--- Daniel James <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've > > > just sent off for a book called Mastering Audio > - the Art and the > > > Science by Bob Katz. > > > > Tell us what its like. > > I've just had it delivered - on first glance it > looks laid out well, > and the content appears to be mostly about digital + > analogue, not > just the analogue theory like you might find in an > old library book. > > If I've got a reservation it's that much of the > hardware the book > talks about is seriously high end proprietary stuff > and out of my > price range, but it looks like the pro kit alright. > Hopefully I'll > gain some insights that I can use with our > relatively low-budget 100% > software libre approach... Reguardless of how well we emulate or fail to, the principles of usage for the tools are similar. It should be a helpful book. I've never read it or anything written by Bob Katz. However, I do have some excellent third party derived conclusions. Someone said, that Bob Katz said, he likes applying eq to left and right channels as seperate entities. Instinct tells me that's a pretty bad idea. He, Katz, said, or so it has been said that he said that he likes using reverb during a mastering session. I've been of the opinion that mastering engineers don't have any business applying reverb to my mixes. Never! Shortly after chiseling that into a rock on the mountain, I turned a 180 when a filter killed the dynamics of an intro that was full of tape hiss. Reverb could have restored the sheenie shimmer. If you know what I mean, then at least one of us does. Hopefully I learn something once a year. ron > Cheers > > Daniel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
