Ask Video AUDIOPEDIA 108 Mixing and Mastering

AudioPedia - noun | Au·di·o·Pe·di·a | [aw-dee-oh-pee-dee-uh] An animated, short format video informational resource explaining in plain English all aspects of audio: acoustics, mixing, mastering, recording, digital audio terms, microphones, recording, and more.

Our AudioPedia series is a comprehensive video dictionary of audio terminology. Created by audio expert Joe Albano, this encyclopedia of technical terms is the ultimate audio reference tool. Here are the topics covered and defined in the eight installment of this authoritative series:

Mixing:
Amplifier
Mic Pre | Mic Preamp

Mixing - Filter | EQ:
Filter - LowPass | HighPass | BandPass
Filter Cutoff | Resonance
Filter Slope | Pole
EQ | Equalization | Parametric EQ
Shelving | Peaking | Bell Curve
“Q” | Bandwidth

Mixing - Dynamics:
Dynamics | Dynamic Processing
Compression | Compressor
Limiting | Limiter
Threshold & Ratio (Compressor)
Attack & Release (Compressor)
Make-Up Gain (Compressor)
Hard Knee | Soft Knee (Compressor)
Program-Dependent Compression
Optical | Opto Compressor | LA-2A
FET Compressor | 1176
Variable-Mu Compressor | Fairchild
VCA Compressor | dbx | SSL
Parallel | NY Compression
Sidechain Processing - De-Essing
Sidechain Processing - Ducking
Expander | Noise Gate

Mixing - Delay:
Delay Line | DDL
Delay Time
Modulation
Feedback
Flanger | Flanging
Chorus | Chorusing
Double | Doubling
Phaser | Phasing
Echo | Slap Echo

Mixing - Reverb:
Reverberation | Ambience | Rt60
Reverb Chamber
Plate Reverb
Spring Reverb
Algorithmic Reverb
Convolution Reverb
Impulse Response | IR

Mixing - Distortion:
Distortion | Overdrive (FX)
Harmonic Distortion
Tube
Transistor
Transformer
Tape Saturation
Digital Distortion
Bitcrusher | Lo-Fi

Mastering:
Buss Processing
Mastering
Linear-Phase (Processing)
Multiband Compression
Brickwall Limiter
True Peak (Metering)
Loudness Maximizer | Maximizing
Loudness War
Audio Repair
Spectral Processing

So join audio expert and trainer Joe Albano and get a deep understanding of audio terminology with the AudioPedia series!