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The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

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Author: Bobby Owsinski
Publisher: Course Technology Inc
Category: Book

List Price: £23.99
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 13665

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.9

ISBN: 1598632515
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.490285
UPC: 082039532516
EAN: 9781598632514
ASIN: 1598632515

Publication Date: April 25, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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  • Paperback - The Mixing Engineer's Handbook (Mix Pro Audio Series)

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Customer Reviews:   Read 2 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars All becomes clearer   September 11, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

A great book with very insightful writing. If you have been struggling to get over a learning plateau in home recording this definitely helps. I have been using Logic Pro for 3 years and this book definitely helped. The guest sections in the book make very good reading too and it is not written in too 'techy' a manner.


5 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book.   October 8, 2007
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

If you would describe yourself as someone who really wants to improve the actual sound of your music, buy this book. I have been producing dance music for quite a few years, but got to the stage where my ideas seemed to be ok, but my productions just didn't sound like I wanted them to ( I wanted them to sound professional ). This book basically tells you a whole load of tips and tricks about how to get all of your elements to sit nicely in the mix, I
used to have one big mess of a mix, but this book has taught me how to create a tighter , brighter, clearer and cleaner mix presented in an easy to understand text.
I would recommend this book for any level of producer and for any genre, but especially anyone who can't quite get that pro sound, and then
as a follow on , buy 'Mastering audio - Bob Katz ' a not so easy read in places, but worth it . for me these TWO books have made ALL the difference.



4 out of 5 stars Inspirational reading   September 13, 2004
 28 out of 28 found this review helpful

This book really has some nice info about the use of compressors, reverbs, delays, tricks for monitoring mixes, and lots more. First it goes through subjects one by one and gives some general info plus a few related quotes from some famous mixing engineers. Although most of these people are professionals and talked about equipment that I will never use the theory was still valuable for me. It's stuff that can easily be adapted to my needs with my PC recording studio using Logic Audio.

This book doesn't receive 5 stars mainly because it is a little light for the money. The paragraphs of quotes are repeated in the third part of the book which consists of the interviews in their entirety. Also, the section on surround sound really was of no use to me (or most home recording studio enthusiasts I would think).

However, I did find the book a pleasure to read. I am a big reader and was surprised to see how interesting it was to get a little personal insight into some of the mixing techniques and the issues that are taken into consideration. The story about how they got the drum sound for "Billy Jean", for example, was very interesting.

So, I am glad I bought this book. I am still looking for more tips and tricks to improve my recording/mixing/production skills but I now have a much better idea of where to start when mixing, what kinds of things to consider, how to use effects more effectively and lots more.


4 out of 5 stars Reader friendly and interesting   January 13, 2004
 13 out of 13 found this review helpful

If you're into home recording or are looking to brush up on your mixing skills in the studio, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook contains plenty of practical tips. I would say that this book is aimed at the beginner/intermediate reader and is easy to follow even with only a little knowledge of sound engineering. It never gets too heavy and is even funny at times! The book covers a good range of topics and interviews with mixing engineers which give a good insight into how the pro's create the hits. I've been mixing for years, and I still found this book useful.


5 out of 5 stars Excelent book for begginers to experts - Superb!   December 26, 2003
 8 out of 9 found this review helpful

Simply superb. This is the defenitive mixing manual I have been searching for years... It includes comments, trips and tricks from many greatest music enginneer's from all time. This book helped me as an amateur mixing engenieer to improve my mixes by far in less than a week. I recommend it.

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