Mastering audio : the art and the science /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Boston : Focal Press,
[2002], ©2002
Oxford : c2002 |
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Table of Contents:
- No mastering engineer is an island
- Connecting it together
- An earientation session
- Wordlengths and dither
- Decibels for dummies
- Monitoring
- Putting the album together
- Equalization techniques
- How to manipulate dynamic range for fun & profit. Part 1. Macrodynamics
- How to manipulate dynamic range for fun & profit. Part 2. Downward processes
- How to manipulate dynamic range for fun & profit. Part 3. The lost processes
- Noise reduction
- Other processing
- How to make better recordings in the 21st century. Part 1. Monitor calibration
- How to make better recordings in the 21st century. Part 2. The K-system, an integrated approach to metering, monitoring and leveling practices
- Analog and digital processing
- How to achieve depth and dimension in recording, mixing and mastering
- High sample rates : is this where it's at?
- Jitter : separating the myths from the mysteries
- Tips and tricks
- Education, education, education
- At last
- Appendix 1. Radio ready : the truth
- Appendix 2. The Tower of Babel : audio file formats
- Appendix 3. Preparing tapes and files
- Appendix 4. Tape label/log
- Appendix 5. Table of decibels
- Appendix 6. Q vs. bandwidth
- Appendix 7. I feel the need for speed
- Appendix 8. I feel the need for capacity
- Appendix 9. Footnotes on the K-system
- Appendix 10. Recommended readings, test CDs
- Appendix 11. Biography : Eric James
- Appendix 12. Biography : Bob Katz
- Appendix 13. Glossary