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The Audio Masterclass Professional Course in Mastering - Full online course with assessments of your practical assignment work leading to an Audio Masterclass certificate on successful completion.
- The problem: Your mixes sound weak compared to commercial productions. They are quiet, thin, and although well-balanced they don't sound fully professional.
- The solution: A twelve-module course that will show, explain and demonstrate the techniques of mastering, and how you can transform your mixes in to polished commercial release ready productions.
- Your achievement: The ability to get the best from your mixes through mastering techniques as used by pro engineers.
Gain great skills with great training
- Twelve-module online course
- Audio examples in every modules, all downloadable to keep permanently
- 12 practical assignment projects
- Assessment of your practical assignment projects
- Tutor support
- Student advice team
- Complete in 12 weeks or spread your course out over up to one full year or longer.
- Study when and where you like
- Available worldwide (we have students in more than 120 countries)
- Your Audio Masterclass online Student ID (you can use this to seek discounts on software and equipment)
- Earn an Audio Masterclass certificate on successful completion of your course
- 30-day full-refund, no-quibble guarantee
Twelve modules - everything you need in mastering from start to finish
- Basic mastering processes
- Investigation of clipping
- Equalizing the mix
- Compressing the mix
- Limiting
- Low-frequency merge
- Crossfading
- Stereo width
- Dropout repair
- Harmonic generation and warmth
- Multiband compression
- Mastering project
Also included...
- The complete learning materials and audio examples on mastering of the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course
- Online access to the Course Code 9000 enhancement learning materials including audio and video recorded in Abbey Road Studios 2 and 3 (all downloadable)
- For current and former students of any other Audio Masterclass course, renewal of any and all of your courses for a further full year.
How you will learn in your course
Audio Masterclass works by flexible self-study and online distance learning. We have students in more than 120 countries all around the world. All you need for your course is a basic home studio setup, a computer with an internet connection, and a strong desire to produce recordings of fully professional quality in your own home studio.
With Audio Masterclass, you will learn professional studio techniques, mixing and creative recording. You can start with the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course, and after that - or if you are already at an advanced level - you can progress to enroll in one of our Professional Courses such as Equalization, Compression, Reverb & Effects, Mixing or Mastering.
Tutorials and videos
Course instruction is through world-class textbook materials, audio tutorials, and supplementary video materials where appropriate. We show you the important techniques of audio that professionals use every day, and you can use yourself in your own home studio. All of the course materials are available online for the full duration of your 12-month enrollment, with enhancement learning materials including videos shot at Abbey Road Studios 2 and 3.
Audio examples
Our tutorials and videos are supported by a wealth of audio examples, which are also online and downloadable. We recommend that you load these examples into your digital audio workstation so that you can listen to them in exactly the same way as when you're recording yourself.
Many of the audio examples will show you what you should aim to achieve, whether the topic is EQ, compression, mixing, mastering etc. Others will show you how things can go wrong - and we'll show you clearly the difference between good audio and bad, and explain the reasons why.
Practical projects
The best way to learn audio is to do audio - recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering. And don't forget the importance of close, attentive listening. The more you do it, the better you'll get.
So your Audio Masterclass course will feature a range of practical projects relating to the modules of the course. The practical projects will set you a task to complete, show you how to do it and point out what could go wrong. And when you have completed your project, you can compare your work with our examples - many of which are created by Audio Masterclass students.
Assessments and certification
You can submit your practical assignment work online for friendly and helpful assessment and comment by Audio Masterclass tutors. When you have submitted all of the assignments of the course successfully you will be eligible to receive your Audio Masterclass Certificate of Achievement. This is delivered digitally, and if you require a paper copy this is available for an additional $20 including worldwide shipping, payable on course completion.
Student advice team
All Audio Masterclass students have access to our Student Advice Team for one full year of enrollment. You can ask questions on any of the course topics and receive a personal response.
Flexibility
Because you have all of your course materials immediately in your hands on delivery you can learn entirely at your own pace. There is no set schedule and you can move quickly or slowly through the course as you wish and take breaks at any time.
