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ditto that question! I wonder if any well known engineers have published any books that have some tips and tricks, best practices, methods, etc. All I have is the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Manual, which has some goodies in it. Kris ----- Original Message ----- > Hey gang, > any good audio books on this subject you can recomend? > id like to get a deeper understanding on this! > cheers > Luis > > > --- Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us> wrote: > >> Krispen Hartung wrote: >> > I've been doing a lot of mastering and mixing >> lately on a project and >> > have learned a lot of new methods and techniques. >> I've heard folks >> > say mastering and mixing is a black art, now I >> know why. In these >> > particular songs, they sounded wonderful on my >> headphones. There were >> > some really cool and deep things going on in the >> 44hz range and below, >> > and some others in the 62hz range. It all sounded >> great through my >> > headphones, but those frequencies were reeking >> havoc on my consumer >> > stereo systems - car stereo, portable stereo, etc. >> >> Hi Kris, >> >> I recommend that you do not mix using headphones. >> That is an even more >> phony environment than stereo speakers. Speakers >> pushing air to your >> ears is closer to how you hear a live event than >> headphones. >> >> Mixing and mastering are two different processes. I >> recommend that you >> do not master songs one at a time in isolation. One >> ought to master an >> album's worth of songs together. Not all at once >> but as a set. How you >> want to volume balance, equalize, and compress >> things is very dependent >> upon the song order. Concentrate only on mixing. >> Save mastering for >> last and use a pro if you can afford it. >> >> If you are having bass region problems, there could >> be many reasons; the >> system, the speakers, speaker placement, the room, >> and on and on ad >> infinitum. I'd look at what track in the song is >> supplying the bass >> that breaks up in certain systems. Work on that >> track's EQ and >> compression then remix the song. Can you mix using >> your portable >> stereo? If if sounds great there, that's how 90% of >> your audience will >> hear the song. Then compare the result through you >> regular studio >> speakers and then headphones. Listen to your mixes >> in as many >> environments as possible. >> >> Take what I and everyone else tell you with a few >> grains of salt and >> experiment on your own. Mixing *is* a black art. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bill >> >> > > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >