Dear Mr. Bob Katz! After owning several editions of your “Mastering Audio” and also your “Mastered for iTunes” this is the first time I’m reaching out to you personally. Because …
Monitor Level Calibration with Different Room Volumes
Philipp Eltz Posted the following question or comment: Hi! I own ‘Mastering Audio’ and read in the Monitor Cal. Setup part of the book that Bob recommends 83dBSPL as an …
Monitor Angle
Dear Bob, I’ve read in your book that you said ”It seems weird to be moving faders and looking to the side, but not in the name of getting a …
True Peak Metering
Dear Bob Katz, I hope this email find’s you well. My name is Jens Gerlach. First I’d like to thank you for your book „Mastering Audio“. This book is really …
Mixing Only on Headphones. Really?
Bob I am forced to consider the buy of a “head-monitor” and that’s when I noticed your enthusiasm for the democratic LCD-1, at AES… My word, I won’t share any …
Too Conservative Mix Levels
Hi Bob I’ll bet you address this issue quite a bit. I’ve enjoyed your work on several projects and thought you would be the best person to hear from. So, I’m …
MP3 Compression : How does it work?
From: Dave McLain Bob, You are the man when it comes to audio. I was just wondering how the MP3 compression scheme works. I’ve tried it out on my …
Masters for duplication from an AES/EBU CD Recorder?
I’m keeping this FAQ in for historical reasons, at least until I’m sure absolutely no one is attempting to do what this person was doing at the time he wrote! …
Mastering Software
Koen Heldens wrote: Hi Bob, It has been a while since we last communicated. Hope you are doing well! Recently I’ve been experimenting with M/S techniques during mixdown, not for …