A good customer with a blues label phoned me yesterday saying that the manufactured CDs were back from the plant and that they sound a little ‘smaller’ than the final …
Parallel Compression Latency
Bonjour Mr. Katz, Your beautifully presented book -it reminds me of Hegel’s courses books; or generally of books teaching greek philosophy- is a savier. I’ve applied the parrallel compression technique for the …
Peak Levels when using K-System
From: Richard Bob, How’s it going? Hey, I have a quick question for you regarding PEAK levels at K14 or K12. I’m getting pretty good at shooting right between the …
Plugins vs. Hardware: Have plugins caught up?
Dear Bob, Hope you’re doing well. I always appreciate the time you take to answer my novice inquiries. If I may trouble you with another. I know you’re more in …
Recording With DSD
Hello Bob (may I call you Bob?), I recently picked-up your mastering book from Amazon, and am so E X C I T E D! I am a budding drummer/home …
Removing Frequencies in Mastering
From: Andrew Vahnenko Hello. I have a question. I’ve heard that hi frequencies after 16,5 & low freq. before 40Hz are logarythmically dipped in the mastering proccess. Is it …
RIAA curve: What is it?
Dear Mr. Katz Can you suggest where I should look to find information on the RIAA CURVE? I’m told that I should consider this when I master my recording,preparing …
Roomtone: What it is and when to use it?
From: Marcos de Lacerda Navaes Mr. Katz: You’ve mentioned adding black or roomtones in between tracks. Could you explain why and what are these tones and what levels should be applied …
Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) or EQ, which comes first?
Hello Bob Suppose, I have a source recorded at 48K and, I wish to perform some Eq (Plug-ins) in my Pro Tools. However, shoud I perform the EQ first and then …