Melisha Linnell in a DJ session. With a bachelor’s degree in music production in her luggage, she teaches music production, mixing and mastering at the University of Stage and Music in Gothenburg and is also one of the project leaders for the organization EQLovesMusic. In the Monday interview, Melisha talks about her love of mastering… Read More »
In the best of worlds, mastered music should sound as good as possible in as many different sound systems as possible. Whether it’s the hi-fi system, car stereo, headphones, laptop, radio or mobile phone. When it comes to mastering, there are many schools, even if they basically want the same thing: to give the listener… Read More »
It always feels good to start the new year with some happy news. It seems that Spotify has finally given up the outdated volume standard ReplayGain in favor of LUFS *. In short, this means that the largest streaming services such as Spotify, Youtube, TIDAL and Amazon are now on -14 LUFS, which makes it… Read More »
What is bit depth?Bit depth is a way of digitally presenting sound with evenly distributed samples (measuring points). In a sound sample with 16 bits PCM (pulse code modulation), each sample contains one of a number of values evenly distributed along a timeline. Each bit can have two states, 1 or 0. Together with more… Read More »
Common to almost all types of mastering, however, is the focus on frequency balance, ie the music should sound as good as possible in as many different sound systems as possible – without losing the sense of origin. One of many methods is called stem mastering, which means a slightly different way of mastering. Mastery… Read More »