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 Topic: To Master or not to master. This is the question. |
masteringhouse
Replies: 16
Views: 9918
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 Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:02 pm Subject: To Master or not to master. This is the question. |
Let's not forget that mastering is about making an album sound it's best, not just a track.
One can have the "perfect" mix that requires little to no processing, as you add more tracks to an album ... |
| Topic: General Mastering Questions |
masteringhouse
Replies: 3
Views: 151
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:12 am Subject: General Mastering Questions |
| My pleasure! |
| Topic: General Mastering Questions |
masteringhouse
Replies: 3
Views: 151
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:43 am Subject: General Mastering Questions |
| The song is mixed down from the tracks and then mastered. The best format is an uncompressed one at the same sample rate as the tracks, usually I receive mixes as wav or aif files. Also it's best to ... |
| Topic: Correcting a wave shape |
masteringhouse
Replies: 1
Views: 381
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:12 am Subject: Correcting a wave shape |
Is this the waveform after applying DC offset removal?
Sure looks like the problem. |
| Topic: masters are coming out too quiet |
masteringhouse
Replies: 7
Views: 962
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:36 pm Subject: masters are coming out too quiet |
| you'll have to excuse me for misspeaking. The file size thing is not the problem. after researching this fully, I have narrowed the problem down and am now under the assumption that there is some kind ... |
| Topic: Stereo Field |
masteringhouse
Replies: 3
Views: 427
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:25 pm Subject: Stereo Field |
| I send the song through the S/PDIF out (Digi 002R) into the S/PDIF in of the Masterlink. I'm using an Apogee cable for the send. I have not tried to send it back into PT. I will get another cable and ... |
| Topic: Stereo Field |
masteringhouse
Replies: 3
Views: 427
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:41 am Subject: Re: Stereo Field |
| My mix sounds good in my studio, but when I burn it to a CD, the stereo field doesn't seem as wide as it did. What could possibly cause this and what could I do to prevent this? BTW, I'm going from Pr ... |
| Topic: masters are coming out too quiet |
masteringhouse
Replies: 7
Views: 962
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:28 am Subject: masters are coming out too quiet |
What do you mean by "the file size is too big for a cd ". If it's a 44.1K 16 bit file you would need more than 80 minutes for it to be too large.
I would verify that the format of the first file is ... |
| Topic: masters are coming out too quiet |
masteringhouse
Replies: 7
Views: 962
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:34 pm Subject: masters are coming out too quiet |
| do you think there's anything that might be going wrong during mix down? Right now I am mixing down the songs to a wav file. for some reason i have to do it twice for each song because the first time ... |
| Topic: masters are coming out too quiet |
masteringhouse
Replies: 7
Views: 962
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:30 am Subject: Re: masters are coming out too quiet |
| i use cubase 4 and for some reason, even though in the program my masters are almost clipping, when i burn a copy to cd it isnt anywhere near the volume of a regular commercial release. my masters are ... |
| Topic: Mastering for vinyl and cd... |
masteringhouse
Replies: 5
Views: 928
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:34 am Subject: Re: Mastering for vinyl and cd... |
Hi All!
which kind of differences there are when you master from .Wav to Cdaudio and From .Wav to vinyl ? i find interesting to know how to approach the different support which isn't gonna play the s ... |
| Topic: DDP and premastering |
masteringhouse
Replies: 3
Views: 1292
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:26 am Subject: DDP and premastering |
| DDP "tends" to be a more error-free delivery medium, but as John mentioned a properly QCed CD-R should yield the same result. One advantage in using DDP images is that you can FTP them directly to the ... |
| Topic: Mastering software question |
masteringhouse
Replies: 2
Views: 905
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:37 pm Subject: Mastering software question |
I would say that Pro Tools is best for mixing, Sequoia is preferred for mastering.
I do know of a few MEs that use Wavelab for mastering, and I've used Sound Forge/CD Architect long ago with good r ... |
| Topic: ProTools Mastering Help.. Levels low??? |
masteringhouse
Replies: 8
Views: 2199
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:32 pm Subject: ProTools Mastering Help.. Levels low??? |
| Dithering should be used whenever you are reducing the wordlength of the audio, e.g. 24 bit to 16 bit. There are no threshold settings, just types of noise shaping and dither. The type of dither that ... |
| Topic: Classical Music and Dynamic Compression |
masteringhouse
Replies: 2
Views: 789
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Forum: Audio Mastering Posted:
Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:25 pm Subject: Classical Music and Dynamic Compression |
I definitely would not use a multiband comp. The purpose of these are to address frequency dependent dynamic issues.
Compressor settings should vary with the material, but for some general setting ... |
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