Understanding and Crafting the Mix

Understanding and Crafting the Mix, 4th edition provides the framework to identify, evaluate and shape your recordings with clear and systematic methods. It leads the reader to craft recordings with artistry to enhance and contribute to the recorded song’s musical voice and expression. Featuring numerous exercises, this fourth edition guides you to develop critical listening and analytical skills to gain greater control over the quality of your recordings, and to understand the defining qualities of recordings created by others.Dr. William Moylan offers guidance to hear inside the sounds of a range of iconic songs, bringing insights into making meaningful sound judgements during recording. His unique focus on the aesthetics of recording, arranging and mixing will allow you to immediately and artfully apply his expertise to grow your listening, creative and logistical skills.A companion website features recorded tracks to enhance exercises, reference materials to guide listening, guidance for home listening systems, and analyses of current music recordings.New to this fourth edition:Four chapters providing unique coverage of immersive music recordings, with analyses contributed by GRAMMY winning immersive engineer/producer Hans-Martin BuffIn-depth look at the recording project sequence progressing from idea to distribution/streamingFully updated content reflecting current research, production concepts, creative workflows, and AIA section of integrated, sequential exercises for developing critical listening skills