The Mastering Engineer's Handbook: The Audio Mastering Handbook

by Bobby Owsinski

This completely updated edition of the bestselling Mastering Engineer's Handbook provides a thorough exploration of the mastering process for virtually any kind of audio program, utilizing insights from the world's top mastering engineers. The book is a treasure-trove of knowledge, with an overview of the history, tools, and philosophy behind mastering as well as complete reference information for all audio delivery formats in use today. Peek inside a top-flight mastering house and see how their methods can now be yours. Explore the secrets of making hot masters, the rules of compression and frequency balancing, and how to mix with mastering in mind. Investigate how optical discs, such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, and beyond, work and how they're made. Discover the trick to making great-sounding MP3s and streaming audio. Examine multichannel surround mastering for film and television. You'll even relive mastering history with a separate chapter about mastering for vinyl and how records are pressed. Throughout the book, legendary mastering engineers share experiences, tips, and tricks with you through every step of the process. The final section of the book features interviews with mastering giants such as Bernie Grundman, Bob Ludwig, Glenn Meadows, Doug Sax, and more.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

Reviews

[Nikos Topiko]

Too generic. Many topics that it covers are not about mastering

[Aaron Hynds]

Bobby Owsinski's books are always a great source of information. Although I wish he had gone in depth on a few more topics, that's not what this book is about---it's a handbook, not a complete reference guide. Great for either learning about the topic anew or brushing up on some of the basics.

[Hugo Vázquez]

Another good book by Owsinski. This is the book for you if you are a beginner to mastering like I am. This book gives you the overview of how to master and the tools to do it. I used to think something else about mastering, but this book opened my eyes to the truth. Highly recommended.

[Anastasios Papalias]

Καλό βιβλίο για mastering αλλα με αρκετές γενικότητες και κάνοντας πολλές φορές "κοιλιά" στο περιεχόμενο. Είναι μια ευχάριστη αρχή όμως για τον κόσμο του audio mastering αν και υπάρχουν αρκετά πιο εξειδικευμένα βιβλία γι΄αυτό τον τομέα.

[Cameron O'neil]

this book has saved my life in the sense that my college major is in Audio Engineering. gave me some great tips, and practical information for creating master mixes.

Would reccomend