The art of mixing
by David Gibson · first published 1997
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If you want to make music, but don't care about music theory, get a book called The Art of Mixing. It won't tell you how to write a song, but it'll start you with a solid foundation for music production. You can start by just finding loops and samples online and putting tracks together that way.…
on “What makes music sound “good?”” ↗…hear the pen on paper. But irl, there’s not a chance it’s audible. Explosions are always distorted because microphones end up clipping due to the volume, etc. A great book on spatial simulation is The Art of Mixing by David Gibson. Older but forever relevant
on “Teach yourself to echolocate (2018)” ↗