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What Is Audio Mastering
Do you ask yourself what audio mastering is and what it involves? If you do, then you must read this.
Mastering involves very sophisticated audio processing techniques; it enhances and prepares your final mix for CD replication and/or Duplication. Mastering is a form of audio postproduction. It's the process of transferring and preparing your audio form a source that contains your final mix to a data storage device and that's the master. The master is the source of all copies that will be replicate, duplicated or pressed. In short, it's a process that prepares and organizes your music/audio for mass distribution. It enhances the quality of your songs to make it acceptable for airplay and CD replication and CD distribution.
Now i'll explain the audio mastering process and what it involves:
Ideally, you get the source material at its original sample rate and bit depth is processed using noise reduction, equalization, compression, limiting, leveling, Stereo Enhancement, fading in and out, pre-gapping and other audio enhancements. Audio restoration processes can be applied, if needed, as part of our audio mastering process. Steps of the process can typically include, but not limited to: The transferring the audio into a digital workstation. Arrange the sequence of the songs or tracks and the spaces in between them. Just like a CD or album. The processing of audio to enhance and maximize the sound quality. The transferring of audio to Red Book specifications in the final master format.
Now i'll list some tools used for audio mastering:
Hardware mastering gear includes: LA 3A Dual Optical Compressor, Manley Variable Tube Compressor/Limiter, Manley Pultec EQP-1A Tube EQ, Rupert Neve Portico 5014 Stereo Field Editor,TC-96 Finalizer Mastering Processor, Lynx Aurora VT-16 A/D and D/A Converter, Apogee Big Ben Master Word Clock, Genelec 1031A Reference Monitors,
And more...
Software mastering gear includes: Waves L3 16 Multimaximizer, Waves L2 Ultramaximizer,
Waves Linear Phase Multiband Compressor, Waves Linear Phase Equalizer, Waves Q10 Parametric Equalizer, Waves Z-Noise, Waves X-Noise, Waves S1, Waves X-Crackle, Paz Analyzer,Dorrough Stereo, Sony Sound Forge Pro 10, and CD Architect
Allot of people ask what level they should send for audio and cd mastering. I always tel them this:
Your Wave or AIFF files should peak no higher than -3dB. The optimal dB range is between -6dB to -3dB. If its any higher than -3db, we lose the headroom needed to master your stereo wave file. Note, if you have 1 or 2 small peaks over -3dB, that's ok. Just as long as the entire song isn't over -3dB.
You also need to keep your audio wave files or AIFF files at its original sample rate and bit depth. Do not mix them down to 16bit/44.1KHz. That is done in the final step of mastering. If your song was recorded at 24bit and 48KHz, that's what you send to the mastering studio
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