The Mastering Engineer's Handbook (Mix Pro Audio Series) - Softcover

Owsinski, Bobby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872887413 ISBN 13: 9780872887411

Publisher: Clymer Publications, 2001

Synopsis

Everything you've always wanted to know about the art of music mastering is now available in one book! Peek into a top-flight mastering house and see the tools of the trade, explore the secrets of making hot masters, and learn rules for frequency balancing and dither. Learn how CDs work and how they're made, and relive mastering history with a separate chapter on mastering for vinyl and how records are pressed. This book extensively covers stereo mastering and also looks into the future with an expansive section on surround mastering and multi-channel delivery. Features interviews with such mastering giants as Bernie Grundman, Bob Ludwig, Glenn Meadows, Doug Sax and others. Also available: 00330476 The Mixing Engineer's Handbook $34.95

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Review

Introduction PART I: THE MECHANICS OF MASTERING Chapter 1 What Exactly Is Mastering? Chapter 2 Some Digital Audio Basics Chapter 3 Tools for Mastering Chapter 4 The Mechanics of Mastering Chapter 5 Preparation for Mastering Chapter 6 Mastering for CD Chapter 7 Mastering for Vinyl Chapter 8 Mastering for Internet Distribution Chapter 9 Mastering in Surround Chapter 10 Surrond Tools Chapter 11 Mastering for Film and Television PART II: AUDIO DELIVERY FORMATS Chapter 12 Internet Delivery Formats Chapter 13 Optical Discs: CDs Chapter 14 Optical Discs: Multichannel Delivery Chapter 15 Optical Discs: The High-Resolution Discs PART III: THE INTERVIEWS Chapter 16 About the Interviews Chapter 17 Interview: Greg Calbi Chapter 18 Interview: David Cheppa Chapter 19 Interview: Dave Collins Chapter 20 Interview: Bernie Grundman Chapter 21 Interview: Bob Katz Chapter 22 Interview: Bob Ludwig Chapter 23 Interview: Glenn Meadows Chapter 24 Interview: Bob Olhsson Chapter 25 Interview: Doug Sax Chapter 26 Interview: Eddy Schreyer Glossary Index

Synopsis

All you ever wanted to know about the art of music mastering available in one book. Check out the tools of the trade, explore the secrets of making hot masters and learn the rules for frequency balancing and dither. Learn how CDs work and how they're made. Relive mastering history with a chapter on mastering vinyl and how records are pressed. The book also covers stereo mastering and takes a look at the future with a section on surround mastering and multi-channel delivery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clymer Publications
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0872887413
• ISBN 13: 9780872887411
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 281