Good Reads?

fred wycheck · 19th June 2009

I'm currently looking for some articles/books/ebooks to read, that seems to be the most helpful way for me to improve and I'm looking for the most essential reads because I'm pretty descent for an amatuer mixer...actually I could hear alot of my stuff that I've mixed and mastered on the radio, I just know that I have a long way to go and need more KNOWLEDGE lol, I was hoping there'd be some sticky's to read but there's too much stuff and it'd be crazy trying to read every thread just to scan through for info that might not even pertain to me :(. Also I put it in the hip-hop section because that's my main focus. so anything that could generally help me in mixing and mastering is great, just as long as it still pertains to mixing and mastering for hip-hop. THANKS EVERYONE IN ADVANCEE

korbes · 20th June 2009

Bob Katz' "Mastering Audio" is a great book that covers a wide range of subjects concerning mastering and mixing. I'm sure I will not be the only one suggesting you this book.

Ryan West · 20th June 2009

Behind the Glass... Howard Massey
The Art of Mixing (I forget the author...very cheesy..but good stuff)

As far as specifically pertaining to mixing and mastering hiphop...there's not much out there...but you should be able to translate these ideas into any genre. Pop over to my forum if you have specific questions...
Elements of Mixing - Social network for aspiring mixers

It's no GearSlutz...but it is specific to Rap and HipHop.
Peace!

rickrock305 · 20th June 2009

Behind the Glass is the best audio related book i've read.

fred wycheck · 20th June 2009

woooot thanks, this'll be fun

my main goals are to I

MPROVE my vocal mixing skills,

get my beats to sound alot more radio quality, which they do sound good, but my bass isnt hittin like i want and my highs are too cluttered alot of the times, dont really know how to go about fixing it correctly

and learn how to do everything else that I should know as an engineer

azrael kennedy · 20th June 2009

The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook is the bible for all things audio...

fred wycheck · 28th June 2009

anymore?

wubbzy · 29th June 2009

I really like "Mixing With Your Mind" by Michael Paul Stavrou. He goes from giving tips on speaker placement, to gain staging, to EQ masking, compression, do's and dont's etc.
What I liked about it is his ability to "dumb it down"; explain it in layman's terms. He also gives you practical uses on the things he covers.

phillysoulman · 29th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by korbes

Bob Katz' "Mastering Audio" is a great book that covers a wide range of subjects concerning mastering and mixing. I'm sure I will not be the only one suggesting you this book.

phillysoulman · 29th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by wubbzy

I really like "Mixing With Your Mind" by Michael Paul Stavrou. He goes from giving tips on speaker placement, to gain staging, to EQ masking, compression, do's and dont's etc.
What I liked about it is his ability to "dumb it down"; explain it in layman's terms. He also gives you practical uses on the things he covers.

One of the best,imho.

Storyville · 30th June 2009

"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. Great book. Nothing to do with audio. And that makes it even better.

Fixinthemix · 1st July 2009

I just read behind the glass 2 its great a lil more producer oriented. Check out the secrets of the mix engineers articles on soundonsound.com an read geoff emericks book here, there, and everywhere: my life recording the beatles

Supreme Styles · 1st July 2009

try "mix magazaine" about 19.99 for hard copy subscription or try the online edition.

iagp · 1st July 2009

Sound on Sound magazine has an article series called "Secrets of the Mix Engineers" which describes in detail what they did on certain mixes, and includes what they used and want for.

This article

Learn secrets to mixing urban and electronic music—Read the Remix Mixing Secrets technical feature

Is a link I got from engineeringatlanta.blogspot.com that deals with mixing.

Raketen · 1st July 2009

yeah Sound on Sound is great, and Bob Katz' Mastering Audio (he happens to be Gearslutz user as well)... try looking around on amazon.com too, the Listmania and So You'd Like To... lists are great for finding books like Amazon.com: The book that makes you a good sound engineer

phillysoulman · 1st July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Storyville

"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. Great book. Nothing to do with audio. And that makes it even better.

...especially while eating a big bowl of snapper soup...yummmy!!!

Storyville · 4th July 2009

which incidentally, IS in fact usually the turtle, not the fish.

s.d.finley · 5th July 2009

" Make Mine Music" by Bruce Sweiden is an interesting read. If you can find an out of print version of " Sound Advice", that's a good one too.

wreck · 5th July 2009

Adventures of Mixerman!

memphisindie · 5th July 2009

Music, Physics, and Engineering. Professional Recording Techniques, Modern recording Techniques, REP was the best mag an neither mix nor sound on sound have approached it yet.

Macky · 5th July 2009

Someone on this site a while back recommended a collectable book set by "Bill Gibson".... The Instant Pro Series.
They come with instructional CD,s
Titles are
1/Sound Advice on Recording and mixing Drums
2/ ditto Comps, Limiters, Expanders and Gates
3/ ditto EQ, Reverbs and Delays
4/ ditto Mixing
5/ ditto Mastering
6/ ditto Microphone techniques
7/ ditto Recording and Mixing Vocals
8/ ditto Recording and Mixing Guitars

Check them out.....

