Showing posts with label mastering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mastering. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Why Mastering Sucks in the 21st Century

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This is a rant. If you don't like rants, don't read it. The first argument goes like this: Mastering is just a matter of balancing t...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Twitter Interview - An introduction to CD Mastering

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Yesterday I did a short Twitter interview with @ DIY_Musicians  about mastering - it was slightly chaotic but good fun, and the people readi...
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Sunday, 1 March 2009

Video interview for The Manchester College

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Today I was interviewed by Pete Whitfield from The Manchester College , via iChat. We talked mainly about mastering - what it is, how I got ...
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Sunday, 14 December 2008

My Massive CD-Mastering Mind Map

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Everything you could ever want to know about mastering  (*) , all in one monstrous PDF mind-map file. It speaks for itself, really. (*) Or a...
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Tuesday, 4 November 2008

8 Music Mastering Techniques to Make Your CDs Sound Better

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How can you make your CDs sound as good as possible ?  By " mastering " them - meaning, by balancing each individual song against ...
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Thursday, 2 October 2008

DIY Mastering Part 5 - How loud is Too Loud ?

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As regular readers of this blog will know all too well by now, I am firmly opposed to the so-called CD " Loudness Wars ", where ...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Metallica "Death Magnetic" - Band not present at the mix ?

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The plot thickens. In the latest twist in the "Death Magnetic" saga : fans claim the band weren't present during the mix or ma...
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Thursday, 21 August 2008

Mastering Techniques - Using A Compressor - Part 2

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This is Part 2 of a series of posts about using compression in mastering - the first post is here . For a more general introduction to using...
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Rock Music And Gynaecology

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An aspect of the mastering engineer's job that is often overlooked is the "people skills" it demands. Often sessions involve m...
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008

What is Mastering ?

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The art of mastering for CD and DVD evolved directly from the process of "cutting" a lacquer for vinyl pressing, and involves man...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008

Mastering The Orb - Complete BBC Sessions

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Please forgive me a self-indulgent nostalgia post: I love my job ! I vividly remember hearing "Little Fluffy Clouds" by The Orb fo...
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008

DIY Mastering Part 4 - Mastering Speakers and Monitors

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The most important tool a mastering engineer has (apart from his ears and expertise) is the monitoring, meaning the speakers, amps and conve...
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Monday, 19 May 2008

Christine Tobin - The Secret Life of a Girl

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An excellent (and well-deserved) review of Christine 's new album which we mastered back in March, as I mentioned in my first post . It...
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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Mastering Software Part 1 - Metering Levels and Loudness

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I mentioned the Orban Loudness Meter on the SOS forums, and thought it would be good to start a series of posts here on useful mastering so...
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Friday, 11 April 2008

DIY Mastering Part 3 - Room Acoustics, Treatment and Layout

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This is too huge a subject to cover properly in a blog, but if your monitoring environment isn't working well, you'll never be able ...
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008

SADiE acquired by Prism

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This post http://www.sadie.com/news/200804_1_prism_sound.html says it all, really - this is great news for the pro mastering community, and ...
Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Mastering The Split Knee Loons with John McCoy

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It's not every day in your career you have the chance to say you've worked on truly legendary material - Wednesday 19th was one of t...
Sunday, 16 March 2008

DIY Mastering Part 2: Before You Start

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Before getting into more detail, there are some ground rules to be covered. All of these are important guidelines for any mastering engineer...
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Friday, 14 March 2008

Galactic Symphonies - Kaoss Pads and Poetry

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So, Richard 's session proved to be even more fun than I expected ! The project was a collaboration with unique 60's poet-lyricist S...
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