Recommended Reading for DAW beginners / music theory?

Denalihighway

Hi lads
Another newbie hamfistedly entering bedroom recording for my own stuff (I can hear Paul Brewer tutting already :pac:). Daunting is not the word but excited about it. My main intention is to be able to track guitar, VOX and midi to a decent standard in the short/medium term and get the pros to mix.

I have PC laptop with Tascam interface, and starting with Cubase LE 5 just for the moment to start getting my head around things. Will be using guitar, condenser MIC and microkorg for midi. Will later look at plugging in some decent guitar effects and maybe something like EZ drummer.

My question is, do you know of any good books, online resources etc (aside from the stickies) that are consistently cited as being good reads for beginners like me?

I'm interested in both theory and also stuff that's specific to the likes of Cubase etc.

I'm an impatient bast*rd and like a lot of people, tempted to skip through the instructions and lash into it, but I realise I should try to temper this and read read read as much as possible before jumping in.

You must assume I am completely clueless here...which isn't far from the truth.

thanks

shayleon

Get an online subscription for http://soundonsound.com/ you will find there all the info you need and it's all in an easy to understand language. I love these guys.

I'm also sure you can find a few sound engineers in your area who would love to teach you at your studio for a few bob. just listen to their work before you take their advice

Enjoy !

JJV

www.musictheory.net for a beginner's introduction to reading the dots & understanding the theory. With interactive exercises so you can hear what is going on.

Some v. good lessons here too.

http://www.8notes.com/theory/

Good luck with it

www.jjvernon.com

madtheory

This is an excellent book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harmony-Theory-Comprehensive-Musicians-Essential/dp/0793579910/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295900641&sr=1-5

Not your typical classical harmony thing, and not overly jazz focussed either. a good balance generally. Very practical.

If he has one on rhythm I'd be inclined to buy that too.

Bluebirdstudios

Hi,
I have a few old issues of sound on sounds about 7 - 10. Your welcome to them.
Might be a good start.
Let me know.
-Declan.

alan kelly

Bluebirdstudios wrote: »

Hi,
I have a few old issues of sound on sounds about 7 - 10. Your welcome to them.
Might be a good start.
Let me know.
-Declan.

Fair play declan. Yeah cant turn down anything for free these days .

I used groove 3 and macprovideo for a couple of download tutorials... Some of them are quality and they have sales regularly...

madtheory

This book has pretty much everything you'd need to know about sound engineering, live and studio:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davis/dp/0881889008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1295978596&sr=8-1

It's a well written classic, explains difficult topics such as dB and impedance really well.