# Book recommendations for Sound Engineering, Math **URL:** \ **Category:** General JUCE discussion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663 "2024-03-29T01:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/1 "2024-03-29T01:35:50Z")
Hello, I am a beginner to sound engineering, audio processing, sound design etc Currently I am creating my own DAW-like app using JUCE (for personal use) Could you please recommend me good books or internet web sites (links) about Sound Engineering, Audio Processing, Sound Design, Computational Music which also may include Fourier, Wavelet and related math and numerical issues ?? Yes, several books are better, not just one book I searched on google, amazon several times, but didn’t major in such areas, so failed to find good references (amazon shows several books, though) (I just have BA background in math) Thank you in advance ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/2 "2024-03-29T05:55:02Z")
Free online material (but i finally bought them all 😆). > **[The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing's Table of...](http://www.dspguide.com/pdfbook.htm)** > **[JOS Home Page](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/)** If you search for “DSP book” in the forum you will find others… > **[GitHub - olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp: A curated list of my favourite music DSP and audio...](https://github.com/olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp?tab=readme-ov-file#reading)** > > A curated list of my favourite music DSP and audio programming resources > [@General Audio Visualiser Implementation](https://forum.juce.com/t/general-audio-visualiser-implementation/18696/4): > > No problem. No, I was referring to rendering graphics on the CPU, ie. the standard way of doing this. Using hardware acceleration can offload some tasks like rendering huge amounts of lines to the GPU. Note that this can be achieved automatically to some degree by using the OpenGLContext class. The specifics of building audio plugin infrastructures is not something I’ve found litterature on, and has been a trial and error process. If you’re interested in getting deeper in the DSP and mathemathi… And if you speak french… > [@Math resources (in french)](https://forum.juce.com/t/math-resources-in-french/56853): > > Just want to share a YouTube channel in french about Math. Highly valuable when like me you don’t understand things with books only. sweat_smile ---
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/3 "2024-03-29T08:10:39Z")
Hello, Nicolas So, DSP is one of the main keywords ? Thank you for your recommendations and kindness I will search amazon etc, based on your advise Have a nice weekend and see you, Nicolas ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/4 "2024-03-29T08:17:23Z")
IMHO read the free books first to get an overview and fetch keywords. Then go for more advanced stuff you are really interesting by. ---
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/5 "2024-03-29T08:28:27Z")
Thank you Perhaps, which departments in universities offer these courses? Electric Engineering? or Computer Science? Modern Music School? I cannot find a department like “sound engineering” or “audio producing” What I’ve found is, one of the professors has vitae as follows BA, Electrical Engineering M.M., Music Technology, New York University M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Ph.D., Computer-based Music Theory and Acoustics, Stanford University ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/6 "2024-03-29T08:37:25Z")
No idea ; i’m french and i learned all by myself. 😅 IMHO most of time the books from [Schaum](https://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-Linear-Algebra-Outlines/dp/1260011445/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7opPQRNCBbwic554YD8Rvc5QAxun6tdk5cdFWKIfOuHT6aG_5fLIwkZt71DYPhfJX_tLIERX9QKsDgJRk8pBGrVFQk1xH9Xkzp_h6UCjNBqnOKukF6IHQTfCUsdHXuFLze2ltnmiWwhbqX-rh_fnYgYLZEuyvkOv1WF7RE4XEexY_on9QVeHR0pzlFCBNmtxZCzkoee895vUy3WNogoulWK2mDqqm92RMrDynmKKVpM.1JVOUihOBixz93rdCV2fAaOzz2XKaD8uYhkxO41rv6Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=Schaums-Outline-Linear-Algebra-Outlines&qid=1711701153&sr=8-1) are cheaps and well done. I just bought the DSP related ones (but i didn’t read them for now). ---
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/7 "2024-03-29T08:54:19Z")
Oh, I understand ! You are amazing Schaum really has some books about DSP, I found. They look very nice So thank you again for all your help and see you, Nicolas ---
**Author:** ![frankfilipanits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/frankfilipanits/32/545_2.png) [@frankfilipanits](https://forum.juce.com/u/frankfilipanits)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/8 "2024-03-29T13:26:21Z")
> which departments in universities offer these courses? Frost School of Music at University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) has undergraduate (BS) and graduate (MS) programs in Music Engineering Technology: [https://musicengineering.frost.miami.edu/degrees/index.html](https://musicengineering.frost.miami.edu/degrees/index.html) Stanford has the excellent Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics which offers coursework for undergrad and grad levels, with specific degree options for Masters and PhD: [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/) ---
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/9 "2024-03-29T14:44:03Z")
Thank you so much for your informations, Frank Of course, I am not planning to attend Stanford However, I can search their web sites and curriculum etc You saved my time a lot See you again and Have a great weekend, Frank ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/10 "2024-07-17T08:11:46Z")
FYI: I just read the _Dwight F. Mix_ book about z-transform ; IMHO interesting for self-taught dudes like me. Probably not if you are an expert. But it helped me to understand things i didn’t get with others. Few bugs inside by the way (but reader should be able to fix them). My 2 cents. > **[Fourier, Laplace, and z Transforms: Unique Insight into Continuous-Time and...](https://www.amazon.com/Fourier-Laplace-Transforms-Continuous-Time-Discrete-Time-ebook/dp/B07T7334KJ)** > > Buy Fourier, Laplace, and z Transforms: Unique Insight into Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Transforms. Their Definition and Applications (Technical LAP series Book 5): Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com ---
**Author:** ![morphism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morphism](https://forum.juce.com/u/morphism)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/11 "2024-07-19T12:41:51Z")
Hello, Nicolas Thank you for your recommendation and kindness I will try to search that book Have a great weekend and see you again, Nicolas ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/12 "2025-01-18T15:08:39Z")
Just reading again the book from “Dwight F. Mix”… gosh, it is really full of typos! I can not find any erratum anywhere. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/book-recommendations-for-sound-engineering-math/60663/13 "2025-10-19T13:47:04Z")
Few interesting stuff (Max/MSP tutorials) for newbies : [https://isabelgk.com/](https://isabelgk.com/)