Internal Mixing (Book/DVD)

Publisher : Tischmeyer Publishing
How to Create a professional Mix on your Computer

This book is the ideal companion to the Tutorial-DVDs Internal Mixing Vol.1 & 2.

• Create punchy, powerful, clear, and three-dimesional mixes on MAC and PC-based DAWs
• How to work best with external DSP power, such as PowerCore, UAD-1, and SSL Duende
• Numerous exercises and extras on the DVD; For example: How to use compressors
• New chapter about analog summing units including a 650 MB OMF file to compare on your own

Internal Mixing is aimed at all harddisk recording program users who do their mixing mainly with their computers. A wide selection of plug-ins is not enough for a professional sounding mix. Internal Mixing provides practical strategies using computers to make powerful, clear, and perfectly balanced mixes and shows how to create them without expensive outboard equipment.

Content

• Essential technical background knowledge required for good mixing results
• How to use compressors with skill and ease
• Numerous tips from the world of analog studios adapted for digital audio workstations
• Layering strategies with practical exercises for creating spatial depth
• Using loops creatively
• Tips for clean, fat bass sound
• The best strategies for correctly using EQ
• Mixing tips classified according to instruments
• Working with DSP-supported plug-ins such as: TC Powercore, UAD-1, Waves APA, SSL Duende
• Overview and description of the best EQ, compression, and reverb plug-ins
• Comprehensive overall concepts useful for both MAC & PC, as well as for analog desk mixing
• Software-independent overall concept modelled on Steinberg´s Nuendo / Cubase
• Working with analysis tool
• Explanation of software-based mixing desk concepts and channel strip functions
• Extensive glossary
• High-quality edition with many color graphics and illustrations
• DVD with exercises in Nuendo Project (npr), Cubase Project (cpr), and OMF2 file formats;
• audio examples in CD format and many demo plug-ins.