Mastering Glossary
アナログサチュレーション
アナログサチュレーションとは、アナログ機材特有の温かみや豊かさを音に加えるプロセスを指します。具体的には、テープレコーダーやアナログコンソールを通じて音声を録音・再生するときに生じる微妙な歪みや倍音が加わり、デジタル録音では得られない独特の質感を生み出します。これにより、音がより豊かで親しみやすくなるため、特にデジタル音源に対してアナログの質感を再現したいときに利用されます。初心者でも取り入れやすい技術で、音楽制作においては「温かみ」を加える重要な手法の一つです。
2MIX (two mix)
Music production in recent years is recorded on multiple tracks (for each instrument part). It means editing them so that they can be easily heard with a normal music player (mixdown), or a mixed-down sound source. The mastered version of this 2MIX sound source is used for CDs and distribution music data.
Blu-ray
It boasts more than five times the capacity of recent DVDs and can record high-quality video data in its entirety. Since the amount of data in a video format called HDTV is enormous, only Blu-ray discs can record movies that exceed 2 hours, which can only be recorded on conventional DVDs for tens of minutes. It has high audio specifications and can play up to uncompressed 192kHz / 24bit, which means that it supports high resolution sound quality. You can enjoy more delicate nuances as well as the video.
A seminar on the mastering plug-in "ozone" used by top-level mastering engineers. A useful seminar to master the sound making even if you do not own the software.
CD (CD)
"Planning of optical discs for recording digital signals. Diameter 12 cm or 8 cm. Jointly developed by Philips and Sony. Currently, it is also common for information recording for computers other than music. In Japan, it overtook the number of records produced in the mid-1980s. Since then, it has existed as the center of music media.
Compression(コンプレッション)
音源の振れ幅を狭め、音圧のバランスを整えることで、よりダイナミックな音源を作ることができます。コンプレッサーというエフェクト機材やプラグインによって行われる処理。機種により質感が異なるのでどのエフェクトを選択・組み合わせるかのマッチングが重要。
Cubase
A music production software product called DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). It is developed by Steinberg (a subsidiary of YAMAHA) in Germany. There is a sequencer part for playing hardware MIDI sound sources (synthesizers, etc.) and software sound sources, and an audio track part for recording drums, guitars, songs, etc., and you can edit them seamlessly. Popular software that has established itself as the main software from DTM Genesis and has many users even for professional musicians.
State-of-the-art audio repair tool RX seminar. Various sound quality correction techniques such as noise removal and reverb reduction are released.
DVD (Dive Dee)
"A standard that allows digital data to be recorded on a disc with a diameter of 12 cm, which is the same as a CD. Due to the high density of irregularities called bits provided on the optical disc, it is possible to record a large amount of data that far surpasses that of a CD. The commercial work was popularized from VHS to DVD, and it is still the main media. It has been used as an inexpensive media since Blu-ray became popular, and recently it has been widely used as an appendix content for magazines. The audio is also higher spec than the CD.
DAC (duck)
Digital to Analog Converter An electronic circuit that converts a digital signal into an analog signal. An indispensable item for enjoying PC audio (playing and enjoying music data managed by a PC) that can play high-resolution audio sources. Except for USB speakers that are directly connected to the computer, use it by sandwiching it between the computer and audio equipment. When playing back with full-scale audio, this performance greatly affects the sound quality.