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Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio 

   Author(s): Mike Senior  

        Publisher: Elsevier, Year: 2011   

                                        

 Description: 

Learn how to use power-user strategies from the world's most popular producers to achieve release-quality mixes even in the smallest studios. Tiny-studio fans who want chart-ready sonics in a hurry will appreciate Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio, a down-to-earth primer. This exciting guide takes you step-by-step through the entire mixing phase, drawing on the back-room techniques of over 100 popular names. You'll learn the ins and outs of any form of mix processing, from basic EQ and compression to sophisticated spectral dynamics and 'fairy dust' effects, along the way. User-friendly explanations introduce technical concepts only to the extent that they are required to know, while chapter summaries and assignments are ideal for use in school and college. Learn the subtle editing, arrangement, and tracking techniques that offer industry insiders an advantage, as well as the psychological tricks that will keep you from making any of the most common novice mistakes. Learn where you don't need to spend money and how to make a tight budget work for you. Learn from cutting-edge engineers including Michael Brauer, Serban Ghenea, the Lord-Alge brothers, Tony Maserati, Manny Marroquin, Dave 'Hard Drive' Pensado, Jack Joseph Puig, Mark 'Spike' Stent, Phil Tan, Andy Wallace, and many others who work on today's multi-platinum hits... Mike Senior has worked with Wet Wet Wet, The Charlatans, Reef, Therapy, and Nigel Kennedy as a trained engineer. He specialises in adapting top producers' strategies for those on a tight budget. He's been transforming hundreds of amateur productions for Sound On Sound magazine's famous 'Mix Rescue' column since 2007, demonstrating time and time again that you can get commercial-grade results with inexpensive gear if you know how!

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