MITB Mastering in the box

More than 500 pages on audio mastering with hundreds of examples, online media, tests, activities, etc.

This book deals with digital sound processing for audio mastering, entirely inside a computer, ITB, In the Box. We chose to deal with the ITB mode mainly because, nowadays, thanks to the computing power of our computers, it is possible to achieve a high level of accuracy and calculation. Considering that these computers are now within anyone’s reach, such a text may help the reader make things that only few mastering studios, provided with expensive equipment, could have done before.

Topics

Production chain – Background history and meaning of mastering – Types of processing – Metering – Analyzing material to master – Filtering, DC offset removal and timbral changes – Spatial processing – Dynamics processing – Distortion and saturation – Noise reduction – M/S mastering – Stem mastering – Surround mastering – Dither – Authoring – Red book – Mastering for streaming and compressed formats

Author Biography

MARCO MASSIMI sound engineer, mastering engineer. Lecturer in Electroacoustics at the “Licinio Refice” Music Conservatory of Frosinone, lecturer in Post-Production and Mastering at the “Tor Vergata” University of Rome. He holds masterclasses and press conferences in Italian and European universities. He worked as a sound engineer in RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana for: Gino Vannelli, Barry White, Michael Bolton, Sting, Elvis Costello, Mother Earth, Al di Meola, Maria Carey. As a freelance sound engineer, he worked in Italy and abroad with: Gloria Gaynor, Harbie Hancock, Peter Erskine, Tom Harrel, Enrico Rava, Gary Allen, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Scott Henderson, Hiram Bullock, Mike Stern. As a mastering engineer, he worked for Ennio Morricone, Céline Dion, and many more. He studied Sound Design for Electronic Music at Berklee College of music, Boston USA. His works as a Sound Engineer and Mastering Engineer have been published by Sony, Venus, BMG, RAI trade. He played bass and double bass for Ennio Morricone, Solomon Burke, Michele Piovani, Alicia Keys, Patty Austin, Michael Bolton, Gabrielle, Quincy Jones.