Audio Mastering - Essential Practices

Jonathan Wyner

ISBN 10: 0876390947 / ISBN 13: 9780876390948

Published by Berklee Press, 2013

About this Item

2013. Pap/Com. Paperback. Mastering is the art of optimising recorded sound, finding the ideal volume levels and tonal quality, and insuring data integrity necessary to produce a professional quality duplication and distribution ready master. This book introduces the techniques and tools of audio mastering, suitable for commercial and home/project studio environments. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated Throughout. BIC Classification: AVX; TTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 550. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Audio Mastering - Essential Practices
• Publisher: Berklee Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876390947
• ISBN 13: 9780876390948
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

(Berklee Guide). Improve the sound of your recordings. Mastering is the art of optimizing recorded sound, finding the ideal volume levels and tonal quality, and insuring data integrity necessary to produce a professional-quality duplication and distribution-ready master. This book introduces the techniques and tools of audio mastering, suitable for commercial and home/project studio environments. Technical discussions address gear, studio setup, methodologies, goals, and other considerations for making tracks sound their best, individually and in relationship to other tracks. The accompanying recording has audio examples that support two detailed case studies where readers can follow a mastering engineer's manipulations step by step.

About the Author

JONATHAN WYNER is chief mastering engineer and president of M Works Mastering Studios, one of the world's most esteemed and versatile audio mastering studios. He has mastered more than five thousand projects since the mid 1980s, spanning every musical idiom (and some non-musical idioms as well!) and has become a sought after resource for mastering education. His credits include legends such as David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Nirvana, and Kiri Te Kanawa, as well as many talents within the independent artist community, in addition to labels and studios, such as Columbia Records, Sony, Warner Brothers, and DreamWorks Studios.