Audio Mastering

The Volume Deception: How the Listening Level Affects the Audio Mix - Alessandro Fois & Friends Blog
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The Volume Deception: How the Listening Level Affects the Audio Mix

🎧 L’Inganno del Volume: Come il Livello di Ascolto Influenza il Mix Audio Guida per fonici: ascolto critico, volumi di riferimento e protezione dell’udito Nel mixing professionale, uno degli ostacoli più insidiosi è rappresentato…

De-Essing in Mastering: A Complete Guide to High Frequency Control

De-Essing in Mastering: A Complete Guide to High Frequency Control De-essing is an essential technique in mastering, used to attenuate unwanted high frequencies, such as vocal sibilants or overly bright transients....
Stems Mastering

Stem Mastering - Part 2: Selecting and Exporting Stems

NOTE: This is Part 2 of the article: Stem Mastering - Definition and Operating PrinciplesWhat Stems Gang of Four A possibility, suggested by sound engineer Bob Katz and applicable to most pop-rock genres,...
Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Normalisation, LUFS and Loudness - Alessandro Fois' Blog

Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Normalisation, LUFS and Loudness

Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Normalisation, LUFS and Loudness With the 84% of digital music consumed via streaming in 2023, it has never been more important to understand how to optimise mastering for platforms...
Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Balancing Equalisation and More - Alessandro Fois' Blog
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Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Balancing Equalisation and More

Mastering Guide for Streaming Platforms: Balancing Equalisation and More Equalisation (EQ) is a fundamental step in mastering, correcting tonal problems, enhancing frequency balance and...
Essential Tips and Tools for Aspiring Producers: A Guide to Getting Started - Alessandro Fois' Blog
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Essential Tips and Tools for Aspiring Producers: A Guide to Getting Started

The Beginning of the Journey A Master of Musical Beauty For Julio Reyes Copello, Colombian music producer and winner of 14 Grammys, including Latin Grammy 2022 as Producer of the Year, the musical journey began at the age of 4,...
In the picture, 3 different types of cross fading: in the centre a balanced fading, on the left a fading with conservative unbalancing of the right segment, on the right vice versa.

Editing in mastering: handling cuts and fades at the head, tail and also in the middle

Editing in masteringBefore, during or after the various mastering operations, at some point it will be necessary to carry out editing operations, here understood essentially as audio editing, obviously to be applied to the finished mixes and,...
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Analogue and digital audio recording: considerations and comparisons

Analogue and digital audioIrreconcilable is the ongoing debate between the supporters of analogue and those of digital. If it can be a reference, I don't mind quoting the opinion of a musician who is considered one of the greatest...

MS Mastering

MS MASTERING So-called M/S Mastering involves the execution of certain types of processing operations, executable between one encoding operation and another decoding operation of the mix, which transforms the L-R (Left-Right) matrix into a...
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Stem Mastering - The rules for a correct process

NOTE This article can be considered a continuation of an earlier introductory article, entitled: Stem Mastering - Basic Principles What Stems Gang of Four One possibility, suggested by sound engineer Bob Katz and applicable...