Mastering Electronic Dance Music
eBook - ePub

Mastering Electronic Dance Music

An Essential Guide for EDM Producers

  1. 170 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mastering Electronic Dance Music

An Essential Guide for EDM Producers

About this book

Mastering Electronic Dance Music is a guide to the sonic considerations of EDM audio. Written by a successful Apple-approved mastering engineer, it introduces readers to all the techniques behind mastering electronic dance music (EDM).

Beginning with the essentials of preparation, the book addresses the nature of mastering and the importance of listening. The chapters cover a wide range of topics including compression, EQ, saturation, metering, LUFS, and delivery formats. The book discusses all the processors involved in a mastering chain, finishing with a step-by-step guide of how they can be used, though an example of how a track by DJ Nicky Holloway was mastered. Covering plug-ins and hardware, this is an invaluable guide to mastering EDM, supported by numerous online audio examples.

This is an essential reference for anyone interested in producing or mastering EDM music, offering insights for beginners taking their first steps in engineering, as well as adept producers exploring new genres, and students of music production.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 What Is Mastering
  10. Chapter 2 Mastering Options
  11. Chapter 3 Monitoring for Mastering
  12. Chapter 4 The Tools for Mastering
  13. Chapter 5 Developing Listening Skills
  14. Chapter 6 Bit Depth, Sample Rates, Aliasing, and Dither
  15. Chapter 7 Dynamics
  16. Chapter 8 Mastering EQ
  17. Chapter 9 Mastering Compression
  18. Chapter 10 Mid/Side Processing and Stereo Width
  19. Chapter 11 Saturation
  20. Chapter 12 Limiting
  21. Chapter 13 Metering
  22. Chapter 14 Mastering Low Frequencies
  23. Chapter 15 Mastering Mid-Range Frequencies
  24. Chapter 16 Mastering High-Range Frequencies
  25. Chapter 17 Mastering Process Step by Step
  26. Chapter 18 Practical Application
  27. Chapter 19 Delivery Formats
  28. Index