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Secrets of the top recording engineers revealed at mixdown! Learn the evolution of mixing, regional mixing styles, the six elements of a mix, rules for arrangements and principles of building your mix! Learn the secrets of EQ and "magic frequencies" along with adding effects, EQ'ing reverbs, sonic layering of effects, calculating the delay time and much more! This book extensively covers stereo mixing with an expansive chapter on mixing in 5.1 surround. Plus, it includes an incredible third section filled with interviews with the top engineers in the field such as George Massenburg, Allen Sides, Bruce Swedien and over a dozen more!

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A long-time music industry veteran, Bobby Owsinski started his career as a guitar and keyboard player, songwriter and arranger, eventually becoming an in-demand producer/engineer working not only with a variety of recording artists, but on commercials, television and motion pictures as well. One of the first to delve into surround sound music mixing, Bobby has worked on over a hundred surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of superstar acts. Combining his music and recording experience with an easy-to-understand writing style, Bobby has become one of the best-selling authors in the music recording industry with 19 books that are now staples in audio recording, music, and music business programs in colleges around the world, including the best-selling Mixing Engineer's Handbook, Recording Engineer's Handbook, and Music 3.0:A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age. A frequent moderator, panelist, and program director for a variety of industry conferences, Bobby has served as the longtime producer of the annual Surround Music Awards, and is one of the creators and executive producers for the "Guitar Universe" and "Desert Island Music" television programs. Visit Bobby's production blog at bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/, his Music 3.0 blog at music3point0.blogspot.com, and his website at bobbyowsinski.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mix Books; 1st edition (November 1, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0872887235
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0872887237
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches

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Producer/engineer Bobby Owsinski is one of the best selling authors in the music industry with 24 books that are now staples in audio recording, music, and music business programs in colleges around the world, including the Deconstructed Hits series, Social Media Promotion For Musicians, The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, The Music Business Advice Book, and more.

He’s also a contributor to Forbes writing on the new music business, his popular blogs have passed 13 million visits, and he’s appeared on CNN and ABC News as a music branding and audio expert. Many of his books have also been turned into video courses that can be found online at lynda.com, and he continues to provide presentations, workshops and master classes at conferences and universities worldwide.

After having taught thousands of entrepreneurs the principles of branding and social media in his coaching courses, Bobby has written a number of books outside the music industry including Social Media Promotion for Small Business and Entrepreneurs and The Cruise Vacation FAQ Book.

Bobby also provides a number of audio, music production, social media and music business online courses on both Lynda.com and bobbyowsinskicourses.com.

Visit Bobby's music production blog at bobbyowsinskiblog.com/, his Music 3.0 music industry blog at music3point0.com, his Forbes blog at Forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/, his podcast at bobbyoinnercircle.com, and his website at bobbyowsinski.com.

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William Amerman

Practical and Inspirational

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2006

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I'm what you might call a casual musician. Despite years of recording in a home studio, most recently on Sonar, my mixes have been completely hit or miss. Actually, make that almost exclusively "miss." Trial and error is so time consuming and uninspiring. This book is not for a beginner who needs all terminology explained. But I imagine even beginners could get a lot out of this book. The concepts are presented clearly, rationally, in an easy-to-read manner.

I read this book over the weekend and tonight sat down with an old song. I re-mixed it completely in about 2 hours. Then I compared the new mix to the old mix. The new mix had constant levels (thank you, compression) and good distinct frequency eq allocations for the various instruments. The old mix sounded like it was recorded in a wet cardboard box.

This book was a cheap investment for the insight it has given me.

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K-Star

If You Don't Have this Book You're An Idiot....Not really lol

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2013

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This book should be labeled "Mixing for Dummies" it is so simple and straight forward. Its not a bunch of theory that no one understands, but it is full of actual tips. <Example: If you want your snare to sound this way boost at 2k and cut at 400hz set you compressor to this, and bus it to an Aux track w/blah blah blah> those numbers aren't actually right but its just an example. Its like having several personal mixing mentors telling you exactly what to do. If you follow the tips in this book you'll end up with pretty good mixes.

