Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science

An excellent book with clear technical details and practical guidance on the mastering process. There is everything from ear-training, tips on plug-in use, the use of outboard electronics, the industry standard software and the reasons for using it. The author explains what the effect of outboard units, lossy and un-lossy file compression and bit-rate have on his perception of quality.It is full of advice on how the mixing process feeds into the mastering and on to the pressing/streaming service together with the best practice for everything from documentation of masters and mastering, the preparation of masters for the various pressing and streaming services and the backing up and archiving of master files.If you suspected that mastering was achieved by the careful application of smoke, mirrors and snake-oil then this book will put you right. It might also save you some embarrassment when you send off your latest home studio mix.

Very deserving it's reputation, a must for any serious musician/audio engineer.

Bob shares his wealth of knowledge which is invaluable to an ambitious sound engineer. Make sure you have top of the range decks in order to achieve his results.

If you would like to know more about mastering, this is your book, fully recommended

Very insightful

Good for an in depth technical review of the mastering process. Ie. Album sequencing, bitrate, sample rate conversion, etc. However isn't doesn't contain many practical tips that you can apply to your masters

A very good book regarding the sound spectrum and the mastering process.

Awesome book.all you need to know for a professional standard in an easy to follow and very thorough format.