If you're new to mixing and aren't sure what to do, or your mixes aren't anywhere near where you'd like them to be, then
The Music Mixing Workbook
is exactly what you need. Written by Bobby Owsinski, author of the award winning and highly acclaimed Mixing Engineer's Handbook (the standard reference book for mixing in schools around the world),
features hands-on exercises that teach you all the things that make a mix sound great, as well as all the things to avoid along the way.
Designed to meet the needs of anyone relatively new to or confused about the once mysterious process of mixing multiple music elements together, the book features 175 different exercises covering every operation needed to complete a modern professional-sounding mix, complete with tips and tricks that come directly from the A-list pro mixers.
The easy-to-follow exercises can be used with any DAW application or hardware console, and on any genre of music.
Although the reader can easily use the Workbook with any current mixes they may be working on, most of the exercises are built around professionally recorded tracks featuring a wide variety of mix elements that are available for free download.
Among the many topics covered in the book include:
DAW vs. console channel signal flow
Basic monitoring setup to optimize your playback environment
Balancing mix elements using a never-miss technique
Panning techniques for various mix elements
Multiple EQ strategies for powerful and distinct tracks
Compression, gates, and saturators and how to use them
Reverb, delay and modulation effects and how to layer them like the pros
Master mix techniques, and much more
The Workbook is meant to be used in conjunction with Owsinski's popular
Mixing Engineer's Handbook
to provide the practical training behind the many concepts involved with mixing.