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A selection of books on mixing, recording, and publishing your music
By Lorenz Rychner

Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio
By Mike Senior. 342 pages, paperback, illustrated B/W. Published by Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-0-240-81580-0. • $39.95; www.focalpress.com

British writer and freelance engineer Senior keeps this book platform-neutral; many of his illustrations are screenshots from Cubase and Reaper, but the gist of his explanations goes beyond specific DAW products. He assumes knowledge of basic audio terminology and concepts and dives right into the importance of critical listening, with an extensive chapter on monitors (ported=bad and non-ported=good) and their recommended placements. His points about the shortcomings and challenges of small-room studios are well made, and this entire section on listening takes up a generous 77 pages! He continues with a discussion of fixes for deficient tracks—timing and tuning issues mainly—before guiding the reader through the first rough mix setup to achieve a raw balance. Compression and eq are next, followed by other enhancements before arriving at reverberation and other tools for a finished mix. Throughout the book the author uses a sprinkling of quotes from notable industry figures, not always enlightning but, we suppose, good for name recognition. An alphabetical listing of those names follows, with sample discography for each. Of more value is the web content that the book refers to—files the reader can download. The book’s tone is straightforward, neither too scholarly nor too conversational, with the occasional hint at humor. This is a book from which anyone can learn to produce better mixes.

The Art of Digital Audio Recording: A Practical Guide for Home and Studio.
By Steve Savage. With photos by Robert Johnson and diagrams by Iain Fergusson. 271 pages, large paperback or hardcover, illustrated B/W. Published by Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-539410-8. • $35 paperback, $99 hardcover; www.oup.com/us

This book should be on the wish list of anybody who is new to recording, and it will be helpful for the many who “gave it a go”and got stuck somewhere along the line. It is a basic course in audio recording, clear and concise, and it shows the author’s ten years of experience in teaching recording classes. The “Digital” in the title certainly gets its due, but the book also covers all manner of studio equipment, room design, speaker placement and long-established good studio practices, as well as time-honored electronic gear including patchbays, so it is not strictly computer-centric. The language is sober and precise, the pace is quick, and the illustrations are well chosen. Recommended!

The Art of Music Publishing: An Entrepreneurial Guide to Publishing and Copyright for the Music, Film and Media Industries.
By Helen Gammons. 202 pages, paperback, illustrated B/W. Published by Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-0-240-52235-7. • $34.95; www.focalpress.com

How many times have you heard and read that you should “retain the publishing” of your songs? This book will explain why that is good advice. But it goes much further, shedding light on an entire industry within the industry. The author goes into great detail about rights, how to preserve and pursue them, and how to turn them into revenue. But she also keeps an eye on the creative aspects of music and music publishing, quoting a songwriting friend of hers who says, “It’s all about money, greed can kill anything... but this is a new era for the independent, for creativity, for passion and great business.” This sums up the spirit of the book. Much of the background information and most of the examples given are UK based. It’s not that this makes the information less valuable, but with so many unfamiliar names appearing, an effort by the book’s US publishers/editors to adapt it more for US readers would have been welcome. Still, it is a valuable source of good information for anyone who has a stake in his or her music, or who is looking for new ways to make it in the music industry. More than ever, with individuals breaking through in areas formerly dominated by major corporations, there are opportunities to pursue, and this book diligently points out a great many of them.
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Contents
Talkback
Fast Forward
PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2
Mixing And The Stereo Field
TASCAM US-2000 USB 2.0 Audio Interface
The Mixing Workshop: Better Mixes Through Creative Editing—Part 1
Roll Music RMS216 Folcrom
Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec
How To Be Successful In Today’s Music Business—Part 1
Plug-In Outlet
Mid-Side Stereo Recording
iOS Music Tools: For Composers
For Your Bookshelf
Organize Your Mix Session
Reviewed And Revisited: iZotope RX 2
Shure SRH940 Headphones
Readers’ Tapes
Advertiser Index
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Recording - November 2011 - 1
Recording - November 2011 - Fade In
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Recording - November 2011 - Contents
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Recording - November 2011 - Talkback
Recording - November 2011 - 7
Recording - November 2011 - Fast Forward
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Recording - November 2011 - PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2
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Recording - November 2011 - Mixing And The Stereo Field
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Recording - November 2011 - TASCAM US-2000 USB 2.0 Audio Interface
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Recording - November 2011 - The Mixing Workshop: Better Mixes Through Creative Editing—Part 1
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Recording - November 2011 - Roll Music RMS216 Folcrom
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Recording - November 2011 - Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec
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Recording - November 2011 - How To Be Successful In Today’s Music Business—Part 1
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Recording - November 2011 - Plug-In Outlet
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Recording - November 2011 - Mid-Side Stereo Recording
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Recording - November 2011 - iOS Music Tools: For Composers
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Recording - November 2011 - For Your Bookshelf
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Recording - November 2011 - Organize Your Mix Session
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Recording - November 2011 - Reviewed And Revisited: iZotope RX 2
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Recording - November 2011 - Shure SRH940 Headphones
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Recording - November 2011 - Readers’ Tapes
Recording - November 2011 - Advertiser Index
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