- published: 27 May 2016
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Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master); the source from which all copies will be produced (via methods such as pressing, duplication or replication). In recent years digital masters have become usual although analog masters, such as audio tapes, are still being used by the manufacturing industry, notably by a few engineers who have chosen to specialize in analog mastering.
Mastering requires critical listening; however, software tools exist to facilitate the process. Mastering is a crucial gateway between production and consumption and, as such, it involves technical knowledge as well as specific aesthetics. Results still depend upon the accuracy of speaker monitors and the listening environment. Mastering engineers may also need to apply corrective equalization and dynamic compression in order to optimise sound translation on all playback systems. It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording, known as a safety copy, in case the master is lost, damaged or stolen.
It was so great, I remember it all-I was having a trip,
I was having a ball! The music was played and the grass
was green-It was the best love that I'd ever seen!
There was a million of us like sister and brother-
Everbody was - you know - lovin' each other! It was so
groovy, my dreams fulfilled-I didn't even know 12
people were killed!
Hey Mr. Peace, what's left today? Hey Mr. Love, did you
find the way? Sweet smoke is gone and your dreams are
too-Damn you now, what you gonna do?
The bands were in gas, all set to go-No matter that
they took a million bucks for a show! How could we
know, it was vanity fair-I was so stoned that I didn't
care!
We had the power, we had to win-We could change the
system, but the pigs came in! The youth was good then,
now it's just drag-Now that I'm a boring old fag!
Hey Mr. Peace, what's left today? Hey Mr. Love, did you
find the way? Sweet smoke is gone and your dreams are
too-Damn you now, what you gonna do?
We had the power, we had to win-We could change the
system, but the pigs came in! The youth was good then,
now it's just drag-Now that I'm a boring old fag!
Hey Mr. Peace, what's left today? Hey Mr. Love, did you
find the way? Sweet smoke is gone and your dreams are