APPENDIX B
Mastering Resources and References
Collecting and keeping up with the resources below can help to grow knowledge of audio mastering. Keeping up with the forums and reading posts from the past can give deep perceptions about mastering. The Berklee School of Music course, YouTube videos, and the DVD are great for hearing the actual sound samples they provide and giving very clear insight into the principles. RSS feeds are available on some of the online sources, which can help to alert a faithful mastering engineer about new information. Social media is another powerful tool for getting to know other mastering engineers.
Online Resources
• Gearslutz. The one and only Gearslutz
forum! It is the most active forum to date and has an enormous wealth of information about mastering:
www.gearslutz.com/
• Dave Collins Forum at Pro Recording Workshop
http://prorecordingworkshop.lefora.com/
• Square Cad
http://squarecad.net/
• Pensado’s Place
www.pensadosplace.tv/
• Tape Op Magazine
www.tapeop.com/
• Recording.org
www.recording.org/
• Prosoundweb
www.prosoundweb.com/
• Soundstrips
www.soundstrips.com/
• KVR
www.kvraudio.com/
• YouTube. Search audio mastering–related keywords.
• Bobby Owsinski’s Blog
http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/
• Paul Grundman’s Mastering Matters
www.prosoundnetwork.com/Default.aspx?tabid=69&blogid=16
• Mastering Tuition
www.masteringtuition.com/
• AES. Access hundreds of documents. Also, there is the open AES Oral
History Project online:
www.aes.org
• Wikipedia. As with many subjects, Wikipedia provides a wealth of
information and points to sources that can provide even more detail,
when needed.
Offline Resources
• Anderton, Craig. Audio Mastering. New York: Peter Gorges, 2002 (out of print).
• Boden, Larry. Basic Disc Mastering, 2nd ed. Cincinnati, OH: Larry Boden, 2012.
• Cousins, Mark and Heppworth-Sawyer, Russ. Practical Mastering: A Guide to Mastering in the Modern Studio. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2013.
• Gallagher, Mitch. Mastering Music at Home. Shasta Lake, CA: Artistpro, 2007.
• Gibson, Bill. Mixing and Mastering. Boston: Thomson Course Technology, 2006.
• Katz, Bob. iTunes Music. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2013.
• Katz, Bob. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2007.
• Orfanidis, Sophocles, J. Introduction to Signal Processing. Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996.
• Owsinski, Bobby. The Audio Mastering Handbook. Boston: Thomson Course Technology, 2008.
• Owsinski, Bobby. Mixing and Mastering with IK Multimedia T-RackS: The Official Guide, 1st ed. Independence, KY: Course Technology, 2010.
• Pettengale, Paul. MusicTech Focus Mastering, Vols. 1, 2, and 3. London: Anthem Publishing, 2011.
• Pohlmann, Ken C. The Compact Disc Handbook. Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1992.
• Pohlmann, Ken C. Principles of Digital Audio. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
• Rose, Jay. Audio Postproduction for Film and Video. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2009.
• Tischmeyer, Friedemann. Audio-Mastering mit PC-Workstations. Santa Cruz, CA: Wizoo, 2006 (in German).
• White, Paul. Basic Mastering (The Basic Series). New York: Music Sales America, 2006.
Video
• Mastering Revealed. Vancouver, BC: Streamworks Audio, 2010.
• Tischmeyer, Friedemann. Friedemann Tischmeyer: Audio Mastering Tutorial, DVD Vols. 1 through 3. Santa Cruz, CA: Tischmeyer Publishing, 2007.
Classes
• Berklee School of Music. Audio Mastering Techniques.
• Alchemea Mastering Techniques, Weekend Course on Mastering: www.alchemea.com
• New York Institute of Forensic Audio