Roey Izhaki
 
So far it is very good. The most expensive e-book I have purchased but from what I have read it will be money well spent. OH, and the new copy of Tape OP has a good interview with Ken Caillat who has a new boo about his experience with Fleetwood MAc and in particular about the making of Rumors.
Love it or hate it Rumors was a special moment in time and a well mixed and produced album... it did pretty well too. Sold over 40 million copies so far...
 
Should be a good read.
 
Older interview from SOS here: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug07/articles/classictracks_0807.htm
 
To whoever recommended Mixing Audio... thanks. I don't know if I heard it here, read it in Scott's book, or what... but thanks.
 
Going to try his first recommendation next week (I hope). Take 20 CDs and record 20 seconds of a track from each, put them all back to back in one DAW track with fades between. Then listen to the 20 mixes. 20 secnds doesn't give your brain time to adjust to the sounds and you will hear all the different mix styles, you will like some and not like others... mark the ones you like for reference but note all the differences that normally you wouldn't notice.
He seems to have a really unique view of mixing, as that of being an artist, not just a technician. Very good so far.
 
Julien
 

 
Excellent choice Julien, there some great stuff in there.
 
Mind you, you may have to read it a couple of times!
 
 

SteveStrummerUK
 
Excellent choice Julien, there some great stuff in there.
 
Mind you, you may have to read it a couple of times!
 
 

No, regular people might have to read it a couple of times... me? Probably many times, sad but true...
No DVD anymore either all the DVDstuff is now downloadable, that is good!
 
J

What do you mean by "expensive"? I just got it for $8 on sale, although maybe that is expensive for an e-book. 
 
I'm getting through it quite quickly. I didn't think the section on analog mixers and such would hold my interest but I actually found it fascinating. I said this in another thread but it's the perfect compliment to Mike Senior's "Mixing Secrets." Senior's book is more of a hands on approach while Izhaki's book gets into all the technical nooks and crannies to explain "why." Did you download the audio examples yet? You can get them from his website. They're essential to following the book. 

sharke
What do you mean by "expensive"? I just got it for $8 on sale, although maybe that is expensive for an e-book. 
 
I'm getting through it quite quickly. I didn't think the section on analog mixers and such would hold my interest but I actually found it fascinating. I said this in another thread but it's the perfect compliment to Mike Senior's "Mixing Secrets." Senior's book is more of a hands on approach while Izhaki's book gets into all the technical nooks and crannies to explain "why." Did you download the audio examples yet? You can get them from his website. They're essential to following the book. 

No, I need to download them. I will go and look now. I figure I am going to have to buy a few albums that I wouldn't buy otherwise but I feel like I need to get an oroginal copy of Nevermind... I need to buy 20 current tracks so I can make a track to compare the mixing. I think I want to do two, one with modern, current tracks and one with songs from over the years that I like the sound of. Thanks, I figured there would be a link in the book to download clips when I need them...
Julien

Julien,
 
Why not ask here on the forum for 20 secs of songs you don't have?
 
I'd think there are no legal problems with sharing a 20 sec clip for this purpose.

I have his earlier version of the book. My wife got it for me for Christmas

bapu
Julien,
 
Why not ask here on the forum for 20 secs of songs you don't have?
 
I'd think there are no legal problems with sharing a 20 sec clip for this purpose.

OK... I hadn't thought of that. I have plenty of older tracks that I think are mixed very well but are out of date... but, so AM I. That is a good idea. I'll have to think about what to ask for. I guess I'll need some country, alternative, blues, dance, (I don't think metal will help me much). Thanks for the idea.
J

Some of these downloads must be huge. One of the zipped files is taking a long time and the 2nd wav files took a long time. I was thinking f putting them on my iPhone since I am reading the book on Kindle, then they will be accessable through phones if I am reading outside or in the bed... but dang, they might use up all the space on my phone, lol. There is the cloud or icloud but I haven't figgered it out yet.
 
J

Someone referred me to Dropbox ? Thanks... I got it. I looed at it the maybe yesterday or the day before but did not sign up.. so if no one referred me and someone wants the referral, let me know... but if you referred me, tell me.
 
J