Audio Mastering Concepts

Joe Albano shows how pro audio engineers master their tracks "in-the-box" in this in-depth, high-level audio engineering course. In this advanced Audio Concepts course, you are carefully guided through the mastering process as every detail is covered in an example-filled, step-by-step fashion.

This course assumes that you have a pretty solid audio background and that you have a clear understanding of the tools that are used in the mastering chain.

Course Outline:

1. Mixing vs Mastering (06:04)
2. Vinyl to Digital (05:39)
3. Sample Rate vs. Bit Resolution (07:06)
4. Plug-Ins & Applications (03:32)
5. Pre-Mastering (06:47)
6. Setup & Organization (04:34)
7. Using Reference Tracks (06:35)
8. Basic EQ, Comp & Limiting (05:07)
9. Standard, "Character" & Linear-Phase EQ (04:46)
10. EQ in Use (08:59)
11. Matching EQ (04:36)
12. Single-Band vs Multi-Band Compression (06:39)
13. Multi-Band Compression Basics (05:41)
14. Multi-Band Compression Applications (08:21)
15. Brickwall Limiting Basics (04:51)
16. Average vs Peak Levels (07:55)
17. Limiting In Use (08:21)
18. Inter-Sample Peaks (06:31)
19. M/S Processing (07:51)
20. Final Checks (05:42)
21. Dithering (03:00)
22. Bouncing & File Formats (04:49)
23. Wrap-Up (01:18)