دانلود کتاب The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook

Introduction
Mastering used to be the process of turning a collection of songs into an album by
making them sound like they belong together in tone, volume, and timing
(spacing between songs). Mastering nowwadays is the process fine-tuning the level, frequency balance,
and metadata of a track in preparation for distribution.It’s already been 16 years since the first edition of The Mastering Engineer’s
Handbook came out, and boy, have things changed. It’s safe to say that there’s
been a mighty revolution in the mastering world, with old technologies replaced
and new ones continually evolving. Gone are the days of tape machines (for the
most part), and soon even the CD will be a thing of the past.
Gone—again, for the most part—are the days of “heavy iron” customized
outboard gear that was necessary for a high-quality mastering job. Even though
the basic mastering tools are still the same, they’ve mostly moved into the
world of the DAW, so even someone with the most entry-level system now has
the use of powerful tools that only the top mastering pros had access to in the
past. And maybe best of all, it’s now possible to totally prep just about any
kind of audio for any kind of distribution (which is what mastering really is) at
home in your personal studio.
Just like everything else in music and recording, some really excellent
mastering tools are available to just about anyone with a DAW (which is most
of us that are into music these days). That makes the process of mastering very
inexpensive compared to previous generations of musicians and audio
engineers, but just because you own a hammer doesn’t mean that you know
how to swing it. A lot of harm can come from misuse of the tools of mastering
if the process and concepts are not thoroughly understood.
And that’s what this book is about.