Audio Mastering: The Artists: Discussions from Pre-Production to Mastering (Perspectives on Music Production)

"Audio Mastering : The Artists collects more than twenty interviews, drawn from more than 60 hours of discussions, with many of the world's leading mastering engineers. In these exclusive and often intimate interviews, engineers consider the audio mastering process as they, themselves, experience and shape it as the leading artists in their field. Each interview covers how engineers got started in the recording industry, what prompted them to pursue mastering, how they learned about the process, which tools and techniques they routinely use when they work, and a host of other particulars of their crafts. We also spoke with mix engineers, and craftsmen responsible for some of the more iconic mastering tools now on the market, to gain a broader perspective on their work. This book is the first to provide such a comprehensive overview of the audio mastering process told from the point-of-view of the artists who engage in it. In so doing, it pulls the curtain back on a crucial, but seldom heard from, agency in record production at large."--Site web de l'éditeur Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 PART ONE North America......Page 16 Gateway Mastering: Bob Ludwig and Adam Ayan......Page 18 Ellen Fitton......Page 36 Randy Merrill......Page 51 Bob Katz......Page 60 Kevin Gray......Page 70 Jonathan Wyner......Page 81 Dave Hill......Page 96 Bryan Martin......Page 108 Alex Krotz......Page 121 Alastair Sims......Page 129 PART TWO Europe......Page 134 Ray Staff......Page 136 Denis Blackham......Page 151 John Dent......Page 162 Barry Grint......Page 176 Mandy Parnell......Page 188 Darcy Proper......Page 199 Nick Watson......Page 208 JP Braddock......Page 227 Matt Colton......Page 241 Nick Cooke......Page 244 Paul Baily......Page 255 Dr. Phil Harding......Page 268 Bruno Fazenda......Page 272 Concluding Discussion: Russ Hepworth-Sawyer and Jay Hodgson interviewed by Jeremy Graham......Page 281 Index......Page 288 "Audio Mastering: The Artists collects more than twenty interviews, drawn from more than 60 hours of discussions, with many of the world's leading mastering engineers. In these exclusive and often intimate interviews, engineers consider the audio mastering process as they, themselves, experience and shape it as the leading artists in their field. Each interview covers how engineers got started in the recording industry, what prompted them to pursue mastering, how they learned about the process, which tools and techniques they routinely use when they work, and a host of other particulars of their crafts. We also spoke with mix engineers, and craftsmen responsible for some of the more iconic mastering tools now on the market, to gain a broader perspective on their work."--Publisher's description