Customer Reviews:
 A good introduction to the subject August 17, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Never having read anything on mixing, I was intrigued into buying this book to see what hints and tips I could pick up. As an introduction it's excellent, offering practical advice including down-and-dirty guideline figures for which frequencies to think about boosting for vocals, how best to go about mixing, what equipment is ideal (as well as what will just do, if you're on a budget) and so on. It is aimed at both home recording enthusiasts and those with more professional studios to play with (I mean, of course, work with!)The sections are: Planning, Mixing Tools, Recording Vocals, Balancing, Mix Automation. One word of warning: of the book's 189 pages, a good third are taken up with an extensive glossary which is repeated in the other books of this series - and it didn't include the one term I wanted to look up! But still, as stated, as an introduction to the subject it fits the bill, and is well-enough priced to meet the needs of the curious home-recorder wanting to make their efforts sound that little bit more professional.
 Idea good - but need editing badly! September 20, 2000
37 out of 43 found this review helpful
I was looking for a cheap book with hints on how to do a good mix of vocals and other instruments. As I already had two other books by Paul White I thought that he might treat the subject fairly. Well, almost - but not quite!The problem of this book is not White's competence in the field - that seems to be good enough. And I already know that he can write. But this book has several editing flaws! As an example, pg. 56 refers to a figure 8.5 that doesn't exist - notice, there is no figure in the book showing what the text says it should, so the figure is lacking altogether! The paragraph "pre-planning MIDI" shows also symptoms of bad editing as the only place in the text mentioning anything about MIDI is the headline - the rest of that paragraph talks about tapes and overdubs. No doubt relevant, but not what the heading said... I would have give the book more stars, but not before a better edited version comes out. Until then I would recommend other books.
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