Complete Audio Mastering by Gebre Waddell

Author:Gebre Waddell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2013-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

* However, higher-order filters, such as fourth order, with practical usefulness perhaps up to sixth order, may produce flatter passbands and sharper bandedges, as shown by Dr. Sophocles Orfanidis in his paper “High-Order Digital Parametric Equalizer Design.” Bell-shaped Butterworths and other such filters are possible at higher filter orders, unlike with second-order filters.

CHAPTER 8

Shaping Dynamics

The various mastering compressors have such different qualities. Some are loved for their punch, warmth, vintage tone, smoothing, general character, or maybe the way they treat high frequencies. Their strength also might be their functionality, to tame dynamics, and to minimize the effects of limiting. Every compressor is different and usually takes time to “get.” Of course, it would take much more than a chapter to fully describe the nuances of every mastering compressor, so the common ideas are described here.

Compression is actually far less of a factor in today’s professional mastering than most beginners would believe. There is so much hype surrounding compressors that it misleads many people about the significance of their role.

Of course, compression as we normally think of it is not the only dynamics processing used in mastering. There are several, and each type is discussed in this chapter.

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