Audio Mastering

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

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

Editing in mastering Before, 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 audio Irreconcilable 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...
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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...
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Stem Mastering - Basic Principles

Stem Mastering We could also call it Multi Track Mastering and define it as a middle way between a simplified Mix and the more usual Single Track Mastering. Instead of manipulating a single stereo mix, in addition to it we will in fact use...
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Loudness in mastering - part 2

Continued from Part 1: https://www.alessandrofois.com/loudness-nel-mastering-parte-1-dinamica/ To prevent background noise and other disturbances inherent in recording media (e.g. tape hiss...
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Loudness in mastering - part 1

Dynamics Dynamic amplitude In a piece of music or speech, it is the difference in volume between phrasing at lower and higher volume. In acoustic music (without amplification), that performed by the...