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All about audio recording for the home-studio musician or engineer
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Guerrilla Home Recording: How to Get Great Sound from Any Studio (No Matter How Weird or Cheap Your Gear Is)Guerrilla Home Recording: How to Get Great Sound from Any Studio (No Matter How Weird or Cheap Your Gear Is) by Karl Coryat
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $14.28
This is a great read and will let you understand just how creatively you can manipulate your simple home environment to give neat studio effects.
Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Jeff Strong
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $4.16
The dummies series is always a good place to start. If you have no technical knowledge, this is a good first book for you.
Cubase 3 Video Tutorial - for Mac and PC - 3 levels in 1Cubase 3 Video Tutorial - for Mac and PC - 3 levels in 1
This is my favorite "how to learn cubase" tool. All of the lessons apply to Cubase 4, actually. It's got 5+ hours of videos, and even covers music notation and midi use.
M-Audio Pro Tools M-Powered Recording SoftwareM-Audio Pro Tools M-Powered Recording Software
Buy new: $249.00
Here's the home studio version of Protools.
ProTools LE: Essential TrainingProTools LE: Essential Training
Buy new: $79.95
Here's my favorite ProTools training DVD.
Cakewalk Sonar 6 Producer EdCakewalk Sonar 6 Producer Ed
Buy used from: $100.00
Here's the producer edition of Sonar.
Sonar 6 Power!: The Comprehensive GuideSonar 6 Power!: The Comprehensive Guide by Scott R. Garrigus
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $24.69
This is THE comprehensive Sonar guide...if you can find a video, let me know; these make much better & faster learning tools (although a book is nice to have for a deskside reference).