There are some newer issues with "Hal Leonard" AND Bill Gibson.
The ones i am referring to are the earlier publications.

19th June 2009	#1
fred wycheck Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 24 Thread Starter	Good Reads? I'm currently looking for some articles/books/ebooks to read, that seems to be the most helpful way for me to improve and I'm looking for the most essential reads because I'm pretty descent for an amatuer mixer...actually I could hear alot of my stuff that I've mixed and mastered on the radio, I just know that I have a long way to go and need more KNOWLEDGE lol, I was hoping there'd be some sticky's to read but there's too much stuff and it'd be crazy trying to read every thread just to scan through for info that might not even pertain to me :(. Also I put it in the hip-hop section because that's my main focus. so anything that could generally help me in mixing and mastering is great, just as long as it still pertains to mixing and mastering for hip-hop. THANKS EVERYONE IN ADVANCEE __________________ ------------------------------------------------ PC - 3GB of ram, 2.0ghz, 1TB harddrive Mics - KSM32, SM57 (looking at getting an sm7...yup i'm a shure fan) Monitors - Behringer Truths (probably one of the only product I've bought from behringer that i've been satisfied with) DAW- Nuendo Sound Interface - EMU 1616m www.myspace.com/fredwycheck

30th June 2009	#11
Storyville Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Philly/New York Posts: 4,796	"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. Great book. Nothing to do with audio. And that makes it even better. __________________ I have a new website - check it out: www.Weiss-Sound.com Member of The Pyramid Recording Collective. Grammy Nominations, Platinum & Gold credits, yeah... we got that.

1st July 2009	#13
Supreme Styles Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: houston Posts: 14	try "mix magazaine" about 19.99 for hard copy subscription or try the online edition. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghettomusicpro www.myspace.com/bigcitybeats72 https://sites.google.com/site/bigcitybeats/ www.bigcitybeats808.com

5th July 2009	#18
s.d.finley Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,562	" Make Mine Music" by Bruce Sweiden is an interesting read. If you can find an out of print version of " Sound Advice", that's a good one too. __________________ sdf www.digitalwarehausproductions.com

5th July 2009	#20
memphisindie Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 3,747	Music, Physics, and Engineering. Professional Recording Techniques, Modern recording Techniques, REP was the best mag an neither mix nor sound on sound have approached it yet. __________________ I think I just ran past myself. http://www.memphisindie.com I won't use pitch correcting software. I use "coaching" maybe you've heard of it. It keeps working even when you don't have it on.

20th June 2009	#2
korbes Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 491	Bob Katz' "Mastering Audio" is a great book that covers a wide range of subjects concerning mastering and mixing. I'm sure I will not be the only one suggesting you this book.

20th June 2009	#3
Ryan West Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 51	Behind the Glass... Howard Massey The Art of Mixing (I forget the author...very cheesy..but good stuff) As far as specifically pertaining to mixing and mastering hiphop...there's not much out there...but you should be able to translate these ideas into any genre. Pop over to my forum if you have specific questions... Elements of Mixing - Social network for aspiring mixers It's no GearSlutz...but it is specific to Rap and HipHop. Peace!

20th June 2009	#4
rickrock305 Gear Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Miami FL Posts: 10,055	Behind the Glass is the best audio related book i've read.

20th June 2009	#5
fred wycheck Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 24 Thread Starter	woooot thanks, this'll be fun my main goals are to I MPROVE my vocal mixing skills, get my beats to sound alot more radio quality, which they do sound good, but my bass isnt hittin like i want and my highs are too cluttered alot of the times, dont really know how to go about fixing it correctly and learn how to do everything else that I should know as an engineer

20th June 2009	#6
azrael kennedy Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Francisco, Ca Posts: 413	The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook is the bible for all things audio...

28th June 2009	#7
fred wycheck Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 24 Thread Starter	anymore?

29th June 2009	#8
wubbzy Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 136	I really like "Mixing With Your Mind" by Michael Paul Stavrou. He goes from giving tips on speaker placement, to gain staging, to EQ masking, compression, do's and dont's etc. What I liked about it is his ability to "dumb it down"; explain it in layman's terms. He also gives you practical uses on the things he covers.

1st July 2009	#12
Fixinthemix Gear interested Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5	I just read behind the glass 2 its great a lil more producer oriented. Check out the secrets of the mix engineers articles on soundonsound.com an read geoff emericks book here, there, and everywhere: my life recording the beatles

1st July 2009	#14
iagp Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 52	Sound on Sound magazine has an article series called "Secrets of the Mix Engineers" which describes in detail what they did on certain mixes, and includes what they used and want for. This article Learn secrets to mixing urban and electronic music—Read the Remix Mixing Secrets technical feature Is a link I got from engineeringatlanta.blogspot.com that deals with mixing.

1st July 2009	#15
Raketen Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68	yeah Sound on Sound is great, and Bob Katz' Mastering Audio (he happens to be Gearslutz user as well)... try looking around on amazon.com too, the Listmania and So You'd Like To... lists are great for finding books like Amazon.com: The book that makes you a good sound engineer

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