Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Senior, Mike -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio- Front Cover Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS BOOK WHAT YOU WON’T LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ALREADY HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

PART 1: Hearing and Listening CHAPTER 1: Using Nearfield Monitors

1.1 CHOOSING YOUR WEAPONS 1.2 POSITIONING THE SPEAKERS 1.3 DEALING WITH ACOUSTIC REFLECTIONS 1.4 TACKLING ROOM RESONANCES 1.5 WHEN IS MY MONITORING GOOD ENOUGH? CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 2: Supplementary Monitoring

2.1 THE GHOST OF THE AURATONE 5C SUPER SOUND CUBE 2.2 HEADPHONES 2.3 GROTBOXES CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 3: Low-End Damage Limitation

3.1 COPING WITH CHEAPER PORTED SPEAKERS 3.2 AVERAGING THE ROOM 3.3 SPECTRUM ANALYSIS AND METERING 3.4 WATCH THOSE CONES! 3.5 PREEMPTIVE STRIKES AT THE LOW END CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 4: From Subjective Impressions to Objective Results

4.1 FIGHTING YOUR OWN EARS 4.2 THE ART OF MIX REFERENCING 4.3 EVERYONE NEEDS A SAFETY NET CUT TO THE CHASE

PART 2: Mix Preparation CHAPTER 5: Essential Groundwork

5.1 STARTING AFRESH 5.2 ENHANCING NAVIGATION 5.3 PROJECT RECONNAISSANCE 5.4 CORRECTION TIME! CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 6: Timing and Tuning Adjustments

6.1 GROOVE AND TIMING 6.2 AUDIO EDITING TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT 6.3 TUNING ADJUSTMENT 6.4 THE NEED FOR SPEED CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 7: Comping and Arrangement

7.1 COMPING 7.2 BREATHING LIFE INTO YOUR ARRANGEMENT CUT TO THE CHASE

PART 3: Balance

NOW WHAT?

CHAPTER 8: Building the Raw Balance

8.1 ORDER, ORDER! 8.2 SIMPLE BALANCING TASKS 8.3 MORE COMPLEX BALANCING TASKS 8.4 CASE STUDY: MULTITRACK DRUMS CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 9: Compressing for a Reason

9.1 COMPRESSION WITH TWO CONTROLS 9.2 REFINING COMPRESSION SETTINGS 9.3 PARALLEL COMPRESSION 9.4 BACK TO THE BALANCE CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 10: Beyond Compression

10.1 EXPANSION AND GATING 10.2 TRANSIENT ENHANCERS 10.3 TEMPO-DRIVEN BALANCING CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 11: Equalizing for a Reason

11.1 FREQUENCY MASKING AND BALANCE 11.2 BASIC MIX EQ TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 11.3 EQUALIZING MULTIMIKED RECORDINGS 11.4 ADVANCED EQUALIZATION TOOLS 11.5 THE LIMITS OF EQ CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 12: Beyond EQ

12.1 DISTORTION AS A MIX TOOL 12.2 LOW-END ENHANCEMENTS 12.3 SYNTH PADS CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 13: Frequency-Selective Dynamics

13.1 FREQUENCY-DOMAIN TWEAKS FOR FULL-BAND DYNAMICS PROCESSORS 13.2 MULTIBAND DYNAMICS 13.3 DYNAMIC EQUALIZERS 13.4 SPECTRAL DYNAMICS CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 14: The Power of Side Chains

14.1 KEYED MULTIBAND DYNAMICS CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 15: Toward Fluent Balancing

15.1 REMOVING THE SCAFFOLDING 15.2 REBALANCING PREMIXED AUDIO 15.3 THE GEAR IS NO EXCUSE! CUT TO THE CHASE

PART 4: Sweetening to Taste CHAPTER 16: Mixing with Reverb

16.1 FIVE ENHANCEMENTS AT ONCE 16.2 ESSENTIAL REVERB CONTROLS AND SETUP 16.3 REVERB FOR BLEND 16.4 REVERB FOR SIZE 16.5 REVERB FOR TONE 16.6 REVERB FOR SUSTAIN 16.7 REVERB FOR SPREAD 16.8 JUGGLING REVERB ENHANCEMENTS CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 17: Mixing with Delays

17.1 ESSENTIAL DELAY CONTROLS AND SETUP 17.2 USING DELAYS IN STEREO CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 18: Stereo Enhancements

18.1 ARRANGEMENT TWEAKS 18.2 ADJUSTING STEREO SPREAD 18.3 STATIC ENHANCEMENTS 18.4 MODULATED ENHANCEMENTS 18.5 CHOICES, CHOICES . . . CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 19: Master-Buss Processing, Automation, andEndgame

19.1 MASTER-BUSS PROCESSING 19.2 REFERENCING AND LOUDNESS PROCESSING 19.3 REFERENCING CHECKLIST 19.4 AUTOMATION FOR LONG-TERM MIX DYNAMICS 19.5 DETAILED RIDES 19.6 NAILING DOWN THE FINAL VERSION 19.7 MASTERING CUT TO THE CHASE

CHAPTER 20: Conclusion APPENDIX 1: Music Studios and the Recording Process: An Overview

