BETWEEN MIXING AND MASTERING
A recording album was born in a house called a recording studio. The recording studio is a special facility for recording sounds, mixing and producing audio produced from a musical and / or vocal performance, and so on. The size of the recording studio varies. There is a small size which is usually at home, there is also a large one that can even record musical performances with many musicians. For example, recording an orchestra performance with dozens of musicians. If we pay attention, there are four parties or people, who play a role in the activity of making a new music album. They are musicians, producers, engineers, online mixing and mastering.
In a recording project, the producer plays a role in applying the standards and vision of the recording. It was he in the end who judged whether the recorded track had been recorded properly and saw whether the musician or vocalist had done his job well. The engineer has a role in providing devices and systems in his studio, where the technology can realize what the recording objectives are.
For example, using the right microphone, also the selection of certain settings, especially when the results of the recording are thrown to a particular recording media, both tape and disc. In the mixing process, a mixer will take the tracks that have been recorded and help the producer realize the vision of the desired album by combining existing tracks per track properly. Meanwhile the master will make the finishing touches of this recording product. for example, by setting a level, and making all the sounds on the recording into a beautiful whole when listening to the recording later.
Author Bio:
Matty Harris is a music producer, mixing and mastering engineer from Boston. As a young musician, he won several awards, most notably, the best drummer in New England. He toured with jazz, blues and calypso bands, playing bars and clubs at the young age of 14. After High School, he attended Berklee College of Music where he studied Music Production and Engineering — learning from some of the most accomplished producers and engineers in the industry. Since then, he has worked on countless records with such artist as; Atlantic Records, RCA Records, WB Records, Kelly Clarkson, Sammy Adams, A$AP Rocky, Logic, Lil Yachty, Cousin Stizz, Cam Meekins, Just Juice, Action Bronson, Danny Brown, Fat Joe, Styles P, La Coka Nostra, and many more. He worked on the Grammy Award-winning song “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson and won the 2008 Boston Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Engineer and Producer. He now lives in Los Angeles where he works with artists from all over the world helping them to realize their dreams