Audio Masterclass /ONECourse title: Mastering /ONE
Your journey through Audio Masterclass /ONE
WHERE YOU ARE NOW: You've watched YouTube videos on mastering. They talk about this plug-in, that method, 'insider secrets' and 'little known' tricks. You're confused and you don't know who to believe.
AFTER THIS COURSE: You know for sure what the purpose of mastering is and why it is necessary. You know how to take a stereo mix and improve it to the point of commercial release. You also throughly understand loudness standards and you can make a master as loud as you please, or make it to the precise requirements of a demanding industry client.
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Mastering has three main purposes in the compilation of an album...
- Optimize the level of each track so that there is no wasted headroom on the CD.
- Make all tracks comparable in terms of EQ balance and subjective loudness, particularly adjacent tracks.
- To set the durations of the gaps between the tracks, and/or create crossfades.
There is one further function that applies to individual tracks, whether or not they form part of a CD compilation - no matter how good the mix engineer is, there is almost always room for improvement by subtly and sympathetically tweaking the EQ and dynamic range of the final stereo mix.
SPL mastering console
But among the many and varied legitimate arts of mastering there is also a voodoo art - maximization of subjective...
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