CD Mastering and Audio Mastering

Many mastering engineers have heard of or read the book "Mastering Audio: The Art of the Science" by Bob Katz. Bob Katz is not only an author and well known mastering engineer, but he also can add to his list of accomplishments that of inventor. Bob was recently awarded a U.S. patent for his K-Stero and K-Surround circuit designs.

These K processors will help recover lost ambience, space, and depth, it also provides post-production control of reverb returns, as well as preserving the mix, plus much more.

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What's more important - Backing up your data or being able to restore it? Well they are actually equally important, right? Most people would say yes and I would agree. That's what CDP is all about. Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is a storage system in which all data is backed up whenever any change is made. Essentially what happens is when any user changes and saves data each occurrence is captured and stored to a specific and separate storage location.

Traditional backup only allows you to recover data to the point at which backup was taken, which is typically done on or at a specific scheduled time. With CDP there is no need for the nightly "scheduled" backups and you can literally restore data to any point in time. For some interesting information on data storage technology check out Storage Networking.

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What happens when you combine the very entertaining Cirque du Soleil and one of the most acclaimed bands of all time, the Beatles? Simply put - You get LOVE!

LOVE is the name of Cirque Du Soleils new musical celebration as well as the name of the Beatles new album that is a remix of some of their classics mastered by not one but two very well known producers. This all came about due to a close personal friendship between the late George Harrison of the Beatles, and Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil.

The really interesting story however is about the father and son team who produced the new album. This is no ordinary duo. It is no other than the legendary George Martin, the Beatles original producer, and his son Giles. They were fortunate enough to be allowed access to the Beatles master tapes from Abbey Road Studios. What they did with those well preserved tapes is quite impressive. I listened to a few tracks on Cirque Du Soleil's website and loved what I heard. For more information about this mastering project check out Rocky Mountain News.

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A big part of a mastering engineer's job is to actually remove as many pops, clicks, and miscellaneous unwanted noises as possible from an audio recording before they finish the final master. So why would someone purposely add crackle or sounds that normally people are paying their hard earned money to have removed? This is a question that only a select few could possibly answer. It is my opinion that this procedure is no more than a fad. I do not believe that this will be any type of process that would become common place and turn into some type of trend. Most people are probably a little perplexed as to why anyone would consider this. However, there are those out there that do this and promote it to a certain extent. So check out this link to Wired News for more information about this crazy idea.

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