Mastering.....the dark and disturbing art as Prof. Warwick would describe it. At it's core its pretty much the next level of mixing but obviously there is more to it than that. I was never exactly sure what came after the recording and mixing but before the distribution of music. I guess mastering technicians would be the hitmen of the music world. They have a target, and prepare everything for the final execution of their subject.
My group and I had a ball doing our audio for video assignment. We chose to do a scene from the movie "Taken". Everyone enjoyed contributing which is what made it so fun and I think you can see it in the final product. We did have a few setbacks however. We got about half way and the system crashed and we lost pretty much everything and had to start from scratch. Woes of an RTAer. However, through some sort of divine intervention form the audio gods our original files were on the drive, they were just weren't in the session file, which was quite odd butt our group decided not to question it and be thankful. Working in groups for these assignments has been both amazing and stressful. Amazing because we all got to share in the experience of creating a fun piece but stressful because of all the timing conflicts. I guess with university its to be expected. Everyone's got all their other classes to worry about and work on but we powered through it and got it finished while at the same time having fun, which is what its all about.
The heat is on next week in our practical tests. I feel confident in my abilities but will try to get some time to practice in the studios just to make sure. In audio, extra practice never hurts.
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