<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/024eaa3a-9809-49c3-be2d-5c85506dd44c/215B7C00-B01D-405E-ADED-2D8864DC9FAE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005" href="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sweetwater.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005"><SPAN class="h4">The Links in Your Mastering Chain</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005"><P>"Mastering" has been discussed extensively both in our inSync Tech Tips and in the audio world in general. Despite the frequently expressed opinion that this art is best left to the pros, more and more of our customers are tackling the mastering process for their own projects. Some who are new to the process have asked: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005"><P> Q: <I>"In what order should I arrange my mastering hardware/plug-ins for the best results?"</I> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--03/31/2005"><P> A: There are three fundamental tools used in <A title="mastering" href="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--mastering">mastering</A>: <A title="compression" href="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--compression">compression</A>, <A title="equalization" href="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--equalizer">equalization</A>, and <A title="limiting" href="http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/glossary/t--limiter">limiting</A>. They're almost always set up in that order, although there might be artistic or creative reasons to justify another scheme. Here's how each functions in a mastering environment. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/215B7C00-B01D-405E-ADED-2D8864DC9FAE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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