^^^^ About Katz. He is the current guru on the subject but if you are expecting a cook book explanation of how to make your recordings sound better you will not find it in this book. It is useful, but I found it a difficult read. I do not have a technical background. Ask me something about US History.
Or COBOL ROTFLMAO It has some good info. though.
I find that I just have to open up the editor, load the project and I use SAM so in virtual mode I can do all sorts of stuff and do no damage. I am getting better mixes now than before. But I am doing it by experiment and peeping over other folks shoulders, like Gutbucket's, by reading this and other boards.
I just finished the third mix of a local band's gig. I had to bring the mono vocal track way forward into the mix which started robbing the mix of stereo info. Where to strike the balance? Ah, problems, problems, problems. Ya just never are finished with a mix. Ya just give up on it.