Books & Resources
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Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema REQUIRED This book will deal with the more theoretical aspects of sound design and demonstrate how sound designers use creative problem solving in their work. |
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The Sound Effects Bible: How to Create and Record Hollywood Style Sound Effects REQUIRED Ric Viers at YouTube A very good, practical, hands-on resource for aspiring sound designers. |
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Pro Tools 8 Documentation This resource is saved on every lab computer in Applications/ Digidesign/ Documentation/ The main ProTools reference guide is in the Pro Tools folder; documentation on all of the installed plug-ins is in the Plug-Ins folder. These "books" will guide you through any and all technical processes related to the sound design work you will be doing this semester. |
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Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-07899-6 This book is not required but will be part of our discussions to provide an interesting theoretical perspective on many of the topics we discuss. Chapters 1-5 and 7-8 are available at Google Books. This book is also available at the IU library. |
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Lynda.com (by Lynda Weinman) offers an Online Training Library. As IU students and faculty we have access to the entire collection. You will find tutorials for Pro Tools and other related audio software.
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Required books are available at the
Friends of Art Bookshop
Where is the Friends of Art Bookshop? It's right on campus: 7th Street next to the Showalter Fountain, in Fine Arts room 120. Fall semester hours are Monday-Thursday: 9-6, Friday 9-5, Saturday-Sunday 1-5. Visa, Master Card, Discover, checks, & cash accepted. Prepayment by phone or email can be arranged – call 812/855-1333, or e-mail foabooks@indiana.edu for details or more information.
Other recommended readings:
- Audio Culture by Christoph Cox (Editor), Daniel Warner (Editor)
- THE WIRE sound & music magazine
- The Cartoon Music Book by Goldmark & Taylor
- Designing Sound: procedural audio for games and film by Andy Farnell
- Walter Murch articles, interviews, & links at FilmSound.org
Zoom recorders (H4n):
- H4n device details
- Approved list of SD an SDHC flash memory cards
- Download the H4n manual (right-click to save PDF document)
Marantz recorders (PMD670—use only if there are no Zoom recorders available):
- Marantz web site resources
- Owner's manual (right-click to save PDF document)
- T369 Mobile recorder "How-to" (right-click
to save PDF document)
- Don't forget your compact flash card (the kind that is approx. 1.5" square)
Equipment checkout:
- TV157 Production lab
- Wells Library E044 (aka the Kent Cooper Room) has a variety of digital recorders (audio & video) available for check-out.