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Elvis P.

Improvement needed ? Buy this.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020

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Knowledge from the best. Tips from the best. Technicalities improves with each chapter. A must have.

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2006

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This is such a fabulous book taking a coffee break with the who's who of big producers. If you do music, you'll know there isn't really a shortcut to everything. That is why GREAT production work is such an art and everyone's got their way to make it sound.. sound off effortlessly... if they're good.

The producers gives you a glimpse of how they go about their sound and there's a lil' history of where they've been, with whom they've worked with.

I open it for reference or a for a quick 'pick me up' when I become frustrated with the process.

This book isn't for everyone and if you're expecting " Mixing For Dummies', you best look elsewhere.

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Arockabombie

Must have for every bedroom recording engineer.

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019

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Must have for every bedroom recording engineer. Have bought this book several times because I pass them on to friends.

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2010

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I have to say this book is pretty good. It doesn't go into crazy detail about equipment settings, but it does give you insight on how different engineers approach the mix down process. It was an easy read and I'm using a lot tips I learned from the book! I highly recommend this book if you're looking to learn how other mixers approach mixing.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2011

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I bought this book back in 2004 and i still refer to it once in a while. I like the info it gives on delay effects and how to calculate the right number of milliseconds depending on your bpm. If you're using a modern-day DAW, you'll probably just set the delay to the tempo of the song and then choose 16ths, 8ths, or whatever you please. But it's nice to know the calculations behind it all.
This book is not organized in great detail. It's mostly interviews and the engineers speaking freely, so you're not going to find everything you want to know about delays in one section, everything about panning in another section, etc. But if you flip through the pages, you'll get lots of good information.
The drawback to this format is that you don't get great detail on some of the information. For example, in one section where one of the engineers talks about the chorus effect, he says, and i am paraphrasing: "Synthesizers don't provide a true stereo image. What i do is I throw out one of the channels and then add a delay to the channel." Ok, so what does "throw out one of the channels mean?" Does it mean to record the synth in mono with one cable? How much delay does he apply to the channel that was recorded? How about panning?
All in all, the book is useful and i would recommend it to you, although you'll probably wish that the engineers would go into greater detail so you can copy their techniques.

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Jason Maas

real help

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017

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Lots of different approaches to common problems and tasks, all specific enough to be of real help. helped me create better sounding mixes.

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NickyBoy

The best Mixing Handbook I've found.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2017

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This book has taught me more about mixing than any other resource; whether that be video, online tutorial or book. There is some great info here such as the "magic" frequencies for different instruments; and how to set delay times that breathe with the music. Great book, which now sits close at hand whenever I'm mixing.

F.S.

Besser geht's nicht

Reviewed in Germany on February 28, 2005

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Das Buch hält was es verspricht.In dem Buch kommen unzählige Tontechniker zu Wort, die seit Jahrzehnten im Geschäft sind und überzeugende Referenzen vorweisen können. Zu jedem behandelten
Thema (Eq, Dynamics,...) geben sie ihre Sicht der Dinge zum besten, sodass man aus einer Fülle von Anwendungen schöpfen kann.
Ein umbedingtes Muss für Alle, die an einen professionellen Mix herankommen möchten.

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Ben Jones

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2017

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Can't recommend this book enough

Mikko Seppälä

Basic information about mixing, And then some.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2014

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Really handy book about mixing.

Null

A great place to start, or finish.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2002

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As a student of Music Technology, I found this book extremely useful and helpful. With sections on Mixing, Sound Panorama, EQing, Effects, Dynamics, Monitoring, Mastering and some of the history leading up to current times. Has a whole section dedicated to Surround Sound mixing, which I havent seen anywhere else. Uses quotes taken from interviews with some of the world's best mixers (Joe Chiccarelli, Jerry Finn, Kevin Killen etc) to illustrate each section. All of the interviews are uncut at the back of the book.
A very good buy.

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