Good reading for science of sound/electronic music? Starting w/ basics Options

[yakkady]

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some guides or good books I can read through that'll help me understand the science of sound/electronic music. My knowledge of the subject at the moment doesn't extend much further than sound being vibration of particles that travels in waves, or something along those lines. I'd like to go a lot deeper with that though, to find out how complex music travels through the air, how different speakers produce that sound, how different audio formats capture and play those sounds, and how they're created digitally in the first place.

I'd like to be able to play around with music creation software in the future, but this seems like the right first step.

[yakkady]

Thought I'd replied to this but I must have got distracted by something, but I appreciate the suggestions. The title was supposed to be 'starting with the basics' though, so I think one or two of thes might be beyond my level at the moment.

[DonP]

Thought I'd replied to this but I must have got distracted by something, but I appreciate the suggestions. The title was supposed to be 'starting with the basics' though, so I think one or two of thes might be beyond my level at the moment.

Wander into a college bookstore and look for titles like (possibly with "introduction to" on the front) "Communications systems" "Linear Systems" "Digital Electronics" "Feedback systems"
"Digital Signal Processing." SInce you aren't taking the courses for credit, save money buying old editions.