mastering

Hello, I would like to move out and look for an apartment here in Germany that has a large rectangle room, as symmetrical as possible. Is 5m x 5.50m also rectangular? This is just an example. What is the definition of rectangular for you in the studio area? (5x6 or 5x7?) I am looking for an...

I just ordered the lcd-4z with a killer deal from a third party vendor. I was stuck between picking these and the Audeze MM-500. I posted a poll on a Fb group full of mastering engineers, almost all except bob katz voted for the lcd4z over the mm500. I plan on using the 4z for mastering. The...

I've noticed that many of my early 90s CDs are better than the versions available currently on streaming services. To use a couple of well-known albums as an example flacs ripped from my CDs of Nirvana 'Nevermind' and Nas 'Illmatic' both have an average DR of ~11 whereas the best versions...

The following is the frequency spectrum of the same song by Savatage- St Patrick's . the first is the Japanese press CD ,the second is the remastered "Narrated version" CD. It seems that the blue color (and may be the the red-orange as well) look denser in the "Narrated Edition" CD ...

Hello all! new this this forum and i love it so far. Great community. Anyways i noticed most pair of cans recommended for mastering are open back. I have a few reasons for looking for closed back including noise isolation, convenience, and a tip from my Mastering mentor who oddly enough prefers...

Just today, this video was posted on YouTube. The subject is cutting vinyl masters at Abbey Road Studios. The publisher is Sound on Sound, an insider's channel for audio professionals. Lots of us are left scratching our heads over the resurgent popularity of vinyl recordings. For those who are...

I've seen a lot of threads about near-field listening, but I struggle to find a concrete info about what exactly makes a speaker good for near-field listening in terms of measurements. Is it mostly linear on-axis response combined with early reflections and good directivity, or is there...

Hi All, I'm new here - so let me know if this is wildly off topic or has already been dealt with. This site is messing with my head (re-educating me) about equipment; gone are my dreams of beautiful class-A valve monoblocks costing more than my car and instead I'm thinking about teeny little...

Hi everyone! :) I just discovered this forum and it seems to be lot of knowledgeable people here! I'm Adrian and I would like to get a pair of monitors that can do basically everything related to music creation, from beginning to end, that means: composing, producing, recording, mixing and...

Now that I have achieved a quiver of 3 sets of DRC filters that satisfies me both emotionally and intellectually#, I listen to music but plugged mu Umik in REW, checking for SPL and eventual anomalies. I think interesting to share the RTA measurements obtained with "Average forever" settings...

I have an impression that mastering engineers design their own gear, use rare in-house devices or analogue gear, and yet start from scratch all the time when thinking about how a particular project can be tweaked to sound as good as possible with the minimum of intervention. Many of them have...

Hey all! First time posting here. So glad to find this forum as I'm a believer in measurements to help dispel all the marketing we are saturated with! I run a mixing and mastering studio and I'm looking to upgrade my monitors that served me well the last 10 years (Dynaudio BM5A). I'm in a...

Maybe Neumann KH80dsp + JBL LSR310？ （We all know mastering level gear is too expensive....） Like :WSDG like using Lipinski L707A as mastering monitor..... Bob Ludwig use Eggleston Work IVY...... Will it directivity bad or other problem？

There was recent article by Steven Stone titled "How Streaming Killed The Loudness War": https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-news/how-streaming-killed-the-loudness-war.html It is interesting and seems plausible with automated volume leveling normalization. Here the referenced video "The...

Roughly sorted according to theme, and chosen because I think they're worth listening to. The difficulty ranges from introductory to real heavy. Part of the way I dive into a topic is to find lectures by knowledgeable people and then build archives. So maybe others will find this useful as...

Interesting announcement by Apple: https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/19/08/07/apple-music-launches-apple-digital-masters-collection-of-high-quality-songs Seems to be AAC 256kbit not ALAC and 24bit source material. Not quite sure what Apple are announcing to be honest or if this is more PR...