As I've mentioned in a few previous blogs, I've gotten a lot of opportunities to work on a variety of projects this trimester. From film-set recording to mastering, in recent months I've really tested my abilities as an engineer in adapting to different kinds of work. In early August I did a day of on-set recording for student film Tell the Trees. Despite it being a bone chillingly freezing morning in the Dandenong ranges, the experience was great and the crew were very encou

Recently I've had the opportunity to explore learning to master music, and even got to master two tracks for local up and coming Melbourne bands. Learning about mastering from Melbourne producer/engineer Tom Glover was an eye-opening look into arguably the most important step of creating a track. We looked at concepts like loudness, RMS, crest factor, peak level and how they all relate to mastering a track to meet the standards of modern commercial music. The entire experienc