Audio Mastering Techniques Weekend Course

This training course explores the basic principles of audio mastering with a focus on achieving great quality results in a budget environment. Practical examples involve looking closely at, and dealing hands on with problems and situations that a studio-mastering engineer would encounter.

Course Aim

The principle aim of this course is to look at getting as close to a Pro Mastering reference as possible, in a budget set up. We aim to help you create your final product ready for market, get your music ready for radio play and live performance as well as making your demo’s stand out.

Definitive Audio Mastering Course Book Included
Mastering Audio by Bob Katz is included with this course. Please let us know if you already have this book and we can discount the cost from the price of the course. Here is what SOS mags Hugh Robjohns has to say about the book: “One of the most famous mastering engineers has written the definitive work on mastering, and in the process has created an indispensable resource for anyone working with audio.”

Audience
This course is aimed at producers, engineers, musicians, teachers, composers and anyone with a general interest in mastering music and what it involves. Are you confused by multiband compression & limiting, EQ techniques & phase linear EQ, digital v analogue, PQ Lists & Red Book CD Standards? If so then this is the course is for you.

Prerequisites
We recommend that to get the most from this course you must have a good basic knowledge of recording and mixing techniques. If your mixes do not sound good, there is a problem with the recording and/or mix. Given that mastering a poor mix will not fix it we recommend that you take our associated recording and mixing classes first if this is the case.

Important Note:
This course will not turn you into a mastering engineer overnight. On this course you will learn the importance of mastering your music in an acoustically optimised environment. This kind of facility comes at a price and unless you have access to this we would still recommend that you consider using the services of a professional mastering engineer to obtain the best possible results and as a second pair of neutral ears.