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"If you record, you need this book. Arguably the most clearly written single source of essential audio information available, Katz populates its 335 very readable pages with fascinating insights, expert testimony, myth-debunking facts, practical techniques, and strong opinions. Ostensibly about mastering, this book goes way beyond its primary subject and covers so much critical information that it should be required reading for anyone who presses 'Record.'"--GuitarPlayer.com
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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, levelling, processing; how to make a record album radio-ready; and, mixing as it relates to mastering. Divided into five parts, the book begins with the basics - monitoring, mastering techniques, useful tutorials, and the fundamentals of dithering and decibels - then moves on to more advanced concepts, such as jitter and clocking, monitor calibration, and multi channel audio, miking, and acoustics. Leading-edge audio concepts are explained in an easy-to-grasp style. Including practical tips and real-world experiences, Bob Katz explains the technical detail of the subject in his informative and humorous style. This title is written by a well respected engineer who has engineered albums which have won the Grammy. It provides you with information on the latest techniques and processes used in mastering. It covers equipment, training and the business of mastering and answers all the frequently asked questions.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The degree in which the author masters the audio & digital domains is truly amazing. It goes down to the lowest physical level and lets you understand _why_ things behave as they behave, instead of just giving you a list of what not to do. This, together with invaluable examples from his more than impressive 32 years of experience in the field, makes this book more vital to your work than various pieces of expensive equipment.
So, all in all, 5 out of 5. If you are a sound engineer and you haven't bought this book yet, buy it now (or wait a little - a revision is in the pipeline for 2007!) :-)
So, all in all, 5 out of 5. If you are a sound engineer and you haven't bought this book yet, buy it now (or wait a little - a revision is in the pipeline for 2007!) :-)
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
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This is a terrific book for everybody interested in mastering or working with audio at any other stage in the production process. It covers all sorts of concepts, expaining why they are important to understand and how to apply your knowledge. Once I have finished reading it first time, I will find it a great reference source when I need to be reminded about decibells, dithering, frequency ranges and a whole encyclopedia of other topics. I won't even try to list all them all here, but suffice to say that if it is relevant to the quality of recorded audio, it is explained excellently in this book. Bob Katz clearly knows his subject inside out and is a patient, enthusiastic teacher.
The book makes it clear that there are no quick answers to the question 'how do I master?' and there is a lot of densely packed technical information that some may find daunting. However, it is so well written that anybody with a genuine interest will find it enormously rewarding and will certainly learn a lot more than they would from any guide that tried to provide quick answers. Some people talk about mastering as if it is a black art that mere mortals could never fully understand, whereas Bob Katz makes it clear that you can learn to do it well so long as you are prepared to learn a lot of theory and train your own ears.
As much care has gone into the details of presentation as the editorial content. The pages are made of nice, thick paper, there are plenty of illustrations and even a lovely fold-out poster in the front illustrating the note-ranges of all the instruments in the orchestra.
Having almost finished reading the book once, I have been amazed at how much I didn't know I needed to know, but I have also finally got a handle on many concepts I knew I didn't know well enough. The things I have learned in this book will immediately affect the way I work with audio right from recording, to editing, mixing and, of course, mastering.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I get many requests from people to teach them about mastering. I don't have the time to do this except for visiting colleges and lecturing to groups. When I write people back to tell them I can't help them I ALWAYS give them a link to Professor Katz's book. It covers all the left-brain technical knowledge a good mastering engineer has to have 110% at their disposal so, when they are creating in the studio, the technical part does not become an impediment to the right-brain's creativity. I highly recommend this book.
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering & DVD, Portland, Maine.
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering & DVD, Portland, Maine.
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Amazing
All the best theory for audio mastering, you cant find the history about this important step in the musical production and a really good definition of al the process necessaries... Read more
Published 4 months ago by pachon
Master! Master!
Couldn't resist a little Metallica there!!
As for the book itself, it's an easy to read handbook with clear presentation that manages to communicate to the... Read more
As for the book itself, it's an easy to read handbook with clear presentation that manages to communicate to the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Earnest Mann
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I found this book very interesting and helpful, its easy to read and understand, except some of the techie stuff. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. D. Tilley
university student grandson..needed this!
Grandson in third year of musical studies, again requested this book. He is delighted and so am I - as Amazon was the best price and speedy delivery I could get!
Published 20 months ago by janet williams
Everything you need to know and more - Excellent!
This is a must-read for anyone wishing to learn some essential tips and tricks as well as the fundamentals of mastering audio. Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by A. Parsons
Bob - Please write another book for the rest of us......,
This is an amazing book. I have the first edition and the second and from them I surmise that Bob Katz is a genius. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2010 by murray451
Mastering Audio
A book purchased for my son . It was a special request from him as he is on a project of producing his own music. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Mrs. T. Heap
Interesting, but...
I do a lot of mixing and mastering, and was really looking for a way to improve my productions. This book is interesting, but you're not going to learn much if you are already... Read more
Published on 13 July 2009 by Ian Jackson
Very informative.
Without a doubt, this is a great book written by a great man. In my opinion it was a bit heavy going in places, but I stook with it and definitely learned a lot. Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by A. Deering
Much more than Quick Mastering Tips
I must say I found this book an excellent read. I'm currently self producing an album of some of my songs and got this book in the hope that I'd get some quick tips to try and do a... Read more
Published on 5 July 2007 by Gordon W. Craig
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