Product Description

This edition of the popular InstantPro series brings you an in-depth look at the often misunderstood art of music mastering. Mastering is the final step between the recording studio and the manufacturing plant; it's where the tracks are optimized for level and EQ. In today's music marketplace, mastering is more important than ever and it's critical to have a mastering job that makes your CD compete with other commercial releases.Sound Advice on Mastering shows you the specific considerations involved in all aspects of the mastering process, from having a good monitoring system to using limiting properly to burning replication-ready CDs. Veteran author Bill Gibson (The AudioPro Home Recording Course) guides you through the mastering process and gives you the information you need to make the right mastering decisions for your project, whether you master it yourself or send it to a dedicated mastering facility. In addition, this book comes with an audio CD demonstrating all the concepts described in the text.Don't let another music project out the door without reading Sound Advice on Mastering!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1006750 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

About the Author
Bill Gibson, President of Northwest Music and Recording, has spent the last 25 years writing, recording, producing and teaching music and has become well-known for his production, performance and teaching skills. As an instructor at Green River College in Auburn, WA, holding various degrees in composition, arranging, education and recording, he developed a practical and accessible teaching style which provided the basis for what was to come--15 books, a DVD, and a VHS video for MixBooks/ArtistPro along with a dozen online courses for members of ArtistPro.com. Bill's writings are acclaimed for their straightforward and understandable explanations of recording concepts and applications.

Customer Reviews

Lacks detailed content and specifics
I decided to purchase this book to gain some more insight into mastering techniques and theory. Have to say, I am really disappointed as I have spent my money for no real value.

A few pages on EQ and Compression is not enough for a Mastering instructional book.
The theory provided in this book could easliy have been found using Google.

For such a small book, there was far too much information about cables that could almost be confused as info-mercials with the convenient product recommendations.

Positively, there is a good summary on industry standards used for CD mastering.

Little Short and Generic
This book is somewhat short and generic, but for the price I shouldn't complain to much. If you are looking for something to assist you with mastering your audio, pass this book up and get one of the more expensive one on Amazon. On the other hand, if you have no idea what the mastering process is and you want to know as well as listen to examples of mastered and unmastered audio, buy this book.

Sound Advice on Mastering
It is a good book for all people who want to be a good Mastering of your song.