ABSTRACT

Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices, and Tools, Third Edition is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of mixing. This book covers the entire mixing process – from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques. Packed full of photos, graphs, diagrams, and audio samples, it teaches the importance of a mixing vision, how to craft and evaluate your mix, and then take it a step further. The book describes the theory, the tools used, and how these are put into practice while creating mixes.

The companion website, featuring over 2,000 audio samples as well as Pro Tools/ Multitrack Audio Sessions, is a perfect complement to the third edition.

The new edition includes:

  • A new 'Mixing and The Brain' chapter that provides a cognitive/psychological overview of many aspects related to and affecting mixing engineers (and, to a narrow extent, listeners).
  • Updated figures and text reflecting recent software updates and trends.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part I|78 pages

Concepts and practices

chapter 1|8 pages

Music and mixing

chapter 2|6 pages

Some axioms and other gems

chapter 3|10 pages

Learning to mix

chapter 4|15 pages

The process of mixing

chapter 5|8 pages

Related issues

chapter 6|13 pages

Mixing and the brain

chapter 7|17 pages

Mixing domains and objectives

part II|66 pages

Tools

chapter 8|21 pages

Monitoring

chapter 9|6 pages

Meters

chapter 10|38 pages

Mixing consoles

chapter 11|21 pages

Software mixers

chapter 12|13 pages

Phase

chapter 13|7 pages

Faders

chapter 14|20 pages

Panning

chapter 15|56 pages

Equalizers

chapter 16|8 pages

Introduction to dynamic range processors

chapter 17|63 pages

Compressors

chapter 18|2 pages

Limiters

chapter 19|27 pages

Gates

chapter 20|9 pages

Expanders

chapter 21|6 pages

Duckers

chapter 22|17 pages

Delays

chapter 23|8 pages

Other modulation tools

chapter 24|45 pages

Reverbs

chapter 25|9 pages

Distortion

chapter 26|5 pages

Drum triggering

chapter 27|9 pages

Other tools

chapter 28|9 pages

Automation

part III|64 pages

Sample mixes

chapter 29|7 pages

“Show Me” (rock ‘n’ roll)

chapter 31|13 pages

“Donna Pomini” (techno)

chapter 32|14 pages

“The Hustle” (DnB)

chapter 33|14 pages

“Hero” (rock)