By
William Moylan, Chairperson, Department of Music at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
Description
Understanding and Crafting the Mix gives you clear and systematic methods for identifying, evaluating, and shaping the artistic elements
in music and audio recording. The exercises throughout help you to develop critical listening and evaluating skills and gain greater
control over the quality of your recordings.
William Moylan takes an inside look into a range of popular music, including recordings
by The Beatles, offering you insights into making meaningful sound judgements during recording. Sample production sequences and descriptions
of the recordist’s roles as composer, conductor and performer provides you with a clear view of the entire recording process.
The foreword
has graciously been provided by industry legend Rupert Neve.
The book also includes an audio CD featuring exercises, reference materials,
examples of mixes and sound qualities, and tracks and instructions for setting up and evaluating playback systems.
Audience:
Recording engineers and producers, audio recordists, sound designers, film sound mixers, students