Our experience in audio education
Audio Masterclass has experience in audio education going back to 1986. We have been running online courses since 2001 which is longer than any other audio training provider on the web.
Summary
At Audio Masterclass we want to give you the fastest, most effective route towards a professional standard of work in your own home studio - a standard that is fully equal to professional studios and commercial releases.
We do this through effective, comprehensive instruction through tutorials and/or videos, audio examples, and practical projects that relate closely to real-world professional practice.
If you want to make fast progress, then Audio Masterclass is here to help.
What you will learn in your course
Module 01: Basic mastering processes
Module 02: Investigation of clipping
Module 03: Equalizing the mix
Module 04: Compressing the mix
Module 05: Limiting
Module 06: Low-frequency merge
Module 07: Crossfading
Module 08: Stereo width
Module 09: Dropout repair
Module 10: Harmonic generation and warmth
Module 11: Multiband compression
Module 12: Mastering project
Sample material from the course manual....
What our students say about their Audio Masterclass course...
[Some elements of the comments below refer to other Audio Masterclass courses and modes of delivery.]
You did a great job!
Excellent material, audio and videos are really good and clear.
I appreciate the depth, very informative and useful. I increased my knowledge in the area I am so passionate about. I was able to implement a lot of new procedures in my own sound and musical projects.
My gratitude and best regards
Anton Strecky, Slovakia
With my employment in health service established years ago, music and recording is an essential withdrawal from professionalism to me, rather than a significant possibility to provide a supplement to earned income. But with growing interest and investment, achievement of professionally acceptable quality became a must. At that point studying at Audio Masterclass had only pros and no cons to me, and no equally accessible alternatives of world-class standards.
The book "How to set up a Pro Home Recording Studio" [by Audio Masterclass] and other information concerning hardware and software helped me to find "my way" in the jungle of possibilities, and it actually had a money saving effect.
Assessments of practical assignment projects were of especially great importance to me. It is easy for the beginner like me to have an illusion that the produced work is good, while actually it is not. Additional valuable information can be derived from individually provided comments too.
It is very comforting to have tons of audio examples at hand. Even after the course I use some of them as benchmarks of specific quality.
The most special experiences along the way of the course were moments of approaching the presumed limits of creative possibilities… stepping beyond… and finding that there is something more out there. And this kind of training may have implications that are not immediately obvious, but may prove to be of great importance in any intellectually demanding/competitive situation of life. All in all, I consider that to be my greatest gain achieved at Audio Masterclass.
Egidijus Nemanius, Lithuania
I was looking for an audio school online that could give me the information I was missing. I also needed someone to tell me "this is good, here you were wrong, you made such a mistake ...", in fact, I needed a guide! That's when I discovered Audio Masterclass.
Even though I was very interested in what was announced, I still had a great fear; I was afraid that the education provided would be purely theoretical. Several times, even for weeks, I went through the site of Audio Masterclass up and down and compared it with other schools of the same type.
Eventually Audio Masterclass won my membership because it seemed to me to be the most consistent. From the first lesson, I knew that I was not mistaken! Yes, there is a theoretical teaching but it’s really practical and very effective. The lessons are precise and free from the superfluous, what is taught is what is needed to be immediately effective.
After following the 12 modules proposed, I can affirm that I was able to deepen my theoretical and practical knowledge: 1. For example, I used the microphones by instinct or empirically, with more or less happiness. Now I know their characteristics, I know why and how to use different types of mics, how to place them, etc ... 2. In terms of acoustics, electro-acoustics and synthesis, I learned a lot. And you know what? I who was not at all good at maths, I had no trouble to assimilate what was taught because the explanations provided were really very clear. 3. Knowing one's work tool is very important.
I can assure you that the teaching of Audio Masterclass on compressors, EQ's, preamps is very valuable to me. Now I know how to deal with possible issues and also why devices sometimes react in such and such other ways. 4. Today, every time I handle an audio file, I have a thought for Audio Masterclass. I rely on what has been taught me both on a practical level and on the rigor, that must be exercised. I insist on this last point because do not deceive yourself, the correctors hear everything, even the smallest details and they do not let anything pass; Thanks to them!
