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Dear Xlters, I was wondering if you could supply me and help others in need with mastering tips. Love, Das Chode. Mostly looking for some good compressors, but other help would be most appreciated |
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get , read the manual and you're good to go. |
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it's a good place to start. all the essentials in one package. |
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do not use ozone's presets out of the box! ozone is really badly known for over compressing your music. you can turn down the mix on the settings and it can be useful, but be very careful. especially with that loudness maximizer. my advice is that with proper levels and eqing of each track and compression while necessary, a whole lot of mastering should not be necessary other than a light compressor. your music should sound relatively close to how you want it as early in the mixing process as possible. i haven't been experimenting in this arena too much lately, but im continuously pleased with the sound of the audio damage family of plug-ins, and they have a which has a bigger 3-band cousin. also learning about side-chaining compressors can do a great deal of good in getting certain parts to stand out more, especially drums. |
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i don't disagree with what you're saying. i only recommended one of the most popular budget mastering plug-ins, i never said i actually used it. |
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actually i do disagree with some of what your saying: "... a whole lot of mastering should not be necessary other than a light compressor." if that's the case, why do people pay shitloads of money to get their music mastered by a professional? because it'll almost always sound better. that's why. |
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i wasn't trying to pick a fight here, just adding to what you said. people pay shitloads of money to get their music mastered because there are professionals who have insanely well tuned equipment and gobs of analog compressors to delicately mix with, not to mention years of training. most of us laymen on the interwebs have don't have nearly the expertise nor the equipment to attempt such an endeavour, in which case it's real easy to make a complete mess of your mix. even ask any professional mastering technician and they'll still tell you the old adage, "less is more." which is another thing: if you're serious about mastering, your first purchase before anything else should be reference monitors. if you haven't gotten there yet, listen to your mix on as many different systems as possible is your best bet. home studio, car hi-fi, friend's house, anything. if you can get your mix sounding coherent on laptop speakers and a system with a 15" sub you've pretty much done your job. |
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@hedphukker I've been wondering about side chaining compressors, don't really know how to program it :/ ...The guys who are paid a shiiiiizzzah ton of money can "hit the small spots" you can't with average equipment, thus making it |- - - - - - -| |
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it Cut off my damn reply. "thus making it |- - - - - -| that much better* |
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just search youtube for a tutorial in whatever daw you use. youtube is a great source for electronic music tuts. |
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The blind leading the |
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yes, because my psychedelic ramblings from over seven years ago are totally related to music production. wait, what? |
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With some help from Izotope's Ozone I cracked out this number xD http://www.mediafire.com/?tal73z9i363pwjh Haven't uploaded to a media streaming site yet sorry for the inconvenience I like italics =] |
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You spoke shit over seven years ago and you still do that! psychedelic ramblings? more sadadedelic ramblings |
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HEBEE TROLLIN' |
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Urgh, if you don't know what you're doing, give it to a proper mastering engineer. Unless you're John Dent, you won't do a better job yourself. |
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yes, i dont want to discourage you to give it a try but its not the best domain for "do it yourself" checking eq´s and listening on more than one system is good enough for bedroom music. & if you want to sell it, go for pro mastering, or just send it in how it is. |
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