ABSTRACT
Musicians live in a subtle world of feelings and colors. They are immersed in the magic of their craft. There is magic in the music and songs. There is magic in the way music professionals turn the knobs on the equipment, and there is magic in the way that the two interface. The cool thing is that once music professionals develop this radar for magic in music, it starts spilling over into the rest of music professionals' life. The recording engineer’s job is to create musical dynamics with the equipment that reveals or enhances the magic people find in music. The trick is to use the dynamics created by the equipment to enhance, accentuate, highlight, support, create tension, or just let the music itself shine through. Music professionals have a mixing framework, designed to include all of the musical possibilities, to help music professionals get a good perspective on all that music professionals can do in the studio.
