CCSMT25 Master final audio outputs to meet creative requirements
Overview
This standard is about mastering final audio outputs to meet creative requirements. This requires the use of critical listening skills to identify fine degrees of difference in poorly mixed stereo materials, or when collapsing a stereo mix down to a mono signal.
This standard involves critically evaluating audio materials, identifying problems and repairing or adjusting audio materials to resolve them, selecting appropriate formats and mastering audio outputs in line with quality and safety requirements.
This standard is for recording engineers, editing engineers, mastering engineers, mix engineers and programmers who master final audio outputs.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
set up a monitoring environment appropriate for mastering
carry out an aural analysis of audio outputs against agreed quality and creative requirements
use appropriate equipment to evaluate audio quality
identify tuning or pitch performances that have identifiable problems
identify fine degrees of difference in components of mixes that change over time
identify precise locations of audio outputs that have identifiable problems
use authorised solutions to repair audio problems and issues
mark up and report irresolvable audio problems and their possible causes to appropriate people
select appropriate formats for audio outputs
transfer audio materials in line with quality requirements
operate all equipment in line with safety requirements at all times
reset and tidy all equipment when work is complete
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand:
how to set up a basic stereo A/B monitoring system
critical listening and aural skills and audio analysis techniques
the differences between mono and stereo signals and in phase and out of phase signals in the signal chain.
the characteristics of pieces of music from differing genres
recording and production techniques and instrumentation used in different genres
aspects of basic music theory and styles created
equipment to evaluate quality and how to use it including near and far field studio reference monitor speakers, professional quality headphones
digital codecs and the impacts of using high and low bit rate codecs
various common audio problems
permissible solutions for repairing audio problems
stereo issues that can or cannot be repaired
irresolvable audio problems
playback qualities of various consumer mediums
how to identify bad tuning or pitch performances
components of mixes that can change over time including frequency balance, volume balance, effects usage, dynamics effects (gating & compression)
how to identify track numbers of defective parts
the range of formats for audio outputs
quality and creative requirements
health and safety principles of safe listening including safeguards against hearing loss
CCSMT25 Master final audio outputs to meet creative requirements
Overview
This standard is about mastering final audio outputs to meet creative requirements. This requires the use of critical listening skills to identify fine degrees of difference in poorly mixed stereo materials, or when collapsing a stereo mix down to a mono signal.
This standard involves critically evaluating audio materials, identifying problems and repairing or adjusting audio materials to resolve them, selecting appropriate formats and mastering audio outputs in line with quality and safety requirements.
This standard is for recording engineers, editing engineers, mastering engineers, mix engineers and programmers who master final audio outputs.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand: