Anyone know mastering??

firestar · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

I can't seem to get it right for the life of me so I'm looking to have a mix mastered for me. All you people with mastering experience, i'm looking your way here.. I'm willing to pay you to get this thing finished for me.

Anyone interested?

Cheers :D

dabbler · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

you just need like post production done on a mix? i could do it for you

~god~ · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

mastering is not something you get good at overnight.

I've been practicing for well over a year now, and i still don't concider myself to be "good" (well compared to most of the pros). mastering comes off as a second nature to some of those guys.

Hook it up and i'd do it for you. how long iis it?

dabbler · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

i'm not sure that "mastering" is really what he needs. just post prod on a mix (gaining, editing, overall eq maybe, and cutting it into tracks.)

firestar · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

yeah pretty much, what's the difference then, between post prod and mastering.. I thought it was the same thing..

Wow, noobielicious.

mux · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

Yeah, mastering on a mix? All those tracks are already mastered... all you need is a little light compression and limiting, to get rid of any changes in volume between tracks.

If you're having problems, it's probably because you're trying too hard. Back *way* off on all your settings. Less is more, those tracks already sound great on their own.

~god~ · #7 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

when he said mastering I just assumed he meant a "track". lol i thought he needed help to mix and master the track.

firestar · #8 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by mux

Yeah, mastering on a mix? All those tracks are already mastered... all you need is a little light compression and limiting, to get rid of any changes in volume between tracks.

If you're having problems, it's probably because you're trying too hard. Back *way* off on all your settings. Less is more, those tracks already sound great on their own.

Oh yeah I know, I guess I shouldn't have used to work mastering then, that's all. Yeah, that's exactly what I need, some are too loud, some are too thin, too bassey and so on..

I tried f'ing with the eqs but what i'm getting is not to my liking at all..

See, i'm doing a track by track mix (mix record one with record two, stop recording, then mix track two with track three, stop recording, and so on) All the levels on each one of these 'one track mixes' are not the same as the others.. that's all.

Mangle · #9 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

It's a dying art. There are really only a handful of people on the planet who truly understand it.

#10 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

Everytime I hit new posts and see this thread, I think it says masturbating and not mastering. I keep doing double and triple takes! :(

dj_soo · #11 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

what program are you using for recording?

deliverance · #12 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by bassline!

Oh yeah I know, I guess I shouldn't have used to work mastering then, that's all. Yeah, that's exactly what I need, some are too loud, some are too thin, too bassey and so on..

I tried f'ing with the eqs but what i'm getting is not to my liking at all..

See, i'm doing a track by track mix (mix record one with record two, stop recording, then mix track two with track three, stop recording, and so on) All the levels on each one of these 'one track mixes' are not the same as the others.. that's all.

An easy place to start is making sure that when recording your levels match. it goes a long way to save time later.

Other than that just normalize the mix, and like mux said, a little compression and limiting and you're done.

good luck!
cheers
J

firestar · #13 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by deliverance

An easy place to start is making sure that when recording your levels match. it goes a long way to save time later.

Other than that just normalize the mix, and like mux said, a little compression and limiting and you're done.

good luck!
cheers
J

I just had a thought.. once I merge all these tracks together, I can compress/limit/eq the whole mix at once right? I don't have to do all that for each track? I mean, there's a some pretty big differences in volume from the start to the end of the mix.. some tracks are a lot louder than others..

dj_soo · #14 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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See, i'm doing a track by track mix (mix record one with record two, stop recording, then mix track two with track three, stop recording, and so on) All the levels on each one of these 'one track mixes' are not the same as the others.. that's all.

that's kinda cheesy no? :) might as well just piece the mix together in Acid or something... not trying to come down on you or anything as I do use edits for some of my mixes, but I still record like 3 or 4 takes live, take the best one and fix the small areas that might be slightly off...

deliverance · #15 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by mofo-x

that's kinda cheesy no? :) might as well just piece the mix together in Acid or something... not trying to come down on you or anything as I do use edits for some of my mixes, but I still record like 3 or 4 takes live, take the best one and fix the small areas that might be slightly off...

yeah I was thinking the same thing. kinda loses the "flow" the way you're doin it I would think. not trying to come down on ya either but I would give it a shot like how he ^^ said.

cheers
J

~god~ · #16 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

I just mix the whole thing live and record on protools.
then i edit/audiosuite the fuck out of it.

dabbler · #17 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by deliverance

An easy place to start is making sure that when recording your levels match. it goes a long way to save time later.

Other than that just normalize the mix, and like mux said, a little compression and limiting and you're done.

good luck!
cheers
J

lots more can be done than just that.

Chewy · #18 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by ~god~

I just mix the whole thing live and record on protools.
then i edit/audiosuite the fuck out of it.

real men mix it all at once

~god~ · #19 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

well in my demo's, i don't just mix kiddo. :)

firestar · #20 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

I usually do live mixes, every other mix I've ever recorded has been live. I just heard of this idea and decided to try it out, it doesn't hurt the flow of the mix if you do it right.

Wood · #21 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

why do you stop in between each track exactly? i do punch ins when i record a mix if i botch up a transition... but if you nail it would you not just keep going on with the next one?

the only post-production i usually do on mixes is to go in & correct the levels on certain tracks that come through lower in volume than the others. Then some moderate limiting on the whole file. I do all the EQing on the fly, can't be bothered to fuck with it in post. If there's a situation where the Eqs really need attention, i'll go back & punch in the mix, adjusting the EQs on my mixer accordingly.

firestar · #22 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by Wood

why do you stop in between each track exactly? i do punch ins when i record a mix if i botch up a transition... but if you nail it would you not just keep going on with the next one?

the only post-production i usually do on mixes is to go in & correct the levels on certain tracks that come through lower in volume than the others. Then some moderate limiting on the whole file. I do all the EQing on the fly, can't be bothered to fuck with it in post. If there's a situation where the Eqs really need attention, i'll go back & punch in the mix, adjusting the EQs on my mixer accordingly.

A couple of the mixes are 3-4 tracks long, I did keep going! :D I just thought i'd try doing it this way as all of the mixes i've recorded previously have been live from start to finish! Just trying something new, that's all :)