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What is Mastering?
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--preperation of material for its final medium
--qualified second opinion --anything else |
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How is it possible to master vinyl with diff settings for each track?
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two sets of identical equipment with an AB switcher
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4 primary tools used in Mastering
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--Filters
--EQ(multiband) --Compressors(multiband) --Limiters(hard cieling) |
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if you have high sibilance in the 6-9khz range?
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Use a Desser
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What is CDDB?
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compact disc database, stores and retains all the disc information such as track titles, etc.
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red book standard?
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sony came out with this in 1980.
--specifies physical dimensions of a disc --ex.-1.lead in 2.program 3. lead out |
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red book disc?
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you can only make a red book disc once and there is no stopping it, there is no multi session of a red book
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index?
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a PQ subcode
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compact disc?
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--99 tracks vailable on a compact disc
--you can have 99 index points per track --must have 0 index as start of track --1 index is that start of playback --can have as much spaces as wanted between 0 index and 1 index, but cd must have 2 secs of pre gap |
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pre gap?
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--its before songs,
--counts forwards in negative numbers, --sometimes shows two PP for pre gap sometimes shows two -- |
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1 sec reverbaration time
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is the maximum when wanting to preserve vocal lyrics
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2 secs reverbaration time
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is the maximum when wanting to perserve music sound details
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point of mixing
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enchance quality of composition and recording
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3 phases to a mix
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--recording
--editing --mixing |
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mix in this order
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--volume
--mutes --pans --TBP |
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what is the last thing to be applied after a limiter in mastering?
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truncation is the last thing that comes as a process of mastering after a limiter, anything else can cause clipping
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how many grooves on an LP
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only one
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difference between replicationa and duplication?
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duplication is the copying of the same thing, the original
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120hz
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90% of mix isses are above 120hz, everything below 120hz goes to subwoofers on most home theater systems
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sample rate reduction or bit depth reduction first?
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sample rate reduction comes first because its like a filter that processes a signal, and if you have a higher bit depth while changing the sample rate, you get more discreet steps of resolution and better math.
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when mastering plug ins for master fader should go such as
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filter, compressor, EQ, limiter, meter, dither
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DC offset
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is the mean amplitude of the waveform, if the mean amplitude is 0, there is no DC offset
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MS Mastering
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create 6 mono mixes of the same input
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weighting curve
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a graph of a set of factors
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inverse-square law
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any physical law stating that some physical quantity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity.
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double the distance
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half the amplitude
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2 types of noise
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pink and white
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24 bit is how many bits of resolution
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16777216
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16 bit is how many bits of resolution
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65563
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we describe frequency in what scales
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octave band
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