Hi there, got a few questions.
I hear and read all the time that a big part of mastering is just things like getting the volume levels equal across all tracks.
How in the world does one achieve this? I'm not even sure where you would start.
Can it be done inside a single DAW. I find it difficult to understand how to work on an albums worth of songs as a whole within a single DAW, at the same time.
Or is this done in another program once all of the tracks are rendered down to individual stereo files?
Same for things like the (esoteric, to me) idea of "glueing all the tracks together" so that the album has a "common feel". I realize that one there might take some time to develop an ear for, I guess. But I'm curious how one would even start on things like this. Thanks.
I hear and read all the time that a big part of mastering is just things like getting the volume levels equal across all tracks.
How in the world does one achieve this? I'm not even sure where you would start.
Can it be done inside a single DAW. I find it difficult to understand how to work on an albums worth of songs as a whole within a single DAW, at the same time.
Or is this done in another program once all of the tracks are rendered down to individual stereo files?
Same for things like the (esoteric, to me) idea of "glueing all the tracks together" so that the album has a "common feel". I realize that one there might take some time to develop an ear for, I guess. But I'm curious how one would even start on things like this. Thanks.