Written by an award winning, highly respected professional, Mastering Audio gives you a thorough introduction to the unique procedures and technical issues involved in mastering. Suitable for all levels of students and professionals, it is ideal for anyone who wants to increase their mastery of digital and analog audio: musicians, producers, A&R, mastering, recording and mixing engineers. Fully updated to cover the latest technologies, Mastering Audio discusses audio philosophy and art: sequencing, leveling, processing; how to make a record album radio-ready; mixing as it reltes to mstering. Divided into 5 parts, the book begins with the basics - monitoring, mastering techniques, useful tutorials and the fundamentals of dithering and decibels and moves on to more advanced concepts - jitter and clocking, monitor collaboration as well as multi channel audio, miking and acoustics. Leading-edge audio concepts are explained in an easy-to-grasp holistic style. Including practical tips and real world experiences, Bob Katz explains the technical detail of the subject in his informative and humorous style.

Audience
Musicians, producers, mastering recording and mixing engineers. Advanced beginners to professional level.

• Foreword Preparation: No Mastering Engineer is an Island
• Connecting It Together
• An Earientation Session
• Word lengths and Dither
• Decibels for Dummies
• Monitoring Mastering: Putting the Album Together
• Equalization Techniques
• Macrodynamics
• The Downward Processes
• The Lost Processes
• Noise Reduction
• Other Processing Advance Theory and Practice: Monitor Calibration
• The K-System
• Analog and Digital Signal Processing
• How to Achieve Depth and Dimension in Recording, Mixing and Mastering
• High Sample Rates, Is This Where It's At?
• Jitter--Separating the Myths From the Mysteries
• Tips and Tricks Out of the Jungle: Education, Education, Education
• At Last Appendices Index Afterword