Learning the art of mixing has never been easier.For more than two decades, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook has been the best selling and most respected resource on the art of music mixing for seasoned professionals and enthusiastic beginners alike.Today's home studio is just as powerful as any commercial studio, but it's the techniques that the top mixers use that separates their work from what most musicians, songwriters, producers or artists can produce without that knowledge.In this fully updated 5th edition of the Handbook, you'll find all the proven fundamental and advanced techniques that the pros use to help you take your music to another level.Guaranteed to help you get a great mix regardless of your gear, playback environment or the kind of music you work on, you'll find your mixing chops getting better with each chapter.Here are just a few things you'll learn:The mix balance technique thatsets levels so fast on even the most complicated mixthat you won't believe itThe EQ techniques of the prosthat willbothseparate your tracks and provide the utmost in clarityThe Magic Frequencies that make every mix element singThe secret to processing and enhancingloops, samples and virtual instruments so they leap out a mixThe way to set up a master mix busstoadd morepower and polish to your mixThe secret topitch correcting vocals so theysound so naturalthat you'll never know they're pitch correctedDrum replacement and enhancement techniquesfor instant great sounding kick and snareThe ultimatepunchy drumssecret that gives you the right compressor settings every timeThe best way to useautomationandsidechaining, the secret sauce behind modern mixesThe secret toclean sibilance-book vocalsthat sit perfectly in the mix without sounding shrill or stridentThe editing tricks of the pros that include track cleanup, adjusting track timing, and the secret to smooth endingsEasy-to-grasp methods for adding effects like reverb and delay that always work in any trackAndso much more Bra