Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins

Fast, easy and accurate!

Easy up my music work

I’ve been doing amateur home recording & mixing for years. This book is really tremendous for me and an easy read due to my familiarity with the subject matter. I really feel that it is helping to take my skills to the next level, and it jumps straight into material that is beneficial for me at my current experience level.But this is a book for me. It is a deeper dive into basic concepts I am already familiar with.It is not a book for beginners. It is a glorified cheat sheet. It frequently uses mixing engineer lingo and shorthand without even attempting to define terms for a reader who is just getting into producing. It will not tell you which DAW to use nor will it teach you the fundamentals of using one. The author assumes that you already have a DAW of choice and that you are already familiar with performing basic tasks within it. So this is NOT a good place to start if you don’t even know what a DAW is.I also do not think that professionals or extremely experienced amateurs would get much out of this book, since, again, it is a deep dive into basic concepts; it does not illuminate any particularly obscure or advanced production techniques.I am harping on this so much because the book bills itself as being for ~everybody~ and I find this to be disingenuous.This is, very specifically, a resource for people who are already mixing music, but aren’t satisfied with their mixes yet. If that’s who you are, let me tell you, that’s who I am too, and this book is perfect!But if that’s not you, you are probably looking for something different.

I enjoyed this book because it was a good summary on what I need to make a mix. In today’s world, home studio is the norm. As such one has many options for DAWS, Plug-ins and etc that I can get overwhelming for a novice. Thank you for this book.

I love this book. It is a simple no nonsense guide to mixing. I especially like The approached to limiting the amount of plug-ins. Because it goes against all the hype that we are constantly bombarded with. The idea that we need to spend so much time and energy keeping up with purchasing ridiculous amounts of gear. We are constantly being sold on one thing or another. With every purchase we believe that the gear rather than the experience will deliver excellence. Reading this book is better than buying tons of plug ins. Or at least reading this book before you buy tons of plug ins would work well too.

Thos book gives you a solid understanding of the basics to mixing. It provides a general framework that can get you where you need to be without worrying too much about the details.

Whatever you do don’t subscribe to this guys web site. He floods your inbox everyday all day trying to sell his other stuff. The book is somewhat useful.

I'm pretty new to recording/mixing, but from the novice point of view this book is valuable. I wish I'd read it before I starting making recordings. A lot of concepts that were pretty mixed together in my head are much more clear now, and it shows in my mixing. The book makes clear why you do things, and it provides workflow-oriented examples, in the sense that it explains how the author works through the process of mixing. It's agnostic about specific software (DAW and plugins), so you do need to be familiar with what you're using, but that makes the book all the more valuable. I'm pleased with this purchase.

Better than expected. A very good guide

I did studied sound engineering a long time ago, and then changed my field completely. This books offers a nice, fast and straight to the point refreshment of the very basics. I agree with the author that a well understanding of the most basic processors he proposes in the book, can take your mixes very far regardless the DAW or hardware gear you are using.

Un libro muy claro y repleto de información expuesta de un modo muy directo y comprensible. Realmente, muy interesante y al grano!

Se volete avvicinarvi al mixaggio di brani musicali digitali, è un'ottima guida per cominciare. Pratica, semplice, non si perde in troppi giri di parole e vi farà utilizzare solo i plug-in strettamente necessari, quelli fondamentali dei quali non si può fare a meno. Ognuno è ben spiegato. In lingua inglese, dunque è necessario avere padronanza della lingua e dei termini tecnici. Potrà poi servire come trampolino per progredire e fare cose sempre più complesse e migliori.

tres bien ecrit mais en anglais simple a traduire, je trouve tout ce qui me manque, pour bien utiliser mon daw ;logic pro x mais valable pour tout logiciel MAO. pas de bla bla, que de l'utile et plus.