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Mastering Audio. The art and the science
If you are interested in learning more about the different aspects then this book might be for you. It gave me some better ideas about the different (technical) aspects of mastering. However, I still find it difficult to master an audio recording once it is mixed.
Online resources complementing the book are found [here]
Bob Katz (2002) Mastering Audio. The art and the science, Focal Press, Canada.
Abstract. Mastering Audio explains leading-edge audio concepts in an easy-to-grasp, holistic manner, including an ear-opening investigation of the mysteries of jitter, dither and wordlengths, high sample rates, distortion, headroom, monitor calibration, metering, depth perception, compression and expansion, equipment interconnection and much more. Mastering Audio is for everyone who wants to increase their mastery of digital and analog audio: musicians, producers, A&R, mastering, recording and mixing engineers, and students.
Insight the book there is a hand-drawn chart from 1941, showing the relation between musical pitch, notation, frequency, and the instrument ranges.
Image: this is a great EQ frequency chart that you can use when mastering. You can find similar charts online if you don’t find this one suitable. With these charts you can easily point out the frequencies of the instrument that you want to change with your equalizer. This is especially a great tool when you are not that familiar with an instrument that is “embedded” in the audio. But remember that if the frequency change do to much to the rest of the soundscape then it’s maybe time to send it back to the mixing engineer/producer.
See also: here
