Mixing and Mastering in the Box: The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer

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