MASTERING IN STUDIO ONE
It’s become a cliché to describe mastering as a dark art. Historically, however, if someone wanted to learn the processes involved, they had to find a dedicated mastering studio and hope they could apprentice there, a roundabout route that doesn’t exactly help its reputation as an esoteric part of the production cycle.
Today, though, there are infinite resources that reveal the secretive practices of studio technicians and engineers, available as pro-level teaching classes, video tutorials and, of course, 18-step
