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Mastering audio explains leadingedge audio concepts in an easytograsp, holistic manner, including an earopening 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 provides leadingedge audio concepts in an easytograsp, holistic manner, including an earopening 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 is really the entire system, and that especially includes the room and the loudspeakers used to evaluate the music. Katz has mastered three grammy award winning albums and one nominated album. Nov 20, 2007 leadingedge audio concepts are explained in an easytograsp holistic style. Providing solutions to unwanted notes in a simple yet effective way with clear step by step. Award winning australian country music group, gary koehler and robert mackay. People who think they can yank on files with an audio editor and normalize levels assume theyre mastering the tracks. Check out my client list and if you are interested to work with me, please let me know. In the 90s, bob invented three commercial products, found in mastering rooms around the world. Hollywood audio mechanics burbank barefoot recording hollywood bernie becker mastering pasadena bernie grundman mastering l.
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The author is probably already familiar to most people reading this, but for those who havent come across the name before, he is one of the bestknown and. The fact is, much of the information about how and why things work, especially with pcm digital, is fragmented, disjointed, and poorly documented. Jul 10, 2017 bass frequency surgery tutorial by bob katz, author of mastering audio 9780240808376 by focal press. Aug 24, 2010 this is part 1 of bob katz talking about the loudenss war at aes 09. Sep 24, 2015 bob katz played the b flat clarinet from the age of 10, and his lifelong love of sound and music led him to become a professional recording, mixing and mastering engineer since 1971.
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