After you've recorded the perfect song, you're only halfway there! Mixing is where the magic really happens and getting the perfect mix is a challenge. One of the most elusive arts of the recording practice, mixing can take a lifetime to master - this handbook jump-starts your skills and fast-forwards your progress! Breaking the mix down by different effects - EQ, distortion, compression, expansion, pitch shift, delay, reverb, and more - and applying them to some of the most important instruments in pop music, Mix Smart will arm you with the skills and techniques you need to tap into your musicality and express it through multitrack mixing, putting true professional quality mixing within your reach. *Future proof, ear-opening strategies will empower your inner-musician, giving you the knowledge you need to develop your mixing skills - from basic to advanced *Breaking the mix down by different effects, with detailed strategies for the most important pop instruments showing you how to create the perfect combination *Bonus Website, www.recordingology.com, packed with samples and example tracks, so you can practice as you learn *Mix Smart Quick Start summaries at the end of each chapter get you to work faster *Demystifies the technical, making the tools of the mix rig accessible - analog and digital, outboard and in the box, stereo and surround *For everyone who mixes - studio, live, music, film, games, and broadcast The recording studio is your musical instrument, and it's time you really learned how to play. Alex Case shows you not just how to mix well, but how to Mix Smart!
*Future proof, ear-opening strategies to empower your inner-musician, not a list of cookbook recipes. *The Mix is broken down effect by effect (EQ, compression, expansion, delay, pitch shift, reverb), with strategies detailed for the most important pop instruments (vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keys) *Website includes samples and example tracks, illustrating mixing concepts

Mix Smart: Pro Audio Tips For Your Multitrack Mix (Mastering Music)

Computers & Technology

Case, Alex

Computer Science

Routledge

After you've recorded the perfect song, you're only halfway there! Mixing is where the magic really happens and getting the perfect mix is a challenge. One of the most elusive arts of the recording practice, mixing can take a lifetime to master - this handbook jump-starts your skills and fast-forwards your progress!Breaking the mix down by different effects - EQ, distortion, compression, expansion, pitch shift, delay, reverb, and more - and applying them to some of the most important instruments in pop music, Mix Smart will arm you with the skills and techniques you need to tap into your musicality and express it through multitrack mixing, putting true professional quality mixing within your reach.Future proof, ear-opening strategies will empower your inner-musician, giving you the knowledge you need to develop your mixing skills - from basic to advancedBreaking the mix down by different effects, with detailed strategies for the most important pop instruments showing you how to create the perfect combinationBonus Website, www.recordingology.com, packed with samples and example tracks, so you can practice as you learnMix Smart Quick Start summaries at the end of each chapter get you to work fasterDemystifies the technical, making the tools of the mix rig accessible - analog and digital, outboard and in the box, stereo and surroundFor everyone who mixes - studio, live, music, film, games, and broadcastThe recording studio is your musical instrument, and it's time you really learned how to play. Alex Case shows you not just how to mix well, but how to Mix Smart!

Mix Smart: Pro Audio Tips For Your Multitrack Mix

Arts & Photography

Music

Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

Every session, every gig, every day, recording engineers strive to make the most of their audio signal processing devices. EQ, Compression, Delay, Distortion, Reverb and all those other FX are the well-worn tools of the audio trade. Recording and mixing, live and in the studio, engineers must thoroughly master these devices to stay competitive sonically. Its not enough to just know what each effect is supposed to do. Sound FX explains the basic and advanced signal processing techniques used in professional music production, describing real world techniques used by experienced engineers, and referencing popular music examples released internationally. The reader learns not just how to, but also what if, so they can better achieve what they already hear in the productions they admire and chase what they only hear in their imaginative minds ear. Sound FX will immediately help you make more thorough, more musical use of your sound FX.The accompanying website www.soundfx-companion.com includes audio exaples of FX featured in the book.Features: A chapter dedicated to each key effect: DistortionCompression & LimitingExpansion & GatingReverbEqualizationDelayPitch ShiftVolumeMore than 100 line drawings and illustrations. Accompanying website featuring examples of all FX covered in the book. Discography of FX at the end of each relevant chapter. From the Sound FX Intro: The most important music of our time is recorded music. The recording studio is its principle musical instrument. The recording engineers and music producers who create the music we love know how to use signal processing equipment to capture the work of artists, preserving realism or alte

Sound FX: Professional Effects Strategies to Record and Mix Smart (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict

Politics & Social Sciences

Sullivan, John P.

Burgoyne, Michael L.

Andrade Quevedo, Carolina

de Arimatéia da Cruz, José

Burden, David J.H.

Carbajal-Glass, Fausto

Social Sciences

KeyPoint Press

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