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Audio Production Secrets is highly practical and packed with actionable tips, tricks and creative techniques for music production and audio mixing. The content is designed to give you new ideas and perspecitves to help you fuel your creativity and ultimately make the techniques your own.This book is a collection of the most inspiring, educative and creative work from ten years of writing about sound design and music production. While the previous book, Making Sound, dealt with a wide range of aspects of being an audio professional, this book mostly stays within the field of creative sound design and audio production. Its fresh perspectives, philosophies and actionable tips will elevate your productions and spark new ideas for years to come.Cristofer Odqvist is an audio engineer, sound designer, music producer and writer. He has recorded and produced music for television, recording artists and has done sound design and audio mixing for film and TV commercials. Cristofer has written about music production and sound design for digital and printed media.

How do you take the sounds you imagine in your head and make them come out of the speakers? Making Sound takes some different but very effective perspectives on learning to use the tools at hand to create the sounds you want. Following these techniques and philosophies will help bridge the gap between the tools you use and the ideas in your head. Apart from the more in-depth topics in the 19 chapters there are 95 short inspiring tips and tricks that you can reference and use while creating music. Making Sound is philosophical at times, highly practical and packed with actionable tips, tricks and creative techniques. The content is designed to give you new ideas and perspecitves to help you fuel your creativity and ultimately make the techniques your own. The second edition also includes interviews with some top music industry professionals that reveil their processes for the first time. The topics in the book include: Use common tools to create different moods and texturesMake virtual instruments sound realisticAdvanced sound designWays to become more productiveThe secret of contrast in mixing and compositionTechniques to get the low end of the mix perfectThe art of arrangementCreate compelling and exciting groovesCreate different kinds of space in a mixHow to "glue" a mixTechniques for dealing with stressEssential music theory for composers and producersWays to overcome digital "sterility" or harshnessDealing with clientsWhat do people in the industry say about the book?"This book will open your eyes!" - Joey Sturgis, legendary music producer "You've got to check this book out!" - iZotope "This opened my eyes more than once! Absolute must-read." - Chris Leon, Your Music Radio "He has a way of presenting things that makes you want to immediately open your DAW and start experimenting." - Dan Comerchero, founder of The Pro Audio Files "A really great practical book that asks the question 'Why?'" - Brian Funk, Music Production Podcast