Template Mixing and Mastering: The Ultimate Guide to Achieving a Professional Sound

by Billy Decker, Simon Taylor, Rodney Atkins (Foreword by)

Overview

The transformation from analogue to digital dominance has brought many advances in sound quality and new techniques, but producing digital music with only a standard computer and DAW can be problematic and time-consuming without the right approach and skills. Here, renowned mix engineer Billy Decker tackles the challenges of in-the-box production through his innovative template approach. He shares an introduction to templates, a step-by-step guide to their set-up and a discussion of drum replacement technology. Channel and setting information for each of the drum, instrument, and vocal sections of his template is discussed along with the master channel and his methodology of mixing and mastering. Finally, he gives professional advice and best practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785007491
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Billy Decker has been a leading mix engineer in Nashville, TN for more than 20 years. He has mixed multiple Billboard No. 1 singles and accredited sales of albums containing his mixes total over 25 million copies. Simon Taylor is a British music creator and educator. Rodney Atkins is a country music singer and songwriter.

Table of Contents

Foreword Rodney Atkins 7

Introduction 9

1 Building Your Template 17

2 Drums 25

3 Instruments 45

4 Vocals 57

5 The Master Channel 67

6 Importing Audio and Gain Staging 71

7 Mixing 77

8 Mastering 93

9 Other Considerations 99

In Closing 107

About Billy Decker 109

Appendix A Mixing Desk Channels 111

Appendix B Plugin Effects and Processors 112

Glossary 115

Index 127

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a gift of gratitude to anyone that wants to take a step into out-of-this-world sounding songs." —Rodney Atkins, multi-million selling recording artist

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