Audio Mastering 201

Why mastering? Song mixes that are intended for one album often don't match one another in level, frequency balance, etc., or don't have the desired "power" and "size" that listeners expect when buying a commercial track. Mastering fixes those problems. Taking a mix and making it sound like a commercial recording takes a keen understanding of sound, song, commercial expectations, and the entire technical mastering process. Audio Mastering 201 guides you through these techniques so that by the end of the course, you can apply them to any genre of music and give it a professional-level sound.

In this audio mastering course you will learn:
• Room acoustics and monitoring
• Metering
• EQ and frequency balance
• Dynamics for mastering and processing techniques
• Mastering processing chain
• Stereo and image enhancers
• M/S processing
• The digital mastering "loudness wars"

Understanding the fundamental techniques of mastering can help fix common mixing problems, match songs to create an album, and give your mixes the power and clarity all engineers (and listeners) seek. This course takes you through the basic concepts to enable you to develop and move on to explore more sophisticated mastering techniques.

The Audio Mastering course is aimed at musicians, sound engineers, and audio aficionados who desire to improve the overall sound of their recordings. A previous knowledge of mastering techniques and theory is not required, however, basic knowledge of audio and sound fundamentals is highly recommended in order to successfully apply and practice the techniques covered in this course.