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Subject:Mastering Posted by: Paulie Date:3/24/2003 1:55:54 PM have just completed 12 tracks ready for my first CD release. Now thoughts are turning to pre master mixes and mastering. I intend to have the tracks professionally mastered but i'm still unsure as to what the optimum point is to bring my pre masters to before moving into mastering in terms of overall Volume Compression / Limiting Use of Enhancers / Exciters / Warmers Reverbs At the moment. I simply set the master volume as high as possible without serious clipping. So I do find that the mix it is lower volume than commercial recordings and lacks that certain "sheen" that commercial recordings have mainly because I'm not using any mastering FX. Check out uk.artists.mp3s.com/artists/552/buzzbeach.html I am interested in hearing your own thoughts and opinions on where pre mastering finishing and where mastering starts. Paul
Subject:RE: Mastering Reply by: groovewerx Date:3/25/2003 1:00:55 AM imho its better to send the best mix you can produce without attempting to master it yourself. the mastering engineer will give you the best results when s/he has room to work freely rather than being impaired by maxed-out frequencies. here is a good place to learn more: http://www.xtreamaudio.com/mastering.html listen to the before and after demo
Subject:RE: Mastering Reply by: buffalosnout Date:3/27/2003 10:51:43 PM The engineer who mastered my project here in Houston (Sunrise Studios), told me to go back home and bring him an earlier version without any effects or processing beyond what was done on the individual tracks. I took off my consumer compression, EQ, etc., and he then added his professional sweeteners. I could tell a big difference. James
Subject:RE: Mastering Reply by: DKeenum Date:3/28/2003 10:01:29 AM Good Suggestion. My one question would be, did he want you to normalize the mixes, or just bring them at the level you mixed. My guess would be no normalization.
Subject:RE: Mastering Reply by: buffalosnout Date:3/28/2003 10:12:05 AM He said to leave the normalizing to him. He was using some Pro Tools plugins that gave a very detailed "picture" of how the mix was shaping up. I have to admit: the product was clearly superior after it went through his hands and equipment.
Subject:RE: Mastering Reply by: DKeenum Date:3/28/2003 12:03:53 PM It makes sense. Thanks for bringing this out.

Subject:Mastering

Posted by: Paulie

Date:3/24/2003 1:55:54 PM

have just completed 12 tracks ready for my first CD release. Now thoughts are turning to pre master mixes and mastering. I intend to have the tracks professionally mastered but i'm still unsure as to what the optimum point is to bring my pre masters to before moving into mastering in terms of overall

Volume
Compression / Limiting
Use of Enhancers / Exciters / Warmers
Reverbs

At the moment. I simply set the master volume as high as possible without serious clipping. So I do find that the mix it is lower volume than commercial recordings and lacks that certain "sheen" that commercial recordings have mainly because I'm not using any mastering FX.

Check out uk.artists.mp3s.com/artists/552/buzzbeach.html

I am interested in hearing your own thoughts and opinions on where pre mastering finishing and where mastering starts.

Paul

Subject:RE: Mastering

Reply by: groovewerx

Date:3/25/2003 1:00:55 AM

imho its better to send the best mix you can produce without attempting to master it yourself.

the mastering engineer will give you the best results when s/he has room to work freely rather than being impaired by maxed-out frequencies.

here is a good place to learn more: http://www.xtreamaudio.com/mastering.html

listen to the before and after demo

Subject:RE: Mastering

Reply by: buffalosnout

Date:3/27/2003 10:51:43 PM

The engineer who mastered my project here in Houston (Sunrise Studios), told me to go back home and bring him an earlier version without any effects or processing beyond what was done on the individual tracks. I took off my consumer compression, EQ, etc., and he then added his professional sweeteners. I could tell a big difference.

James

Subject:RE: Mastering

Reply by: DKeenum

Date:3/28/2003 10:01:29 AM

Good Suggestion. My one question would be, did he want you to normalize the mixes, or just bring them at the level you mixed. My guess would be no normalization.

Subject:RE: Mastering

Reply by: buffalosnout

Date:3/28/2003 10:12:05 AM

He said to leave the normalizing to him. He was using some Pro Tools plugins that gave a very detailed "picture" of how the mix was shaping up. I have to admit: the product was clearly superior after it went through his hands and equipment.

Subject:RE: Mastering

Reply by: DKeenum

Date:3/28/2003 12:03:53 PM

It makes sense. Thanks for bringing this out.