Music Production



Multitrack Recording



Mixing




Mastering







Pro Tools

 

A music producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes.

('multitracking' or just 'tracking' for short)
Is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole.

Audio Mixing is done in studios as part of multitrack recording in order to produce stereo mixes so that the music can be played in a CD player, or other popular format, cassette tape or vinyl for instance. A collection of such mixes can then become the source material for an album, or album length CD.

The process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to the master , the source from which all copies will be produced. The source material is processed using equalization, compression, limiting, noise reduction and other processes. Subsequently, it is rendered to a CD. This mastered source material is also put in the proper order at this stage. This is commonly called the assembly or track sequencing. More tasks such as editing, pre-gapping, leveling, fading in and out, noise reduction and other signal restoration and enhancement processes can be applied as part of the mastering stage.

The industry standard digital audio workstation platform integrating hardware and software, widely used by professionals in music production. providing CD-quality multitrack digital audio editing on a personal computer, popular because of its streamlined interface for non-linear, non-destructive editing.