Björgvin Benediktsson book on mixing, any good?

[ghostwhistler]

I saw this link on Facebook.
https://www.stepbystepmixing.com/sales- ... 1SWsGMDUzU

It's a link to a cheap book on mixing by someone called Björgvin Benediktsson. I have no knowledge of him or his work or whether this is genuine. So I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with his book and whether it offers genuine advice. Normally I'd steer clear of this sort of advert, but the price is quite cheap and it may be of some use. Especially given the alternative is to wade through thousands of hours across hundreds of Youtube clips, all offering the best advice ("you've heard the rest, now try the best!") on mixing.

[ghettosynth]

I saw this link on Facebook.
https://www.stepbystepmixing.com/sales- ... 1SWsGMDUzU

It's a link to a cheap book on mixing by someone called Björgvin Benediktsson. I have no knowledge of him or his work or whether this is genuine. So I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with his book and whether it offers genuine advice. Normally I'd steer clear of this sort of advert, but the price is quite cheap and it may be of some use. Especially given the alternative is to wade through thousands of hours across hundreds of Youtube clips, all offering the best advice ("you've heard the rest, now try the best!") on mixing.

Meh, I've seen some of his kindle books and, IMO, they are what you'd expect if you ordered something from one of those long form sales letters. That's my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt as it is worth exactly what you paid for it.

Many, if not most, frankly, self-authored Kindle books are not, again, IMO, "labors of love," per se, but rather, they follow a formula. They are heavy on relatively marginally related images and light on content. Often, the content is just what can be scraped and summarized off of the web. There is an entire industry of get-rich hucksters trying to sell variations of this method to people wanting to earn a living from the comfort of their living room.

"Mastering Audio" by Bob Katz is a decent book to have on your shelf. I have the 2nd edition, I don't know if there's a later edition. While some of the plugins referenced are out of date, there is specific advice on there about many aspects of mixing. There is no shortcut. Frankly, finding a youtube channel that speaks to you and following regular content while practicing your mixing is a better path than some quick-fix book. When you run into something that's confusing, that's the time to dig a bit deeper.

I don't watch every video, but I do subscribe to Warren Huart's "mix better now" channel and he regularly sends out live mixing videos and often provides stems for you to mix along. I'm not recommending his channel per se, it's just something that I follow and I feel like, while he's definitely trying to run a business, the content doesn't have that over the top self-serving youtube channel feel.

[ralfrobert]

If you like pictures, magazine-style easy reading and essential info, you might want to take a look at this:

https://store.attackmagazine.com/collec ... r-s-manual

I purchased it searching for something that gives an overview from which one can expand his/her own research and that I can recommend for entry-level (2 hours a week) courses. If you just want the essentials at the price of a burger meal, this might be what you are looking for.

[ghostwhistler]

What I'd like is an easy to understand guide. There's so much info on this topic and so many sources that it's overwhelming. I enjoy composition and sound design more than mixing, possibly because I'm better at the former than the latter (IMHO). I also don't have tons of mixing software either, just some plugins, stock or freebie (as well as Infiltrator). When it comes to fx I work with what's in the VST instrument I'm using. I watched a Warren Huart video and while it was very good, I don't feel positive about doing what he did: he mixed a bass guitar part by duplicating it 5 times and processing each track to create a blend. My immediate reaction is that seems pretty tedious. I would hope that level of work isn't necessary (maybe only with live instruments)