Recording Books.....

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Bobby Owsinki's _Mixing Engineer's Handbook_ .

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/b [...] m=1&pers=n

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:42:11 -0500, "Steve-o" <me@me.com> wrote:

>Hi all;
>
>I have been messing around with recoriding through a MAudio Delta 1010 on my
>PC. I am getting decent results and going through the basics with each
>track (compression, noise gates, reverb, EQ etc.) but I would like to do
>some reading on mixing techniques. I don't need a guide on equipment (I
>don't have enough cash to buy anything anyone recommends anyway) so if
>anyone could list a few web sites and books I could get into to make a
>decent mix I would appreciate it!
>
>TIA
>Steve-o
>
>

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Yep. I would definitely agree about the Bobby Owsinski book. It's worth
every penny of the full cover price, and then some.

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:42:11 -0500, "Steve-o" <me@me.com> wrote:

>I have been messing around with recoriding through a MAudio Delta 1010 on my
>PC. I am getting decent results and going through the basics with each
>track (compression, noise gates, reverb, EQ etc.) but I would like to do
>some reading on mixing techniques. I don't need a guide on equipment (I
>don't have enough cash to buy anything anyone recommends anyway) so if
>anyone could list a few web sites and books I could get into to make a
>decent mix I would appreciate it!

You've been recommended some good resources.

Try to record good source, so you need minimal mixing. If you're
recording a band, use their musicianship skills to balance internally.
Encourage the bass player to set up a sound that doesn't fight with
the guitar. This should be the musician's job, not something to fix
in the mix with eq.

If you're a "one man band", try to lay the tracks leaving room for the
other instruments. Think musician techniques before you try to
rescue bad source with recording-engineer techniques :-)

Compression and noise gates are not basics. They're optional
techniques, to be used when the music you're recording has problems.
Maybe you can solve these problems at source, rather than with
remedial action?

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