Mix Rescue

Good Reading,
Thanks for the link JB

The principle writer of the Mix Rescue column, Mike Senior, has a book out on mixing called "Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio". Given his day job, it's no surprise that the book is written from the standpoint of "here's how most beginners screw up...".

Although it does not actually contain any real secrets, dwells too long on some trivial points, and presents a few debatable concepts as facts, I'd still recommend it for those who are just transitioning from beginner to intermediate mixing. It's well-written and to the point, as you'd expect from a magazine writer.

bitflipper


The principle writer of the Mix Rescue column, Mike Senior, has a book out on mixing called "Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio". Given his day job, it's no surprise that the book is written from the standpoint of "here's how most beginners screw up...".

Although it does not actually contain any real secrets, dwells too long on some trivial points, and presents a few debatable concepts as facts, I'd still recommend it for those who are just transitioning from beginner to intermediate mixing. It's well-written and to the point, as you'd expect from a magazine writer.

Mr. Senior has a new and presumably regularly appearing column in SOS (at least I think it's his) wherein commercial mixes are analyzed, reverse engineered and explained.  This is brand new as of the April issue. The music he choose didn't sound like my cup of tea, so I didn't have any of it and have no idea how informative the article was but it was interesting to read nonetheless.

Yes I only mentioned this particular feature because I get a lot of milage out of stuff like this and just felt like spreading the word for those unaware of what is out there as far as useful resources go.

There is plenty out there.

Batsbrew,

usually the older issues are completely free online.  Mike has been doing them for a couple of years, I believe, so they ought to be available w/o a subscription.

I think Sam Inglis did the last issue's mix rescue, along with a couple articles about editing.  Some good stuff.

bitflipper


The principle writer of the Mix Rescue column, Mike Senior, has a book out on mixing called "Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio". Given his day job, it's no surprise that the book is written from the standpoint of "here's how most beginners screw up...".

Although it does not actually contain any real secrets, dwells too long on some trivial points, and presents a few debatable concepts as facts, I'd still recommend it for those who are just transitioning from beginner to intermediate mixing. It's well-written and to the point, as you'd expect from a magazine writer.

Just got my copy.  Having only read one chapter (chap. 16 on reverb), I can't dispute your criticisms.  However, I found that one chapter to be really astonishing.  There was one "ah-ha!" moment after the other.  I've read more book chapters and articles on this subject than I can recall, but his take on it was different that anything I've encountered before and I finished it with the feeling of having gained some important new insights.
 
So, I'm quite looking forward to finding the time to read the whole thing.  True, the first few chapters on monitors and studio design look to be nothing new.  But if there's just a couple more chapters that offer the in depth insights that the reverb chapter did, I'm thinking this book will definitely worth the time to read.
 
I want to mention one other thing ... Mr. Senior occassionally exhibits a delightful sense of humor.  For example, after stating that the decay time control is by far the most important one on any reverb, he remarks:
 
"There'll be a slew of other controls on a lot of plug-ins, but for typical small-studio operators - an indeed a lot of professionals - there simply aren't enough hours in the day to worry about what all of those do.  (They do serve a useful social purpose, however, in distracting computer anoraks from ever getting any music finished)."