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1. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science
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1. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science
- LARGE ROOM AIR PURIFIER – Honeywell HPA200 HEPA Air Purifier helps provide cleaner, fresher air. Recommended for large rooms (310 sq. feet), HEPA Filtration helps capture up to 99.97% of microscopic airborne particles.
- HELPS REDUCE AIRBORNES - This HEPA air purifier has 3 air cleaning levels including Turbo Clean. It helps capture the following microscopic airborne particles: dirt, pollen, pet dander, and smoke.
- EFFECTIVE AIR CLEANING AND CIRCULATION – The Honeywell HPA200 Air Purifier filters and circulates air in large 310 sq. ft. rooms every 12.5 minutes.
- ALLERGEN PLUS SERIES – This Honeywell HEPA Air Purifier is part of our Allergen Plus series. This product earned the ENERGY STAR label by meeting strict energy efficient guidelines set by the U.S. EPA.
- COMPATIBLE DOES NOT MEAN COMPARABLE PERFORMANCE – For best performance, use only Genuine Honeywell air purifier filters. Compatible air purifier filter replacements are not guaranteed to offer the same performance or efficiency.
- GENUINE FILTER REPLACEMENTS – Search B07PFFMFRP for Honeywell HRF-A200 replacement pre-filter and B00BWYO0CM for HRF-R2 replacement primary filter – or B07Q2GY2R9 for the HRF-ARVP200 1-year value pack.
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Short question, with a very long answer....
Yes, mastering tracks can give you that "luster", and can definitely make your tracks louder. The first thing to understand is that signal level by no means is the only factor that contributes to loudness.
Loudness is relative - if everything is loud, then nothing is. Leaving dynamics in your track can make it sound louder than just compressing the hell out of it.
The frequency response of the human ear is level dependent. You need to check your mix at listening levels appropriate to where you mix will be heard (I've worked with one (well known) mastering engineer who works at levels I found way too high for comfort).
You'll need to learn exactly what the parameters on a compressor do. Do you really know what the attack and release times do? Not just what it says in a textbook - what their effects sound like. Set aside periods of "ear training" time. Put a compressor on your track, set up a fairly strong compression. Pick a parameter, and slowly change it. Listen to the effect it has. Write a couple of notes describing the effect (not because you'll be reading it back - writing it down will help you make a definite decision on what you're hearing, and helps you remember it).
Once you've developed your ear, try comparing different compressors (don't remember if Logic Express 8 gives you circuit type with the compressor, but if it does, start with this). A/B their effect.
(If you can't tell the difference, don't start investing in third party plugins! - Not that expensive plugins don't have their advantages, but you can spend a fortune on all the Waves, McDSP and Isotope plugins you want - if you don't have the ear, you'll just have an expensive crappily mastered track).
Then it's time to look at the tricks:
Could you set up a multi-stage compression? (where the compression ratio changes with signal level)
Do you know why to parallel compress? (where you have a compressed and an uncompressed copy of the signal (which often sum to then feed another compression stage)
Multiband compression is very common when mastering. (This is where you have a separate compression stage for each frequency range - e.g. if you use a broadband compression, and you have loads of bass dynamics, this will cause the other frequencies to pump up and down, giving a "breathing" effect (then again, this is a desired effect in some electronic tracks). Multiband compression is designed to avoid this.)
Whole books can (and have) been written on this. I'd recommend investing in http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Audio-Science-Bob-Katz/dp/0240805453 - (I'd recommend this book to any engineer, regardless of experience). This will be a much better investment than a plugin at this stage.
I'll have a word with the lecturer that runs the summer Mixing and Mastering course, get him to add a few words, but that should be enough to get you started.