The Music Mixing Workbook: Exercises to Help You Learn How to Mix on - Softcover

Owsinski, Bobby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1946837113 ISBN 13: 9781946837110

Publisher: Bobby Owsinski Media Group, 2021

Synopsis

If you're new to mixing and aren't sure what to do, or your mixes aren't anywhere near where you'd like them to be, then The Music Mixing Workbook is exactly what you need. Written by Bobby Owsinski, author of the award winning and highly acclaimed Mixing Engineer's Handbook (the standard reference book for mixing in schools around the world), The Music Mixing Workbook features hands-on exercises that teach you all the things that make a mix sound great, as well as all the things to avoid along the way. 

 

Designed to meet the needs of anyone relatively new to or confused about the once mysterious process of mixing multiple music elements together, the book features 175 different exercises covering every operation needed to complete a modern professional-sounding mix, complete with tips and tricks that come directly from the A-list pro mixers.

The easy-to-follow exercises can be used with any DAW application or hardware console, and on any genre of music.

Although the reader can easily use the Workbook with any current mixes they may be working on, most of the exercises are built around professionally recorded tracks featuring a wide variety of mix elements that are available for free download.

Among the many topics covered in the book include: 

• DAW vs. console channel signal flow
• Basic monitoring setup to optimize your playback environment
• Balancing mix elements using a never-miss technique
• Panning techniques for various mix elements
• Multiple EQ strategies for powerful and distinct tracks
• Compression, gates, and saturators and how to use them
• Reverb, delay and modulation effects and how to layer them like the pros
• Master mix techniques, and much more

The Workbook is meant to be used in conjunction with Owsinski's popular Mixing Engineer's Handbook to provide the practical training behind the many concepts involved with mixing.

About this title

About the Author

Music-industry veteran Bobby Owsinski is an in-demand producer/engineer working not only with a variety of recording artists, but also on commercials, television, and motion pictures. He is an expert on surround sound music mixing and has worked on surround projects and DVD productions for superstar acts including Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Iron Maiden, the Ramones, and Chicago, among many others. Bobby is also one of the best-selling authors in the music recording industry, with 25 books that are now staples in colleges around the world, including The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, The Recording Engineer's Handbook, and Social Media Promotion For Musicians. He's also a contributor to Forbes, his popular blogs have passed 7 million visits, and he's appeared on CNN and ABC News as an audio and music branding 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. Bobby's blogs are some of the most influential and widely read in the music business. Visit his production blog at bobbyowsinskiblog.com, his music industry blog at music3point0.com, his podcast at bobbyoinnercircle.com and his website at bobbyowsinski.com. He can be found on Forbes at forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bobby Owsinski Media Group
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1946837113
• ISBN 13: 9781946837110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254