For more than two decades, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook has been the go-to, best-selling guide for anyone serious about the art of music mixing, and trusted by seasoned pros and beginners alike.

In the fully updated Sixth Edition, you'll discover the proven fundamentals and cutting-edge strategies that today's hitmakers rely on to craft the music you love.

This book will help you create a great mix, no matter your gear, your room, or your genre. You'll find your mixing skills getting sharper with every chapter.

New in the Sixth Edition

• A brand-new chapter on AI-assisted mixing tools that takes the guesswork out of complex mixing tasks

• A new chapter that takes a deep dive into saturation and distortion, including what the different types sound like and how to use them for maximum impact

• Smart solutions for small-room studios, including room simulation software and a foolproof method to evaluate your monitors

• Insider tips on choosing and working with reference tracks to achieve true radio- and Spotify-ready mixes

• Expanded coverage of immersive audio, with step-by-step primers for mixing in Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA/VME

• Advanced techniques like M/S processing, frequency-based panning, audio expansion, and compression sidechains

...plus dozens of new tips, tricks, and pro secrets you won't find anywhere else!

Other topics covered include:

• The six elements of a mix, from achieving balance to creating interest

• The secrets of equalization and "magic frequencies"

• Advanced techniques expected of today's mixer, like track cleanup, adjusting track timing, pitch correction, sound replacement, and automation tricks

• Easy-to-grasp methods for adding effects, sonic layering, calculating delay, and much more

The book also features interviews with some of music's most successful and celebrated audio mixers from all different genres, as well as access to a bonus "Advice From The Mixing Legends" ebook containing 22 additional interviews not found in the book.

Learn the art of mixing from start to finish, and pick up tips and techniques from the pros, with The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, Sixth Edition.

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Producer/engineer Bobby Owsinski is one of the best selling authors in the music industry with 24 books that are now staples in audio recording, music, and music business programs in colleges around the world, including The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, The Recording Engineer's Handbook, The Music Business Advice Book, and more.He's also contributed to Forbes, his production and music industry blogs have won numerous industry awards, and he's appeared on CNN and ABC News as a music branding and audio expert. Bobby's highly-rated Inner Circle podcast features mover and shaker guests from all sectors of the music industry and is nearing 600 episodes. Bobby also provides a number of audio and music production, online courses at bobbyowsinskicourses.com.Visit Bobby's music production blog at bobbyowsinskiblog.com/, his Music 3.0 music industry blog at music3point0.com, his podcast at bobbyoinnercircle.com, and his website at bobbyowsinski.com.