Mixing with Impact : Learning to Make Musical Choices

Wessel Oltheten

ISBN 10: 1138080888 / ISBN 13: 9781138080881

Published by Taylor & Francis Mär 2018, 2018

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Neuware - In Mixing with Impact: Learning to Make Musical Choices, Wessel Oltheten discusses the creative and technical concepts behind making a mix. Whether you're a dance producer in your home studio, a live mixer in a club, or an engineer in a big studio, the mindset is largely the same.The same goes for the questions you run into: where do you start How do you deal with a context in which all the different parts affect each other How do you avoid getting lost in technique How do you direct your audience's attention Why doesn't your mix sound as good as someone else's How do you maintain your objectivity when you hear the same song a hundred times How do your speakers affect your perception What's the difference between one compressor and another Following a clear structure, this book covers these and many other questions, bringing you closer and closer to answering the most important question of all: how do you tell a story with sound.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mixing with Impact : Learning to Make Musical Choices
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Mär 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138080888
• ISBN 13: 9781138080881
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 152H x 25D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 726 grams

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Synopsis

In Mixing with Impact: Learning to Make Musical Choices, Wessel Oltheten discusses the creative and technical concepts behind making a mix. Whether you’re a dance producer in your home studio, a live mixer in a club, or an engineer in a big studio, the mindset is largely the same.

The same goes for the questions you run into: where do you start? How do you deal with a context in which all the different parts affect each other? How do you avoid getting lost in technique? How do you direct your audience’s attention? Why doesn’t your mix sound as good as someone else’s? How do you maintain your objectivity when you hear the same song a hundred times? How do your speakers affect your perception? What’s the difference between one compressor and another?

Following a clear structure, this book covers these and many other questions, bringing you closer and closer to answering the most important question of all: how do you tell a story with sound?

About the Author

Wessel Oltheten has been recording and mixing music since his teens, which has led to a successful studio business with a very diverse clientele. To hear some of his work you can visit www.wesseloltheten.nl. For extra articles and a video course accompanying this book, visit www.mixingwithimpact.com.