Mixing and Mastering in the Box: The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer
- Author: Savage, Steve
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Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I - Mixing & Mastering
- Introduction to Part I
- 1. The Starting Point
- 1.1 Preparing to mix and master
- 1.2 Where to mix and master
- 1.3 The tools of mixing and mastering
- 1.4 Introduction to the Quick Guide
- 2. Quick Guide to Great Mixes and Masters: Five best practices
- 2.1 Have a concept
- 2.2 Monitor level
- 2.3 Monitoring options
- 2.4 Revise, revise, revise
- 2.5 Live with your mix or master
- 3. Quick Guide to Great Mixes and Masters: Four common mistakes
- 3.1 Poor control of the low end
- 3.2 Overly bright mixes and masters
- 3.3 Overly compressed mixes and masters
- 3.4 Trusting inadequate monitoring
- Part II - Mixing
- Introduction to Part II
- 4. Building a Mix: The concepts and tools in detail
- 4.1 Starting concepts and setting level
- 4.2 Panning
- 4.3 Processing: EQ
- 4.4 Processing: Dynamics
- 4.5 Processing: Effects
- 4.6 Processing: What else is in the box?
- 4.7 The stereo buss
- 5. Automation and Recall: Fine-tuning
- 5.1 Online versus off-line automation
- 5.2 Details of online automation
- 5.3 Details of off-line automation
- 5.4 Timeline of automation
- 5.5 From simple to complex mixes
- 5.6 Fades
- 5.7 Advanced automation techniques
- 5.8 Recall
- 6. Mixing Piece by Piece: How to approach individual elements
- 6.1 Drums and percussion
- 6.2 Bass
- 6.3 Guitar
- 6.4 Keyboards
- 6.5 Vocals
- 6.6 Horns
- 6.7 Strings
- 7. Mix Collaboration: The mix team
- 7.1 How to communicate about mixes
- 7.2 Levels of mixer intervention
- 7.3 Managing remote mixing projects
- 8. Delivering Mixes: Formats, mix types and multiple mixes
- 8.1 Digital formats for mix delivery
- 8.2 Full mixes, TV mixes, and clips
- 8.3 Multiple versions of a single mix
- PART III - Mastering
- Introduction to part III
- 9. Setting Up to Master: Tools and files
- 9.1 Tools
- 9.2 Creating a template
- 9.3 Building the timeline
- 10. How to Listen for Mastering: From your ear to action
- 10.1 Level
- 10.2 Frequency/EQ
- 10.3 Dynamics and effects
- 10.4 Consistency
- 11. Creating a Master: The concepts and tools in detail
- 11.1 Creating a reference track
- 11.2 Processing: EQ
- 11.3 Processing: Level
- 11.4 Processing: Dynamics and effects
- 11.5 What else is in the box?
- 12. The Final Master: Creating and delivering
- 12.1 Creating a master
- 12.2 Formats and delivery options
- 13. Mastering Collaboration: The mastering team
- 13.1 How to talk about mastering
- 13.2 Levels of mastering intervention
- 13.3 Managing remote mastering projects
- Addendum I: Notes on surround mixing and mastering
- Addendum II: Why mixing and mastering can no longer be separated
- Index