The Mixing Engineer's Handbook » (2nd Edition)

A longtime music industry veteran, Bobby Owsinski started his career as a guitar and keyboard player, songwriter, and arranger, eventually becoming an in-demand producer/engineer working not only with a variety of recording artists, but on commercials, television, and motion pictures as well. One of the first to delve into surround sound music mixing, Bobby has worked on more than a hundred surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of superstar acts. Using his music and recording experience combined with an easy-to-understand writing style, Bobby has become one of the bestselling authors in the music recording industry, with books that are now staples in audio recording programs in colleges around the world, including The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, The Recording Engineer's Handbook, How to Make Your Band Sound Great, The Mastering Engineer's Handbook: The Audio Mastering Handbook, The Studio Musician's Handbook, and The Drum Recording Handbook. A frequent moderator, panelist, and program director for a variety of industry conferences, Bobby has served as the longtime producer of the annual Surround Music Awards, and is one of the executive producers for the Guitar Universe and Desert Island Music television programs. Visit Bobby's production blog at: http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com, his Music 3.0 blog at: http://music3point0.blogspot.com, and his website at: http://bobbyowsinski.com.

Secrets of the top recording engineers revealed at mixdown! Learn the evolution of mixing, regional mixing styles, the six elements of a mix, rules for arrangements and principles of building your mix! Learn the secrets of EQ and "magic frequencies" along with adding effects, EQ'ing reverbs, sonic layering of effects, calculating the delay time and much more! This book extensively covers stereo mixing with an expansive chapter on mixing in 5.1 surround. Plus, it includes an incredible third section filled w

PART 1: Mixing In Stereo 1. The Evolution of Mixing 2. The Mechanics of Mixing 3. Element One: Balance - The Mixing Part of Mixing 4. Element Two: Panorama - Placing the Sound in the Soundfield 5. Element Three: Frequency Range - Equalizing 6. Element Four: Dimension - Adding Effects 7. Element Five: Dynamics - Compression and Gating 8. Element Six: Interest - The Key to Great Mixes 9. Monitoring 10. The Master Mix PART 2: Mixing in Surround 11. Mixing in Surround 12. Why is Surround Better Than Stereo? 13. Data Compression PART 3: Interviews 14. Joe Chiccarelli 15. Lee DeCarlo 16. Benny Faccone 17. Jerry Finn 18. Jon Gass 19. Don Hahn 20. Ken Hahn 21. Andy Johns 22. Kevin Killen 23. Bernie Kirsh 24. George Massenburg 25. David Pensado 26. Ed Seay 27. Allen Sides 28. Don Smith 29. Guy Snider 30. Ed Stasium 31. David Sussman 32. Bruce Swedian 33. John X. Volaitis Glossary Decay Timing Chart Index