It's finally here! 🙂
After almost two years of writing, Audio Mixing Cookbook is officially out today, and I am genuinely proud to share it with you.
This book covers over 100 practical recipes spanning studio setup, recording, sound design, mixing and some mastering tricks. But more than techniques, it is an invitation to get back to the canvas, not only to question how, but essentially why you make these decisions. The goal is never to replicate these recipes note for note, but to use them as a starting point for developing your own voice through sound.
This book would not exist without the people who took the time to sit down with me and share their experience, their perspective, and their honesty. In a moment where our industry is changing fast, where tools are evolving and automation is reshaping more and more how we work, I believe that connection, knowledge sharing, and community are what will keep this art form alive and ours. Thank you to each of them for their time and creativity.
David Gnozzi - Recording, Mixing & Studio Setup;
Bastian Gerner - Foley Recording & Studio Setup;
Fabian Mazur - Sound Design & Mixing;
Lily Jordy - Sound Design & Mixing;
Ruslan Slatin - Mastering & Studio Setup;
Thomas van Opstal - Recording & Mixing;
Ben JACQUIER - Sound Design & Mixing;
Emiliyan Arnaudov - Sound Design & Mixing;
Ressa Schwarzwald - Game Audio & Sound Design;
Charles Deenen - Mixing & Sound Design;
Marko Zivadinovic - Mixing & Mastering;
Mathis Moretti - Mixing & Studio Setup;
Among others who generously contributed their expertise and helped sharpen the way these ideas are shared. Thank you also to my partner, whose support and encouragement carried me through the harder moments.
The book is full of techniques, workflows, and starting points to help you create great sound. But what I come back to at the very end is what I believe matters most: emotion & narrative. Every sound should help shape, guide and/or enhance the emotion the story is trying to tell, whether that is in music, film, or games. There is no single right way to get there. What defines a great sound experience is not the technique used to create it, but whether it makes sense and whether it moves people. As Charles Deenen put it during our conversation: "sound becomes powerful when it makes sense before it tries to impress."
It might take up to a full day to be available everywhere! Sorry in advance for the little delay.
Available now on Amazon and Packt:
- Amazon Link: https://lnkd.in/eUC5hZnD
- Packt Link: https://lnkd.in/ee8AX2hv
