19AES-RP13: Mastering Immersive Audio

Moderator:
Michael Romanowski, Coast Mastering - Berkeley, CA, USA; The Tape Project
Panelists:
Stefan Bock, msm-studios GmbH - Munich, Germany
Gavin Lurssen, Lurssen Mastering - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Andres A. Mayo, 360 Music Lab - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Darcy Proper, Darcy Proper Mastering at Valhalla Studios - Auburn, NY, USA
Mark Wilder

The Long Running Platinum Mastering Panel will focus on Mastering in an Immersive environment. Mastering experts from around the world discuss the challenges and expectations of mastering for release and distribution. The focus will be on the many aspects of the emerging popularity of immersive music and the challenges mastering engineers face with delivery, formats, work flow and many other details related to providing the best combination of the Art and Technical aspects for the artist and the consumer. There are many different formats, with different requirements, vying for prominence and mastering engineers need to be prepared for each.