Applersquo;s exciting new Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) initiative; introduced in early 2012; introduces new possibilities for delivering high-quality audio. For the first time; record labels and program producers are encouraged to deliver audio materials to iTunes in a high resolution format; which can produce better-sounding masters. In iTunes Music; author and world-class mastering engineer Bob Katz starts out with the basics; surveys the recent past; and brings you quickly up to the presentmdash;where the current state of digital audio is bleak. Katz explains the evolution of standards for dynamic range through the present and with implications for the future. He details the new methods that Apple is developing to accept high resolution audio and shows step by step how audio engineers and producers can take advantage of them. This book is designed for all those dealing with sound; from sound engineers to music industry executives and musiciansmdash;and those aspiring to all these roles. This book will help you understand the issues around delivering high-quality environment and get all your facts straight for when you encounter resistance to good sound.Topics covered include: bull; Contrasting the production of CD albums with iTunes albums bull; High Resolution audio bull; Dithering bull; Distortion (and how to avoid it) bull; Lossy Coding bull; Loudness Metering bull; Sound Check and how it affects our production techniques bull; Applersquo;s tools for Mastered for iTunes Foreword by renowned mastering engineer Bob Ludwig.Join the forums at www.digido.com/iTunes; for the latest information and discussions!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. EnrapturedBy shadedmuseMusic lovers; musicians; composers from all branches of the Music World! This "grimoire" is here to serve as open-knowledge to all. Even if you yourself are not exactly skilled at the working "magic" of a simple ostinato; it is a given that you will feel a sense of music knowledge advancement after reading this book by David Huckvale. Any written and published discussions on the topic of the role which music has played in the history of the occult is rare enough. Making this book all the more intriguing. In this book; Huckvale covers all the right "points" about musics possession over our senses.. as well as some secret insight into the formulas of these "conjurers" from music history.Worth a second; third; fourth read.