What is Mastering? What does a mastering engineer do?

In this episode we take a look at the elusive art of mastering. This is not an instructional “how to master” video, but a non technical explanation of the process, and how the art of mastering audio has evolved over the years. What is it that all those guys like Bob Ludwig, Stephen Marcussen, Greg Calbi and Bob katz are actually doing? Get the part of the answer here.

I shot this really fast on a break in a studio in Italy with REALLY bad lighting. I will replace it with a better looking video when I get some time.

If you want to watch this on your ipod, download the m4v version