Finally, if I have any advice to give to any student who wishes to make the best of the proposed teaching, it would be to act in 2 steps: a) For the theory, do not hesitate to read and reread the course several times, do the questionnaire, read the course again, repeat the questionnaire, etc. b) For practice, do not limit yourself to simply performing the proposed exercise. But once the corrector has evaluated the work, repeat the same exercise several times with other audio files, it is really the only way to master it. If I had a suggestion to say to at Audio Masterclass, it would be precisely not to be limited to one exercise per module but to give several before validating the level; I know that it is probably not possible to realize in practice ... This is my experience with Audio Masterclass.
You know what? Audio Masterclass has been a real game changer for me and if it was to redo, I would refer it without problem!
Georges Niacadié, France
Hi David [Gatis refers to David Mellor, Course Director of Audio Masterclass], I very happy that I signed-up for your course and that I've graduated it!
Actually, before I made my mind, I did a lot of research on web about your course, because at that time I just finished my studies at America Audio Insitute, but I felt like it's not enough for me to get on next level - as I wanted it so much. So I found Audio Masterclass. I found just one review on google, where somebody told that: "you won't get what you as an engineer really need etc, it lacks of deep dive in subject... this and that...." - I thought to myself: "well... maybe this guys is all wise or he is not opened for new experience and knowledge, or he was a bad student". So I decided to take a risk as I had no clue what is will look like.
The first thing that made most sense to me is practical assignment - that is "everything"! But in many other online-schools (like America Audio Insitute or Detroit Recording institute), it's the biggest defect of the program. If you can send your material for constructive feedback, it's the most valuable learning point!
Next thing: Every time I got feedback on task, at first I started learn it with your written feedback - that had greatest value to me. Another great thing is that by reading your feedback, you really get this feeling that somebody is listening to your work and paying attention to details.
About content: the structure of the course is very similar to many other courses but the difference in content is huge! And by this I also mean the language - how you explain things and details. This is very important to me as I'm not comming from english speaking country, but here it's easy to perceive the information. There are many great recording engineers out there, but not everyone has capability to teach others - but you can teach! (and I mean it, especially if I compare with my previous courses on America Audio Insitute Detroit Recording institute).
Other student audio examples: - very good in understanding what to do, and what to avoid! Sometimes if you have nothing to compare your work with, then you might think that "oh, yeah, great record!", but when you start to listen to others ...hmmm.... it become a challenge - it's like setting benchmark.
And yes, for me, as a small studio owner, has no huge budget or possibility to try out some top-end mics, the files with pre-amp and mic samples are awesome - now I have an idea how U87 sounds! : )
About improvements - actually I don't have anything to add to this, because from all this course I can feel that it's all made with professional attitude.
Overall - I've learned a lot, but most important to me is that by having many "aha" moments, I've developed completley different mindset when I start to think about recording, mixing and mastering - for me, it's the biggest achievement! ...and I want to learn more!
Ok, again, thanks for everything - I got the certificate - it's a very important milestone for me towards my GRAMMY! : )
P.S. I've already decided, to save some money and enroll to your professional courses within few month, so see you soon!
P.S.S. I've also attached my picture from my home studio.
All the best.
Gatis Pastars, Latvia
“I have to thank you and your team for helping me better understand the complex, and sometimes difficult to discover, secrets of audio engineering ! I'm very happy with my choice of enrolling in your captivating and well structured course !
Thank you and best wishes.”
Tudor Rogoz, Romania
This course is for you if...
- You listen to pro recordings and think to yourself, "Why don't mine sound like that?"
- You want to master all of the techniques of the recording studio
- You want to get the utmost out of your equipment and software
- You want to save money by realizing it's all down to your knowledge, skills and experience - you don't need more equipment or software
- You want to be sure that your production skills allow you to get the best from your musical creativity
- You want to earn your Audio Masterclass Certificate of Achievement
