Please recommend GREAT book in mixing techniques...

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:51 am

MWYM. Everyone beat me to it.

timriley · Post by **timriley** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:46 am

'Basic' Mixing Techniques by Paul White is a very good place to start! Don't be put off by the name 'basic'.... There's a whole series of these books... 'Basic' Microphones, 'Basic' Mixers, etc..

Paul White has been one of the main writers in 'Sound on Sound' magazine for years and seems to know quite alot about, erm, quite alot!

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:17 am

Good call timriley.

Paul's writing style has always been extremely readable to me; I always enjoyed seeing how many words into an article I could pick that it was his.

timriley · Post by **timriley** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:26 am

I've got it in my pocket right now.....

Ohhhh, did i mention that you can fit it in your pocket!!!

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:04 pm

timriley wrote:'Basic' Mixing Techniques by Paul White is a very good place to start! Don't be put off by the name 'basic'.... There's a whole series of these books... 'Basic' Microphones, 'Basic' Mixers, etc..

Paul White has been one of the main writers in 'Sound on Sound' magazine for years and seems to know quite alot about, erm, quite alot!

Do you mean the little ones? I have a few of those

They're good. The only thing is that, if I remember correctly, they are a bit dated in terms of mentioning mostly analog stuff. If I recall correctly, he mentions digital concepts almost as an after-thought, but I could be wrong.

I have a few of these little ones (Basic recording, basic mixers, basic microphones, etc).

I should re-read them, because when I first did I knew NOTHING about audio, so I didn't grasp as much as I could probably now.

Schweats wrote:I just ordered these but haven't received 'em yet••¦

http://www.uaudio.com/products/dvd/prow ... index.html

HTH - Schweats

Hey, Schweats, that looks very nice. PLEASE tell us what you think about this package when you get it. I'm REALLY curious about this, and if it turns out the course and material are as good as they look, I'll get those as well.
Please let us know what you think of the content.

timriley · Post by **timriley** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:22 am

FMiguelez wrote:
timriley wrote:'Basic' Mixing Techniques by Paul White is a very good place to start! Don't be put off by the name 'basic'.... There's a whole series of these books... 'Basic' Microphones, 'Basic' Mixers, etc..

Paul White has been one of the main writers in 'Sound on Sound' magazine for years and seems to know quite alot about, erm, quite alot!
Do you mean the little ones? I have a few of those

They're good. The only thing is that, if I remember correctly, they are a bit dated in terms of mentioning mostly analog stuff. If I recall correctly, he mentions digital concepts almost as an after-thought, but I could be wrong.

I have a few of these little ones (Basic recording, basic mixers, basic microphones, etc).

I should re-read them, because when I first did I knew NOTHING about audio, so I didn't grasp as much as I could probably now.

Hey FM...

Yes those little ones!

You're right, they are slightly dated... I've read the basic microphones and basic mixers too! You're thread reminded me of the Basic Mixing Techniques I had sitting on the bookshelf gathering dust...

These books aren't exactly groundbreaking! They're just quite enjoyable to read and very accessable.. If you read them you'll probably be thinking to yourself, "well i already knew that", a fair bit... I know i was!!.. But then again, I find that quite reassuring.. (edit: having said that, there were probably as many nuggets of info that i didn't know, as of those that i did!)

Basic Mixing Techniques is a good place to start, before going in deeper.. As for being dated, sometimes it's good to take a step back so you can take three steps forward....

It must be very hard to write books about modern technology with the pace that things move at! This book was published in 2000........ Just after the invention of the wheel i believe!!

catfishmusic · Post by **catfishmusic** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:19 pm

twista wrote:The Mixing Engineers Handbook by bobby owsinsky is quite good
has lots of interviews with the big cats as well.

I second that!

zed · Post by **zed** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:03 pm

I just ordered Mixing with your Mind direct from the author's website:

http://www.mixingwithyourmind.com

Can't wait to get my copy!! Thanks again kassonica and Mr_Clifford, for drawing my attention to this book.

trond · Post by **trond** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:41 pm

For anyone who likes a visual approach, the book by David Gibson called 'The Art of Mixing: A Visual Guide to Recording, Engineering, and Production' is really excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Mixing-Record ... 89&sr=8-12

wheever · Post by **wheever** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:40 pm

zed wrote:I just ordered Mixing with your Mind direct from the author's website:

Let us know how you like it! (And how long it take you to get it.)

zed · Post by **zed** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:53 am

wheever wrote:
zed wrote:I just ordered Mixing with your Mind direct from the author's website:
Let us know how you like it! (And how long it take you to get it.)

Hey everybody,

I just received my copy of Mixing with your Mind, and I am thrilled. I actually expected that it was a bigger sized, soft cover book (like maybe 9"x12"), but it is actually a smaller, hard cover book (about the size of a novel), complete with an attached red ribbon bookmark. Very nice.

The book took less than 2 weeks to reach me, in Canada, from the time I placed the order (http://www.mixingwithyourmind.com). Stav kindly wrote me a quick note in response to an order comment that I made, and told me that the book would ship the next business day, and indeed it arrived 10 days after that shipment date, all the way from Australia.

The book seems well written and filled with stuff. It is going to take me some time to go through it and start experimenting with all the techniques, but I am quite excited about beginning. Just need DP6, and I'll really be able to start getting things done around here!

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:37 pm

Schweats wrote:I just ordered these but haven't received 'em yet••¦

http://www.uaudio.com/products/dvd/prow ... index.html

HTH - Schweats

I have these and they're great.

Internal Mixing by Friedemann Tischmeyer DVD 1 & 2. Get them!

Lots of basic to advanced tips. I wrote a review for these because they paid for themselves in the first 20 minutes. And they go on for hours.

Woohoo!

[hey, whattaya waitin' for?]

catfishmusic · Post by **catfishmusic** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:26 pm

bOing wrote: Internal Mixing by Friedemann Tischmeyer DVD 1 & 2. Get them!

Lots of basic to advanced tips. I wrote a review for these because they paid for themselves in the first 20 minutes. And they go on for hours.

Woohoo!

[hey, whattaya waitin' for?]

Hmmm sounds very tempting. After reading about it, as well as your review on UA, they seem very thorough. But it is a little pricey. If it truly is worth it, I'll splurge. Can you give us a little more info about the dvds, from your "insiders perspective"?

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:40 pm

catfishmusic wrote:
bOing wrote: Internal Mixing by Friedemann Tischmeyer DVD 1 & 2. Get them!
[hey, whattaya waitin' for?]
Hmmm sounds very tempting...Can you give us a little more info about the dvds, from your "insiders perspective"?

Sure thing. First of all, they're round, flat plastic objects that you...
[Oh, wait. I don't want to be too thorough.]

Well, there is plenty of unraveling of audio mysteries - production tips and tricks to get certain sounds; recording good instrument tracks; working with effects; etc.

One of the many useful hints included adding more distinct chorus to your bass sound:

1. copy your bass track;
2. add the effect only to this copy
3. then use a hi-pass filter on the copy
4. mix the two tracks together.

Result: only the highs of the bass sound have the effect definition. The bass doesn't go all gooey and indistinct. Good to know. And one of many, many tips.

[Geez, I should get a commission for this...]

Timeline · Post by **Timeline** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:24 pm

ProTools Manual