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 Title: The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, Second Edition Author: Bobby Owsinski UserComment: Secrets of the top mixing engineers are revealed in this second edition of the bestselling Mixing Engineer’s Handbook. In this edition, you will learn about the history and evolution of mixing, various mixing styles, the six elements of a mix, the rules for arrangement and how they impact your mix, where to build your mix from, and mixing tips and tricks for every genre of music. You will also learn the secrets of EQ and the “magic frequencies,” along with tips and tricks for adding effects, EQ’ing reverbs, effects layering, calculating the delay time, and much more. UserComment: If you want to produce recordings that sound impressive and musical, you need this book and CD! They’re filled with techniques and examples designed to help your mixes come alive. You’ll soon understand how the controls on your equalizers and effects processors really work. Follow step-by-step equalization guidelines for recording and mixing guitars, bass, drums, keys, vocals and other popular instruments. Learn how to use reverbs and delays to set your music in a controlled, blended and dimensional space. Discover how to craft and shape each sound, creating a complete, perfect mix. UserComment: When used correctly, compressors, limiters, gates, expanders and other dynamics processors are essential tools for creating recordings that sound impressive and professional. They can turn an amateurish sounding recording into a smooth and impressive master mix, ready for replication. This information-packed book provides step-by-step instruction along with several excellent audio examples, all aimed at showing you how to use these important tools like a pro. UserComment: “Sound Advice on Recording and Mixing Vocals” shows you the specific steps to take in pursuit of that perfect, sparkling vocal sound that makes your song shine! From microphone choice to room sound to effects selection, veteran MixBooks author Bill Gibson (The AudioPro Home Recording Course) guides you through the vocal recording process, and also gives you tips on how to get the best performances from vocalists. In addition, this book comes with an audio CD demonstrating all of the concepts described in the text. UserComment: the buttons, sliders and nuts and bolts of mixing are easy. the biggest challenge of learning to run audio is learning how to “hear”. that’s where this book comes in. it comes with a cd that actually teaches you how to recognize frequencies and trains your ear to not only notice subtle changes to the audio mix - but helps you identify what is different. great, great book!!! |
