Programming ⇝ Audio Programming-Related Books

This is a collection of sound programming books. It covers general audio software development, digital signal processing, game development, effects plugin development, and virtual synthesizer creation.

Many older books have been included in this list, either because they contain important fundamental concepts, or are the definitive reference on older, but still-used technologies.

Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins in C++ (2nd Edition) by Will Pirkle

BasicSynth by Daniel Mitchell

Designing Audio Effect Plugins in C++: For AAX, AU, and VST3 with DSP Theory (2nd Edition) by Will Pirkle

Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS by Chris Adamson and Kevin Avila

Getting Started with C++ Audio Programming for Game Development by David Gouveia

Principles of Digital Audio (6th Edition) by Ken Pohlmann

Getting Started with JUCE by Martin Robinson

A Programmer's Guide to Sound by Tim Kientzle

Computer Sound Design, Second Edition: Synthesis techniques and programming (2nd Edition) by Eduardo Miranda

The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads

Making Musical Apps: Real-time audio synthesis on Android and iOS by Peter Brinkmann

Game Audio Programming by James Boer

Beginning Game Audio Programming by Mason McCuskey

Audio Programming for Interactive Games: The Computer Music of Games by Martin D. Wilde

DirectX 9 Audio Exposed: Interactive Audio Development by Todd Fay

The Audio Programming Book by Richard Boulanger and Victor Lazzarini