Mastering Electronic Dance Music - An Essential Guide for Edm Producers

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.

List of contents

1. What Is Mastering 2. Mastering Options 3. Monitoring for Mastering 4. The Tools for Mastering 5. Developing Listening Skills 6. Bit Depth, Sample Rates, Aliasing, and Dither 7. Dynamics 8. Mastering EQ 9. Mastering Compression 10. Mid/Side Processing and Stereo Width 11. Saturation 12. Limiting 13. Metering 14. Mastering Low Frequencies 15. Mastering Mid-Range Frequencies 16. Mastering High-Range Frequencies 17. Mastering Process Step by Step 18. Practical Application 19. Delivery Formats

About the author

Alexandra Bartles is a UK Apple-approved mastering engineer specialising in electronic dance music who owns Altar Academy Studios, a studio dedicated to production, mixing, mastering, and training. She has mastered albums and singles for many artists, including Nicky Holloway, and is a member of the AES UK Executive Committee. Alex has collaborated with producers, writing melodies/lyrics for Warner, Mammas Milk, and 1980 Recordings.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Bartles
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032685243
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3268524-3
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, COMPUTERS / Speech & Audio Processing, MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Music recording & reproduction, Theory of music & musicology, Electronic Music, Theory of music and musicology, Music recording and reproduction, Audio processing, EDM;Electronic Music;Dance Music;Mastering;Frequencies