Manual de bolsillo para sonidistas

Gain, phase, EQ, compression, distortion, reverb, and modulation. What you really need to know, explained clearly, with diagrams, and without cold academia. 40 pages designed to keep by the console.

Each chapter gets straight to the point: what it is, what it is for, which knobs to turn, starting numbers to use, and the mistakes everyone makes. Includes quick reference tables, signal flow diagrams, and street-smart tips for live sound and recording.

Content:

Gain and levels: gain staging, headroom, and why volume is not the same as gain.

Phase and polarity: comb filtering, the 3:1 rule, and how phase ruins mixes without you noticing.

Equalization: graphic vs. parametric, frequencies by instrument, and the sweep technique for finding problems.

Compressors and dynamics: types (VCA, FET, optical, tube, digital), limiter, gate, and starting values by instrument.

Distortion and saturation: even and odd harmonics, the phantom octave, and how to use saturation as a mixing tool.

Reverb: predelay, decay, types (Room, Hall, Plate, Spring), and how to use it live without drowning the mix.

Modulation and delay: chorus, flanger, phaser, and delay, one idea with four faces, explained once and for all.

Written in Spanish, for sound engineers who work in Spanish.