Prism Sound Mic To Master

Went to a Mic to Master event today with people such as Tony Platt, producer of some ACDC and Bob Marley albums, along with many other professionals in the music business.  Mastering Engineers from AIR studios and technicians from DPA, ATC acoustic engineers, audient, prism sound, and SADiE were all present.

Mic To Master is a series of workshops and masterclasses on recording techniques, mixing and mastering which are designed to give engineers, producers and all other creative audio enthusiasts an opportunity to learn expert tips and tricks of the trade from recording industry professionals. 


The day started with Tony Platt talking through the process of producing an entire album for an artist last year, it was really interesting to see what problems he encountered on the way and how he overcame them.  
Tony then went on to discuss the use of microphones and we did some comparisons, he also talked us through his choice of processing and mastering on some particular tracks.  


After lunch it was all about mastering with Matt Colton of AIR studios, he began with a talk about mastering for vinyl and how some techniques can be transferred to mastering for CD.  The second half of the afternoon was run as a workshop format with Matt mastering a track on the rig that they had brought in.  It was really cool to be able to observe this process and take some notes.


Well worth going!