Making a record.

There are lots of phases that we know about, but what do they actually mean? What happens during mixing? What happens during mastering? What does a producer do? An Engineer? A programmer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_engineer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_mixing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remastering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_editing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_level_compression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_arrangement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

This is the thread for talking about making records.