Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master); the source from which all copies will be produced (via methods such as pressing, duplication or replication). The format of choice these days is digital masters, although analog masters, such as audio tapes, are still being used by the manufacturing industry and a few engineers who specialize in analog mastering.
Bob Katz, a published author and mastering engineer, has said that mastering is an art form and it should be relegated to a mastering engineer. This task should not be executed even by the best and most experienced multi-track audio and live music engineers.[1]
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