In The Studio: Using Multiband Compression (Includes Audio) By Jon Tidey • November 24, 2014 A multiband compressor is a powerful tool for controlling dynamics. The signal is split into three or more frequency ranges and processed independently. Studio Spotlight: Alchemy Mastering High-end London facility, which moved to Brook Green in 2013, now offers a boutique service for digital and vinyl formats. London's Alchemy Mastering is the subject of our Studio Spotlight, in association with AllStudios, this month. Alchemy Mastering is a high-end mastering studio, founded in 1998 by mastering engineer Barry Grint.
Aviary Audio Editor Myna : une web app pour monter sa musique gratos Whoah! You broke something! Just kidding! You tried going to which doesn't exist, so that means I probably broke something. The following is a list of the latest posts from the blog. Maybe it will help you find what you're looking for. The 2014 Mastering Guide to Audio Formats and Delivery Mediums Hi, I’m Justin Perkins of Mystery Room Mastering. After writing different variations of the same email to clients over the years about what formats they need for final masters, I thought it was time put together a resource to cover as many bases as possible. There is much more to mastering than just the sonic aspects and it varies between different release formats. It’s also gotten more complex as digital distribution evolves, CDs become the minority, and vinyl makes a comeback.
The Guardian - Emily Lazar, Grammy nominated mastering engineer at The Lodge The walls of The Lodge studio are lined with classic platinum records and music memorabilia. A David Bowie poster hangs next to a guitar signed by Lou Reed and a classic jukebox sits by a vintage eight-track player. Vampire Weekend guitarist Rostam Batmanglij strolls down the same halls that have greeted the likes of Dave Grohl, Garbage and the B-52s. Inside this finishing school for some of the biggest albums in music history, chief engineer and founder Emily Lazar is contemplating the intricacies of the mastering process. “There are a lot of balls in the air,” she says. “On the most basic level, you have to make sure everything is properly levelled, sonically placed, equalised, compressed and, if necessary, edited.”
United Recording announces new mastering division Studio has brought back "a key element of its heritage", but as "a reimagined service operating in today's Internet world market." United Recording has unveiled a new mastering division in a specially designed acoustic space which was formerly the home of JVC's mastering suite. The new studio – announced by studio manager Robin Goodchild – features Lipinski L700A monitoring with JL Audio Fathom subwoofers, along with a wide selection of popular headphones and earbuds. For computer playback and recording, the studio utilises the SADiE system running Prism Sound's latest SADiE 6.1 audio recording and editing software across its mastering platform.
The Mastering House Inc. - CD Mastering and Media Production Services. Upsampling Test: Test was performed using SoundForge 9.0: A 5kHz test tone was created using the synthesis tool in SoundForge at 44.1k 24 bit. Original waveform is shown in the following graph: Figure 1: Original Test Tone Online Drum Machine Drumbot is the next best thing to a real drummer. Full song loops and tons of grooves. Designed specifically for non-drummers for use as backing tracks during song composition. We've partnered with real drummers, (can you think of a better beat maker?) who've created entire songs, from intro to outro, then organized everything to help you discover that perfect groove. Online mastering meets DAW in Cakewalk LANDR deal - PSNEurope Cakewalk has announced a partnership with the cloud-based audio post-production mastering platform LANDR. As a result, Sonar users will be able to export their mix directly to LANDR and master it at any point during the production process. This marks LANDR’s first full integration with a DAW and gives Sonar users more options to finalise masters directly from the software.
Fractal Takes you through the world of discovery. Each level offers new possibilities of play, while continually expanding on challenges. This is NOT a “more of the same game” scenario; we spent a lot of time crafting a lush campaign that expands, bends, twists, and creates new elements of gameplay that will completely alter the way you view the game. Sometimes, it’s just nice to have a controlled environment. The Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t) Image courtesy of Flickr user mikecogh One of the most hotly—and perhaps unnecessarily—debated topics in the world of audio is the one that surrounds digital sample rates. It seems an unlikely topic for polarization, but for more than 10 years, the same tired arguments have been batted about by each side with almost unrelenting intensity. At the fringes, advocates of either side have often dug deeper trenches of faith for themselves. But as much as that’s the case, there’s also a growing consensus among designers and users who have a firm understanding of digital audio.
Mastered for iTunes - friend or foe? Engineer Wes Maebe on why his reaction to the arrival of Apple’s MFiT concept was one of excitement, not disapproval. Engineer Wes Maebe on why his reaction to the arrival of Apple’s MFiT concept was one of excitement, not disapproval. Apple’s Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) came to the fore a few years back and caused quite a stir in the mastering community.