A 9-inch square, 32-page hardcover book, ABCs of Audio Recording is a delightful children’s read featuring a page-by-page alphabet of audio terms, with short descriptions and simple illustrations or photos. “A is for Amplifier” or “T is for Tape” will give you an idea of the content, and topics like line level, key insert, and noise floor will probably educate the adults as well. I’m leaving my copy at my studio for clients to enjoy, but I’m waiting to see if Jon can follow this up with A Child’s Guide to Mastering so I can skip that perennial conversation by handing over a (hopefully illustrated) book!
Books | No. 159
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (book), On Recording: A Manifesto (book)
by John Baccigaluppi
These two books are both highly disparate but also very similar. More than anything else, I found them fun to read and also inspiring, although in different ways. But in the end, inspiration is...
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