Articles 9: Mastering For issues on mastering to CD or DVD, see also: CD/DVD

An Introduction to Mastering (by Stephen J. Baldassarre - The Recording Website - 2000) Audio Mastering (WIkipedia - 2007) (The) Big Squeeze (by Sarah Jones - Mix - Dec 2005) Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials, The (by Gilles St-Laurent - stanford.edu - Jan 1996) CD Mastering (by Bob Katz - digido.com) Compression in Mastering (by Bob Katz - digido.com 2003) (The) Death of Dynamic Range (author unknown) Declaring an end to the loudness wars (by Barry Diament) Engineer's Perspective, The: Mastering for Web (by Philip De Lancie - Mix - Feb 2001) How to Prepare for CD Mastering (by John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Nov 1999) Last Week I Couldn't Even Spell Mastering...(by Kent Williams - beatmaka - Jun 2000) Loudness War (Wikipedia - 2007) Master Preservation (by Philip De Lancie - Mix - Oct 1999) Mastering Continuity (by Myles Boisen - Electronic Musician - Oct 1999) Mastering for 5.1 (by Paul Verna - Mix - Dec 2001) Mastering with the PC (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jun 2001) Mastering Procedures (by John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Nov 2000) Mastering Scams (by John Scrip - Studio Reviews - 2006) Master of the Universe (by Brian Smithers - EM - Dec 2004) Masters on Mastering (by JJ Jenkins - Electronic Musician - Sept 2003) Preparing Tapes and Files (by Bob Katz - digido.com) "Masters" vs. "Demos" (by Miles Wakeham - troubledclef.com - 2002) Secrets of Dither (by Bob Katz - digido.com) Secret of the Mastering Engineer, The (by Bob Katz - TC Electronics - .pdf tutorial) Selected and Edited Archives from the Mastering Webboard (by various authors - Mastering Webboard) So Many Choices, So Little Time (by Paul Verna - Mix - May 2001) Tape Restoration Tips (by Richard Hess - richardhess.com - 2001) Tips on DIY Mastering (by Brian Smithers - EM - Sept 2006) Tweaking: Do Not Try This At Home, Yet (by Philip De Lancie - Mix - Dec 1999) Twenty Tips on Home Mastering (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Feb 1999) What to Expect (and Not Expect) from Mastering (by John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - May 2001) You're Not the Master, Grasshopper: Home Mastering for Idiots (by Rip Rowan - ProRec - Oct 1998) What Happened to Dynamic Range (by Bob Speer) WTF is Mastering (John Scrip Interview - Studio Reviews - 2005)

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