commercial mastering for home project?

[jim712]

I have finally been able to set aside some time this summer to work on the cd I've been planning for some time. Here is my question. I have a Roland 1680 (with the two effects expansion boards). My plan is to record everything (dry) and have the final mastering done by a studio. (The style of music is new age, so I'll be looking for an expansive, ambient sound.)
I plan to record all the tracks for each song on a CD-RW (I have a burner) and sending that to the studio.

Should I go on and add some effects before I send it off? Will most mastering houses be able to work with the CD-RW? Your response to these questions or any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Ears]

Hi,

You have mastering and mixing mixed up I think.
Matering is the final plish if you will that makes a great mix a great record for the masses. It adds maybe some compression at different bandwidths, some excitement rarely verb, but mixing is where you will find verbs, delays, comp, dist, etc, etc.
If you want to go dry and use a big studio's effects then just bring your VS1680 into the studio and they will copy the tracks onto a machine, then mix. After that, if you have the dough left go to a mastering facility for the final touch.If you have a good ear for tweaking the VS effects are no slouches.

[Ears]

Final Polish sorry.

[dobro]

You can edit your message after you've posted it by clicking on the little page icon with the pen above it.

But I like 'final plish' better. Like a salmon making that last jump into the spawning pond.

[Ears]

Thnks dbro..........
Cool

[dobro]

BTW, Sonusman here on the bbs does mastering at a reasonable rate, if you have no ideas about where to take your work. And from the sound of a recent mp3 posting of his, he's good at 'ambient'. And no, I don't get a kickback.