The Mixing Engineers Handbook

Secrets of the top recording engineers are revealed at mixdown in this second edition of the bestselling Mixing Engineer?s Handbook. Users will learn the evolution of mixing, mixing styles, the 6 elements of a mix, rules for arrangement and from where to build their mix. They will also learn the secrets of EQ and ?magic frequencies? along with adding effects, EQ?ing reverbs, sonic layering and effects, calculating the delay time, and much more! The new edition includes completely updated information hypercompression, mixing for Internet distribution, avoiding an amateurish mix, MP3 encoding, streaming audio, codecs, de-essing, gating, and much more. There is also a completely new chapter on how to mix inside the computer, and a new section on the bass/drum relationship and how to make this hard part of the mix easy. The book wraps up with insightful interviews with the top engineers in the field such as George Massenburg, Allen Sides, Bruce Swedien, Eliot Scheiner, Greg Penny, Nathaniel Kunkel, and many more!