Mix Smart: Pro Audio Tips For Your Multitrack Mix - Hardcover

Case, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138468924 ISBN 13: 9781138468924

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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!

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About the Author

Alex Case is an Assistant Professor of Sound Recording Technology at the University of Massachusetts. An active member of the Audio Engineering Society, and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Case is an engineer, educator, and author who speaks frequently on audio and acoustics across the United States and internationally. With degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Music, and Acoustics, Professor Case lives and works at the intersection of art and science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138468924
• ISBN 13: 9781138468924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324