Books on mixing?

[steveninkster]

Hi Gang

I'm looking for some advice - could anyone recommend any books (or DVDs) on mixing. I've already read (and re-read) "The Art Of Mixing" by David Gibson, and "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook" by Bobby Owsinski, and got a lot from both.

I typically do guitar/bass/drums/vocals stuff but my current project is all (soft) synth based, so bonus points for any books that focus on these genres.

Also, more bonus points for any that come with audio CD examples.

Thanks in advance!

Steven

[Jay Kahrs]

What are you hoping to learn from a book?

Most everthing I've learned comes from working with other talented & sometimes, less then talented AE's and just mixing & mixing & mixing.

You want a cool trick?

Ok...here's one.

You can dissect ANY mix with this handy dandy little feat of M/S...

Patch a mix into two channels of the desk & hard pan 'em...L/R.

Flip the phase on one side & sum to mono...that cancels the center image & leaves the sides.

Pretty easy to pick out verbs, delays...hidden musical treasures...

Enjoy.

[T.RayBullard]

Too much knowledge is never a bad thing, so here is every book I have ever been suggested.
[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465026567/103-7567281-3185432?v=glance&n=283155]An Eternal Golden Braid[/quote]
Sound Recording Handbook
Master Handbook of Acoustics
Behind The Glass
Total Recording
Tape Recorders
Sound recording practice
Professional Microphone Techniques
Principles of Digital Audio
The New Stereo Soundbook
The Microphone book
On Location Recording Techniques
Electroacoustical Reference Handbook
Audio Engineering
Handbook of Recording Engineering
Audio Dictionary
Handbook of Recording Engineering
From tinfoil to Stereo, a history of recording
Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook
Mastering Audio
The Mixing Engineer's Handbook
Mixing with your mind
.Also, be sure to peruse the the Audio Engineering Society's Internet Archive. (AES)...there is a fee, but it is well worth it. http://www.aes.org/e-lib/ I have learned a lot from snooping around there..
http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html



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[Sqye]

Originally Posted by Jay Kahrs

What are you hoping to learn from a book?

Most everthing I've learned comes from working with other talented & sometimes, less then talented AE's and just mixing & mixing & mixing.

gotta say I agree. books are great, and there are some great suggestions
above which I'm sure will be very helpful, but you definitley need to use
your EARS as MUCH as possible -
it's all about tons and tons of building and working your mixing muscles

if you can hook up with some really talented folks and watch them work,
and even get to ask them questions, and get a conceptual and process
formula they use, you'll be GOLDEN.

Good luck.

[steveninkster]

thanks guys for the suggestions - and indeed the book list. Of course I'd love to spend time with some experienced engineers, but I live in a fairly remote part of Scotland, I have a day-job and a six-year-old son. So it's lots of trial and error - but I'd like some starting points for the trial part. Thus the request.

Anyway thanks again.

Steven

[redrue]

If you want to witness a Pro in action.... get Charles Dye's
Mix It Like a Record DVD... It's set in an instructive format
and very worthwhile.

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