Editorial Reviews
Product Description: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. A lot has changed in the recording industry since the last edition was published seven years ago, so the new edition provides completely updated information on tips for a loud mix, hypercompression, mixing for Internet distribution, warning signs of an amateur mix, MP3 encoding, streaming audio, audio codecs, de-essing, gating, surround sound mixing, and more. There is also a completely new chapter on how to get the most from mixing inside your computer, as well as a new section on the bass/drum relationship and how to make this difficult part of the mix easy. The book wraps up with insightful interviews with the top engineers in the fi eld, including George Massenburg, Allen Sides, Bruce Swedien, Elliot Scheiner, Andy Johns, Nathanial Kunkel, and several others. Join the tens of thousands of engineers who have used this book to master the art of mixing.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Useful information that assumes some background, December 2, 2008
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David W. JonesVery useful information, interesting reading and thinking about what the different engineers have to say. I also like the sections it provides on the artistic aspect of mixing.
It assumes you're already somewhat familiar with mixing sound, like how to "sweep across the spectrum" to find the dominant frequency. But just reading through it improved the quality of the live mixes I do under less-than-ideal recording conditions.
'THE' book on mixing technics, October 31, 2008
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SubversoundsThis is THE book to a getting-pro mixer and sound engineer. Very good tips, up to date comentaries and references, lots of state-of-art producers and engineers comments and references.... Well, a must-have, and i'm not getting any money to say that. I leave in Brasil, a blight on good comments and solid info about music production and recording... again, this book is the book for pro mixers and sound engineers trying to sound (way) a little better....
A must have.
My small studio thanks it!
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Excellent for the audiophile, July 23, 2008
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Guillermo Monter (Santa Monica, CA United States)
As an audiophile I truly enjoyed the book. It gave me clear and usable insight into why some of my recordings sound the way they do. It also allowed me to very quickly criticize some of my not so professionally mixed music. This includes classic and pro brands like "Deutsche gramophone and London" that you would expect to be top notch. They are not always perfect. For the professional it gives the philosophy of the professional mixers without much detail.
Great Book, July 9, 2008
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Level1I began to learn with the first few pages of this book. This book is good, it's set up like a round table with professional mix masters.
Little did I know how much I had to learn.I recommened this book.
Something good to start with, June 14, 2008
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Jed Paul Sacapano (MD USA)
Now this book had me going when I was new in recording and mixing. Frustration comes when you do not know anything in the field of mixing. But with this, I had something to refer to. I recommend this one for other beginners like me.
