Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Ian Shepherd (ProductionAdvice.co.uk) is organizing a Dynamic Range Day in protest of the Loudness Wars that have been going in recent years in the industry.
Dynamic Range Day is March 20th, 2010
Join us in a day of protest against the CD “Loudness Wars” – more info below
- Show your support – check out the Facebook Event
and RSVP to say you’ll “attend”
- It’s easy to take part – just SHOUT (type in all caps)
ALL DAY, EVERYWHERE !
- Use the Twitter hashtag #DYNAMICRANGEDAY
- And when people ask, tell them why you’re shouting
More info here: Dynamic Range Day
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Mastering is a dark and mysterious magic, becoming a Mastering Engineer involves a dedication to the dark arts and eating a goat’s head.
Actually, that’s not true, though sometimes it seems that way.
What is Mastering?
Mastering is the final step in the creation of an album before duplication. Mastering is all about the big picture, how the collection of songs works together as an album, and getting the album to sound good on most systems, from HI-FIs to iPods. Mixing is taking a bunch of tracks and making it sound great, Mastering is taking those great mixes and making them even better. It’s the final step of sonic correction and sonic enhancement.
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