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Book Recommendations

Posted: February 4th, 2014, 10:04 am
by MikeQuell
I was browsing the net and came across this book. I was wondering if anyone here has read it and what they thought.

"Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening" by David Hend
http://www.amazon.com/Noise-Human-Histo ... 1781250898

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What other great books have you read that are on the topic of audio/sound?

Re: Book Recommendations

Posted: February 4th, 2014, 11:13 am
by deskinscraig
One of the first audio books I ever read was David Sonnenscheins Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema Still holds to be one of my favorite books. I enjoyed Sound Design and Science Fiction as well.

Re: Book Recommendations

Posted: May 30th, 2014, 11:44 pm
by GrahamDonnelly
I have read the first section of it - through kindle preview I think, and it is very very interesting. I had forgotten about it until now actually - so I may well go home and make a purchase. it's a great insight into how we, as humans perceive sound and the history behind our hearing. Give the preview a shot and see what you think.

Re: Book Recommendations

Posted: July 30th, 2014, 9:58 am
by MikeQuell
This seems interesting. Has anyone checked this out yet?

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World Hardcover – February 10, 2014
by Trevor Cox (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sound-Book-Sc ... g=rnwap-20

Re: Book Recommendations

Posted: July 30th, 2014, 11:58 pm
by joe_griffin
deskinscraig wrote:One of the first audio books I ever read was David Sonnenscheins Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema Still holds to be one of my favorite books. I enjoyed Sound Design and Science Fiction as well.
I liked both of those.

I got a lot out of Yewdall's "Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound," though the file-naming in his chapters on ProTools drove me nuts, as did his constant misspelling of "vocoder." :ugeek: