Resources (more to come...)

Audio Recording - Glossary of Terms
glossary from the course text site
glossary by Bruce Bartlett
another very good glossary

Book tutorials are here

Protools resources
good video tutorial series here
additional info about leaning Protools
Info about Protools First (free)

Lab 1 files are here

Song Exploder - interesting music pod cast - artists describing how their music is made
Shaking Through - documentary series about the process of recording (includes downloadable materials)

Ear training for engineer
book and software - by Jason Corey
how to listen - developed by harman international
quiz tones - software for mac, Folio and android (free mac demo on the 'compare' page)

Music theory resources
very good site with music theory lessons and exercises
excellent music theory one sheet overviews
music theory: the TL;DR version (PDF)
music theory for computer musicians (book)

Surround Info
surround sound commercial format chart
surround production guide for music
Surround Sound: Up and Running - book by Holman
Pro Tools Surround Sound Mixing - book by Tooling

some resources and recommendations for good headphones

Etymotic hearing protection options (about 13.00-25.00)
EarPeace hearing protection (20.00)

Etymotic custom made earplugs (about 150.00) the impressions can be made at the TU Hearing and Balance Center
TU - provides the following Audiology Services

a good online acoustics site - it has other topics besides acoustics...

Bob Katz - excellent web site - includes faq about digital audio
Dave Moulton - very useful online articles

sound on sound - excellent magazine / web site - lots of great articles and tutorials
tape op - interesting recording magazine - free subscriptions available

some additional software options
reaper -inexpensive digital audio workstation - mentioned in class
logic - apples professional daw / production environment
Live - a different approach to daw / production software from ableton

Microphone info
The RecordingHacks Microphone Database
Microphone data site
S. O. Coutant Microphone site

Here are some session forms:
general recording map
basic tracking info sheet
track sheet (from mackie)
tracking sheet (drop down menu)

A few cross platform cloud storage options
DropBox
Amazon cloud drive

Some hard drive cloning software
Carbon copy cloner
SuperDuper

 

Selected Book References

Augoyard, J. F., Mccartney, A., Torgue, H. & Paquette, D. (2006) Sonic Experience : A Guide to Everyday Sounds, Montreal ; McGill-Queen's University Press.

Bartlett, B. & Bartlett, J. (2008) Practical Recording Techniques, Boston, Elsevier/Focal Press.

Chanan, M. (1995) Repeated Takes: A Short History of Recording and Its Effects on Music, Verso.

Cook, P. R. (Ed.) (1999) Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics, Cambridge, MIT Press.

Corey, J. (2010) Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, Elsevier Science & Technology Books.

Cox, C. & Warner, D. (2004) Audio Culture : Readings in Modern Music, New York, Continuum.

Eargle, J. (2004) The Microphone Book, Oxford, UK ; Boston, Elsevier/Focal Press.

Gibson, B. (2005) The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More, Thomson Course Technology.

Huber, D. M. & Runstein, R. E. (2009) Modern Recording Techniques, Amsterdam ; Boston, Focal Press/Elsevier.

Katz, B. & Katz, R. A. (2007) Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, Elsevier/Focal Press.

Moorefield, V. (2005). The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music, MIT Press.

Rumsey, F. & Mccormick, T. (2009) Sound and Recording, Elsevier Science.

Thompson, D. M. (2005) Understanding Audio: Getting the Most out of Your Project or Professional Recording Studio, Berklee Press.

Zwicker, E. & Fastl, H. (1999) Psychoacoustics: Facts and Models, New York, Springer.