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Chap 19: Mastering Posted on 2017-08-23 by Kendra Campo

The period of time from the early 90s to early 2000s where we saw less and less dynamic range in our music and more and more relative loudness was referred to as the: Loudness Wars

_ adds a low level noise to your audio signal to make quantization errors less noticeable.  Dither

Mastering is: The art of getting music ready for duplication. The process of making sure the relative loudness of the final product is competitive in the genre of music. The final polish music production.

Data is encoded on a CD using: LPCM= Linear Pulse Code Modulation.

Redbook CD Standard sample rate and bit depth are 44.1 kHz, and 16 bit.

RMS metering is measured = the average amplitude based on a mathematical algorithm.

Loudness is achieved by: Compressing and limiting at different gain stages reducing the dynamic range and boosting the overall volume of the audio signal.

Dither is used to Fix quantization errors due to lowering sample rate and bit depth

Ralative Loudness is a term that refers to how loud a song is= compared to other songs.

PQ code is= Data that is encoded on the first 2 of 8 channels of subcode on the CD.

Peak Metering= measure of amplitude of a waveform instantaneously as the waveform is playing back.

One of the earliest uses of something resembling DITHER was during WW2 when it was found that steady vibrations reduced the errors of trajectory calculation computers 

A song cannot be made 100% ready for duplication, including, metadata such as ISRC codes and SKU #'s using pro tools. false

 

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