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CD Mastering Engineers

By Judy Phan


A mastered and clean rough mix is a necessity for a new singer or a musician who want to make it big through the local airwaves. How would you be able to get this kind of music? The answer lies in the hands of a skilled mastering engineer who knows his/her way around CDs.

People who earn a decent living as mastering engineers can do wonders to your music. They can transform a simple mix sound in an audio into something better. They can also collaborate with the singer to come up with an order for the songs in the album and perform equalization on the volume of various musical instruments used in all the songs in the CD.

They can also help to add more definition and clarity to the instruments in a song. Then, they will adjust the introductions and ends of the songs, choosing the length of time between the songs and adding crossfades or other nice effects if they need to.

The arrangement of the songs plays a huge factor on its popularity to customers. A song followed by another song of the same genre can make people assume that the singer doesn't have a wide range of vocals. It's a mastering engineer's job to get some ideas from the singer and create a great compilation.

Musicals instruments should never overcome the vocals in a song. They all need to be in harmony for the song to have greater impact and for the hit to sound what it was made for.

The CD engineer can also give clarity and definition to the different instruments in a song. The engineer will also have the task of assuring that the volume levels across all of the songs are the same, in order to help the CD sound more cohesive while still leaving room for dynamics.

Mastering engineers are in control as to when the next song would play in the CD. They apply effects such as fade and cross fade at the first and last part of the song to have an efficient flow of all the hits.

Being a mastering engineer can be truly exciting. These people get highly paid, get to be up close and personal with all those famous personalities and they certainly don't hate their jobs. If music is one of your favorite things in the world, being a CD engineer might be your innermost dream. You won't find a job greater than a master engineer's job.




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