Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science
by Bob Katz
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"In an easy-to-grasp, holistic manner Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, Third Edition unravels the technical mysteries that regularly challenge audio engineers. Including practical tips and real world experiences, Bob Katz explains the technical detail of the subject in his informative and humorous style. Completely reorganized to focus on workflow, this third edition details mastering by providing a step-by-step approach to the process. First covering practical techniques and basic show more theory, this industry classic also addresses advanced theory and practice. The book's new approach is especially suitable to accompany a one- or two-term course in audio and mastering. Completely rewritten and organized to address changes that will continue to influence the audio world, this third edition includes several new chapters addressing the influence of loudness measurement and assessment and provides explanation of how mastering engineers must integrate loudness measurement and PLR assessment in their mastering techniques. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, Third Edition also includes the newest approaches to equalization, monitor response measurement and correction, the psychoacoustics of clipping, an extended discussion of restoration and noise reduction techniques, an extended set of listening examples, and an updated chapter on surround mastering including coverage of Pure Audio BluRay"-- show lessTags
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Mastering Audio explains leading-edge audio concepts in an easy-to-grasp, holistic manner, including an ear-opening investigation of the mysteries of jitter, dither and wordlengths, high sample rates, distortion, headroom, monitor calibration, metering, depth perception, compression and expansion, equipment interconnection and much more. Mastering Audio is for everyone who wants to increase their mastery of digital and analog audio: musicians, producers, A&R, mastering, recording and mixing engineers, and students.
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- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to Mary Kent, my best friend (and wife) since 1984, without whose love and support I would be absolutely nowhere today!
I also dedicate this book to those mastering engineers whose work I especia... (show all)lly admire, Bernie Grundman, Ted Jensen, Bob Ludwig, Glenn Meadows, Bob Olhsson, and Doug Sax. Your fine work has brought great pleasure into my life through the records you have mastered.
To the many quality-concious engineers who bought the first edition: I hope you will find this edition to be even wider and deeper!
Next, a dedication to the next generation of mastering engineers...who will be working with tools that we have barely dreamed of. If you're young, remember to protect your hearing, because that precious gift can never be returned once it has been taken away. --B. K. - First words
- Mastering is the last creative step in the audio production process, the bridge between mixing and replication (or distribution).
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- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Technology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 621.3893 — Applied Science & Technology Engineering Applied physics Electronics & Computers Electronics, communications engineering Audio, sound engineering
- LCC
- TK7881.4 .K38 — Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Electronics
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- UPCs
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