Just bought 'mixing audio' by Roey Izhaki

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I just bought 'mixing audio, concepts practices and tools' by Roey Izhaki, has anybody read this book and found it useful?
 
I've read it and I suppose it has it's uses but I found it really heavy going in parts. It's not a book that has easilly absorbable info. Or maybe I'm just thick. Some of it was like being at school with text books that contained stuff that I just didn't understand.
 
I read it a couple of years ago, its pretty good information, nothing beats actual experience but I thought it was a good foundation for a learner like myself


there were a couple of bits that made me think wtf?


like when he says how British mixes tending to favour to the opposite side of American mixes because of how we listen to music in the car!!


did make me lol whether it was meant to or not :)
 
kcearl said:
like when he says how British mixes tending to favour to the opposite side of American mixes because of how we listen to music in the car!!
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Funnilly enough, I understood what he meant. But it poses another question - does that mean British mixes weren't expected to sell in the USA or Europe or for that matter, the rest of the world ? !
 
grimtraveller said:
Funnilly enough, I understood what he meant. But it poses another question - does that mean British mixes weren't expected to sell in the USA or Europe or for that matter, the rest of the world ? !
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Thats why i couldnt tell if it was a deliberate lol, i mean it kinda made sense but did they remix tracks for different markets depending on the side of the road you drove on? :facepalm:
 
kcearl said:
Thats why i couldnt tell if it was a deliberate lol, i mean it kinda made sense but did they remix tracks for different markets depending on the side of the road you drove on? :facepalm:
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The mystery drives on :facepalm:{sorry....}.
On a slightly related note, one thing I've never understood is remixing for different markets. It's like the producer is saying "well, in the Phillipines they're not to hot on drums so we'll bury that a bit, but in Japan they like raging guitars so we'll do a guitar heavy mix and in Kenya, they like vocals panned left and pianos panned right......." Surely the song is the song ? I have such a variety of music, mixed in just about every way possible and in the car or van, it's all Moroccan roll to me ! I don't care where the drums are panned to. Besides, what if you're in a country where they drive on the right of the road, but on the left of the vehicle, but you happen to have a right hand drive car ? Does that skew the mix intended for that country ? :D
 
As a side note "mixing secrets for the small studios" by Mike Senior is a great read
 
Back to the original question, I personally rate the Izhaki book right up there with the best.

No, it's not a mixing primer but it does provide an in depth analysis & discussion of most of the problem topics faced every day by mix engineers everywhere.

And I have to agree about the Mike Senior book as well - get both of these and you'll never be short of reading material
 
dzara 4 said:
As a side note "mixing secrets for the small studios" by Mike Senior is a great read
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Agreed! Also, his online resources are phenominal. I'm a big fan of the demo songs for mixing practice.
 
lol - maybe that reference about the car was about how many people tend to listen to the radio in the car in one coutry rather than CDs/cassettes in another so some mixes might be made more 'radio friendly'...?
 
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