With great power… - Episode # 57 | The Mastering Show Podcast

899 views · Published 7 December 2018 · 1:23:32 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Production Advice · 2018 · Music

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…comes great responsibility. And mastering engineers need to accept that.

If you take on the challenge of mastering someone’s music, you also accept a huge amount of responsibility for that music, and In this episode we tackle the question - what are the responsibilities of a mastering engineer - and even the ethics ?

Including:
  * Should a mastering engineer have a “signature sound” ?
  * Why the “B” word is at the heart of mastering - in many different ways
  * Something you should probably never do
  * How to supply files - for CD, online and vinyl pressing
  * Ensuring transfer integrity online
  * The golden rule of mastering


Full show notes
http://themasteringshow.com/episode-57

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