Ian Shepherd AES Mastering Talk

UK Mastering guru Ian Shepherd from Production Advice presented a talk at a recent AES event focussed on “Mastering in the Streaming Era”. It starts with a general overview of what mastering is, but then goes into some more detail around considerations of mastering in the current era including loudness, normalisation and perceptual coding. You … Read more Ian Shepherd AES Mastering Talk

The Psychology of Analogue

I just watched an interesting short documentary by an Irish music producer/engineer that discusses their thoughts around the senses, benefits of an analogue approach with some limitations and creativity generally. It’s a touching and thoughtful short film and well worth a watch for anyone interested in or involved in the sound arts. Check it out … Read more The Psychology of Analogue

AES Loudness for Internet Audio

The AES have released a new/revised recommendation concerning loudness for internet audio streaming and on-demand application. There are no real surprises in there, with a -18 LKFS/LUFS (+/- 2 LU) integrated loudness for assorted content where the dialogue is not directly measurable on its own, which is in line with previous recommendations, as posted about … Read more AES Loudness for Internet Audio