SOUND IN DIFFERENT FORMS SINEWAVES AND AUDIO FREQUENCIES LOGARITHMIC SCALES FOR LEVEL AND PITCH THE MULTITRACK RECORDING PROCESS AUDIO SIGNALS AND MIXERS REAL-WORLD STUDIO SETUPS: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

APPENDIX 2: Who’s Who: Selected Discography

ABBISS, JIM AINLAY, CHUCK ALBINI, STEVE ALEX DA KID ALI, DEREK “MIXEDBYALI” ARAICA, MARCELLA AVRON, NEAL BALLARD, GLEN BARRESI, JOE BHASKER, JEFF BIANCO, DAVE BLAKE, TCHAD BOTTRELL, BILL BOTTRILL, DAVE BOWERS, DELBERT BOYER, ED BRADFIELD, ANDY BRAUER, MICHAEL BUSH, BILLY BUSH, STEVE CAILLAT, KEN CASTELLON, DEMACIO CHERNY, ED CHICCARELLI, JOE CHURCHYARD, STEVE CLEARMOUNTAIN, BOB CLINK, MIKE COSTEY, RICH DAVIS, KEVIN “KD” DE VRIES, MARIUS DECARLO, LEE DJ PREMIER DJ SWIVEL DORFSMAN, NEIL DOUGLAS, JACK DOUGLASS, JIMMY DR DRE DRESDOW, DYLAN “3D” DUDGEON, GUS ELEVADO, RUSS ELMHIRST, TOM EMERICK, GEOFF ENDERT, MARK EVERETT, SHAWN FIELDS, JOHN FILIPETTI, FRANK FINN, JERRY FITZMAURICE, STEVE FLOOD GABRIEL, PASCAL GASS, JON GATICA, HUMBERTO GHENEA, SERBAN GLOSSOP, MICK GODRICH, NIGEL GOLDSTEIN, JASON GOSLING, JAKE GUDWIN, JOSH GUZAUSKI, MICK HEAP, IMOGEN HODGE, STEVE HOFFER, TONY HORN, BOB HOSKULDS, S. “HUSKY” HUART, WARREN HYDE, MATT JEAN, WYCLEF JERKINS, RODNEY JOHNS, ANDY JONES, GARETH JONES, QUINCY JOSHUA, JAYCEN KADISH, KEVIN KATZ, BOB KILHOFFER, ANTHONY KILLEN, KEVIN KING, JACQUIRE KIRWAN, ROB KRAMER, EDDIE LANGE, ROBERT JOHN “MUTT” LANOIS, DANIEL LAWSON, MARK LECKIE, JOHN LEHNING, KYLE LETANG, RENAUD LIPSON, STEVE LORD-ALGE, CHRIS LORD-ALGE, TOM MALOUF, BRIAN MARASCIULLO, FABIAN MASERATI, TONY MASSENBURG, GEORGE MELDAL-JOHNSON, JUSTIN MEYERSON, ALAN MONTAGNESE, CARLO “ILLANGELO” MOSELEY, ADAM MOULDER, ALAN MURPHY, SHAWN NEEDHAM, MARK NICHOLS, ROGER NIEBANK, JUSTIN OGILVIE, DAVE OLSEN, KEITH ORTON, ROBERT PADGHAM, HUGH PALMER, TIM PANUNZIO, THOM PARR, STEVE PARSONS, ALAN PENSADO, DAVE “HARD DRIVE” PILEGAARD, MORTEN “PILO” PLATT, TONY POWER, BOB POWER, STEVE PRICE, BILL PUIG, JACK JOSEPH RAMONE, PHIL RONSON, MARK ROSSE, ERIC SAMUELS, HARMONY SARAFIN, ERIC “MIXERMAN” SAVIGAR, KEVIN SCHEINER, ELLIOT SCHILLING, ERIC SCHLEICHER, CLARKE SCHMITT, AL SEAY, ED SELBY, ANDY SERLETIC, MATT SHEBIB, NOAH “40” SHEPHARD, IAN SHIPLEY, MIKE SHOEMAKER, TRINA SIDES, ALLEN SIGSWORTH, GUY SIMPSON, RIK SMITH, DON SMITH, FRASER T STAUB, RANDY STAVROU, MIKE STENT, MARK “SPIKE” STONE, AL SUECOF, JASON SWANN, DARRYL SWEDIEN, BRUCE TAN, PHIL THOMAS, CHRIS TOWNSHEND, CENZO TSAI, SERGE VALENTINE, ERIC VAN DER SAAG, JOCHEM VIRTUE, BRIAN VISCONTI, TONY WALKER, MILES WALLACE, ANDY WALLACE, MATT WAY, DAVE WHITE, JACK WHITE, STUART WILTSHIRE, JAMES (OF THE FREEMASONS) WORLEY, PAUL WRIGHT, TOBY YOUNG GURU YOUTH ZDAR, PHILIPPE ZOOK, JOE

APPENDIX 3: Quote References

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 PART 2 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 PART 3 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 PART 4 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20

APPENDIX 4: Picture Credits

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 4

INDEX.

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