ainis, David Stevenson, Jeffrey Aines
Do you hear me: Use the crusher!!!!

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Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music by Stefan M. Kostka
 

Oh man, use the...

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Any Sound You Can Imagine : Making Music/Consuming Technology (Music/Culture)

by Paul Theberge
And this for the night!

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Serial Composition and Atonality : An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
by George Perle
 

Pure research!

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Machine Musicianship
by Robert Rowe
 

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Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance 
by Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse
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Composing Interactive Music: Techniques and Ideas Using Max
by Todd Winkler


DSP

This is the bible!

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The Computer Music Tutorial

by Curtis Roads
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A DSP Primer : With Applications to Digital Audio and Computer Music by Ken Steiglitz, Kenneth Steiglitz
CMJ: 
It's my pillow! 

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The Music Machine : Selected Readings from Computer Music Journal

by Curtis Roads (Editor)
Cool down Joerg, don't get excited...

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Understanding Digital Signal Processing

by Richard G. Lyons
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Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia (Music Technology Series) by Ross Kirk, Andy Hunt
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A Programmer's Guide to Sound 
by Tim Kientzle
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Musical Signal Processing (Studies on New Music Research, 2)
by Curtis Roads (Editor), Stephen Travis Pope (Editor), Aldo Piccialli (Editor)
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DSP First: A Multimedia Approach 
by James H. McClellan, Ronald W. Schafer, Mark A. Yoder, James H. McClellen


Psychoacoustics

(from the gurus of psychoacoustics)

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Psychoacoustics : Facts and Models (Springer Series in Information Sciences, 22)
by Eberhard Zwicker, H. Fastl, H. Frater
 

Create very special effects:

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Spatial Hearing: The Psychophysics of Human Sound Localization
by Jens Blauert, John S. Allen (Translator)
 

Good to know:

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Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics
by Arthur H. Benade
 

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Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics with CDROM
by Perry R. Cook (Editor)
And this to sleep with! (Barry invented the first hardware granular synth!)

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Acoustic Communication by Barry Truax
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Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Analysis Using Discrete Sources
by Adrian Doicu, Thomas Wreidt, Yuri A. Eremin
Really know all about pitching?

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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale
by William A. Sethares


 


DJing

First aid!

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Last Night a Dj Saved My Life : The History of the Disc Jockey 
by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
 

Are you searching for basic knowledge?

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Electro Shock!
by Greg Rule
 

God is a DJ!

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Techno Rebels : The Renegades of Electronic Funk 

by Dan Sicko
Wear sunglasses?

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More Brilliant Than the Sun : Adventures in Sonic Fiction 

by Kodwo Eshun
Like to know more about drumming?

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The Art of Digital Drumming (Book and Cassette)
by Steve Wilkes, Defuria, Joe Scacciaferro (Contributor), Steve De Furia (Contributor)

Cook the rhythm!

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The Rhythm Book : The Complete Guide to Pop Rhythm, Percussion and the New Generation of Electric Drums
by Steve Savage
 


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The Rough Guide to House Music 
by Sean Bidder
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The Rough Guide to Drum 'n' Bass 
by Peter Shapiro, Alexix Maryon (Photographer)


History

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Theremin : Ether Music and Espionage (Music in American Life)
by Albert Glinsky, Robert Moog 
Without him - no crusher!

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On the Sensations of Tone
by Helmholtz, Herman Helmoholtz, Henry Margenau (Designer), Herman Helmholtz
 

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All Music Guide to Electronica : The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music 
by Vladimir Bogdanov (Editor), Chris Woodstra (Editor), Stephen tho Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Erlewine (Editor)
Uups!

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The Beatles Anthology

by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon
I only say: 4:33!

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Experimental Music : Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century)
by Michael Nyman
 

Very interesting!

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The Ambient Century : From Mahler to Trance : The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age

by Mark Prendergast
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Modulations: A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words on Sound by Iara Lee, Peter Shapiro (Editor), Simon Reynolds
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Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music
by Joel Chadabe

 
 

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