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There are a number of schools of thought on this one.  Steve Jobs, Neil Young, and George Massenburg all have said at some point in their careers that they envision a future where all audio is delivered as 24-bit, 96khz audio.  And yet some big digital audio guys say this is ridiculous and a waste […]

This is a complicated question.  A lot of very talented engineers use a compressor on their master bus.  There are a lot of software products that an in-the-box mixer can use to emulate the same high-end gear these engineers have.  It’s very popular to compress the master bus.  HOWEVER.  It’s usually done pretty gently, to […]

Yes.  It doesn’t have to be much – preferences vary from engineer to engineer – but usually anywhere from 1 to 6 db seems to be common.  You don’t want to be slamming your meter at just-below-clipping 0dbfs, because it gives the mastering engineer a little less breathing room (and it also means there’s a […]