Book Review – The Art of Mixing by David Gibson
I’ve just finished reading this book, and I have to say, it’s not full of groundbreaking industry secrets which is very refreshing, but perhaps the best thing about the book is it’s use of visual imagary to help the reader understand the sound-stage that you’re mixing within. The text itself is full of really useful day-to-day information, full of mixing common-sense. Things like why certain parts are placed in the mix in a particular way, how to keep an ear on your audience, and still take into account the client and their mix wishes for the end product.
Much of what makes this so great is the fact that it’s almost a complete source useful studio mixing & production information, that would be really useful on any studio bookshelf as a reference, it has a clear methodological approach to the subject, and presents all of the informational clearly and concisely, it’s clear that David has a great deal of experience in the music production and engineering field.
I’d give this book 4.5 stars out of 5 losing only half a star because some parts get a little repetitive; especially the section about homework for listening to the relative volume levels for each part in the future, but that’s a subjective thing I guess, in some cases I feel a chart or two more might have been able to cut down on some of this.
Top book, for both beginners, home producers, and intermediate non-professional sound engineers. I doubt that any practicing pro’s would get a huge amount from this as a lot of it would be picked up from working daily in a studio with other professionals. For me, this book was worth every penny!!
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