Tuesday, July 22, 2008

What is mastering? How important is it?

What is Mastering?

Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the art of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master); the source from which all copies will be produced (via methods such as pressing, duplication or replication). The source material is processed using equalization, compression, limiting, noise reduction and other processes. Subsequently, it is rendered to a medium such as CD or DVD( DATA FILE ).



Our process for mastering at the Mix House,LLC


Our mastering process is definitely up there with the top audio cd mastering studios in he music industry. We use a Pro-Tools HD system utilizing high end A/D D/A converters. We run audio through our Manley Massive Passive EQ, Manley Mastering SLAM stereo limiter and Micpre. Then we bring the audio back into Pro-Tools using our high end A/D converters. Next, we edit the beginning and end of all songs so there will be no noise between your tracks on the final CD. We will create a perfect fade out as well. Finally we bounce the audio to disc so that we can create a master CD-ROM. We only use the highest quality CD-ROM media when creating your master CD.

-Ja


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Mix House,LLC

Mix House,LLC
Mixing and Mastering

About Me

The Mix House, LLC was established in January of 08’. Mix House’s main focus is to improve the quality of independent music along with educating artists on the value of having your project mixed and or mastered. We believe that having certified sound engineers on your project is essential for your music to stand out in today’s competitive market. A lot of artists have the potential to become great but it takes the knowledge and dedication to stand out from the rest and take your music to another level. Mixing and or mastering is the MOST IMPORTANT part of post-production for any genre of music. So why not get it done by the best?