REQ: Mix Masters - Platinum Engineers Reveal Their Secrets for Success

Learn what it takes to be a great audio engineer and make professional mixes with Mix Masters:Platinum Engineers Reveal Their Secrets for Success, a book containing a collection of 27 interviews with platinum engineers. Mix magazine writer Maureen Droney is your guide through the process so you see firsthand how music engineers, using the same arsenal of tools, can create distinct works that vary from artist to artist, even track to track. You'll find practical and informative behind-the-scenes, behind-the-glass insight into the art of sound mixing by the industry's most in-demand engineers across all genres-pop, rock, country, classical, and film. The book covers how to set up a mix that has power and impact, mic placement, how to record and mix multiple vocal tracks, tips and tricks for using effects processors, EQ techniques, and more.

Featured engineers include:
Don Murray
Bill Bottrell
Shawn Murphy
Nick Guzauski
Chuck Ainlay
Al Schmitt
Dave Jerden
Kevin "KD" Dave
Leslie Ann Jones
Jimmy Douglass
Brian Maloup
Alan Moulder
Dave Way
Steve Marcantonio
David Thoener
Frank Filipetti
Armin Steiner
Julian King
Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado
Tony Maserati
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
Neil Dorfsman
Jeff Balding
Dennis Sands
Geoff Emerick
Chris Fogel
Elliot Scheiner