Mastering (audio)
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Mastering is a form of audio post-production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device called a master recording
Magnetic tape was commonly used to create master copies.
Optimum Digital Levels with respect to the Full Digital Scale (dBFSD)
A common mastering processor for dynamic range compression
Mastering engineer Doug Sax with four disc cutting lathes
Dynamic range compression
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Dynamic range compression or simply compression, is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal'
Mastering (audio)
…of the engineer, their skills, the accuracy of the speaker monitors, and the listening environment. Mastering engineers often apply equalization and dynamic range compression in order to optimize sound translation on all playback systems. It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording—known as a safety copy—in…
A rack of audio compressors in a recording studio. From top to bottom: Retro Instruments/Gates STA level; Spectra Sonic 610; Dbx 162; Dbx 165; Empirical Labs Distressor; Smart Research C2; Chandler Limited TG1; Daking FET (91579); and Altec 436c.
An inexpensive guitar compressor