The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook 6th Edition

Description

Learning the art of mixing has never been easier.

For more than two decades, The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook has been the best selling and most respected resource on the art of music mixing for seasoned professionals and enthusiastic beginners alike.

Today’s home studio is just as powerful as any commercial studio, but it’s the techniques that the top mixers use that separates their work from what most musicians, songwriters, producers or artists can produce without that knowledge.

In this fully updated 6th edition of the Handbook, you’ll find all the proven fundamental and advanced techniques that the pros use to help you take your music to another level.

Guaranteed to help you get a great mix regardless of your gear, playback environment or the kind of music you work on, you’ll find your mixing chops getting better with each chapter.

Here are just a few things you’ll learn:

• The mix balance technique that sets levels so fast on even the most complicated mix that you won’t believe it
• The EQ techniques of the pros that will both separate your tracks and provide the utmost in clarity
• The “Magic Frequencies” that make every mix element sing
• The secret to processing and enhancing loops, samples and virtual instruments so they leap out a mix
• The way to set up a master mix buss to add more power and polish to your mix
• The secret to pitch correcting vocals so they sound so natural that you’ll never know they’re pitch corrected
• Drum replacement and enhancement techniques for instant great sounding kick and snare
• The ultimate punchy drums secret that gives you the right compressor settings every time
• The best way to use automation and sidechaining, the secret sauce behind modern mixes
• The secret to clean sibilance-free vocals that sit perfectly in the mix without sounding shrill or strident
• The editing tricks of the pros that include track cleanup, adjusting track timing, and the secret to smooth endings
• Easy-to-grasp methods for adding effects like reverb and delay that always work in any track
• And so much more!

Brand new additions to the 6th edition include:

• A completely new chapter on the latest intelligent processor plugins designed to make the difficult tasks of mixing easier
• A new chapter on saturation and distortion describing all the different types and how best to use them
• A close look at the small studio mixing environment, including overcoming a small room, room simulation software, and a method to evaluate monitor speakers
• Tips on selecting and using a reference track, a key element in achieving radio- and Spotify-ready mixes
• New additions to the chapter on immersive audio including a primer for mixing in Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA and VME
• In-depth looks at modern mixing concepts like MS processing, audio expansion, frequency-based panning, and compression sidechains

and much more!

The book also features interviews with some of music’s most successful and celebrated audio mixers from all different genres, as well as access to a bonus “Advice From The Mixing Legends” ebook containing 22 additional interviews not found in the book.

Learn the art of mixing from start to finish by using the tips and techniques from the pros, with The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, 6th Edition.