mr. torture
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So i sent a song out for mastering and asked the engineer for an opinion on my mix. The title pretty much sums up his response. He told me it sounds good, but it’s the level of what he usually gets today. My question is after years of working with audio, advances in technology and my own growth as a musician, how do i break from this?
Nobody would ever say the Eurythmics, who recorded their album in an attic on a small reel machine sounded “bedroom quality” or countless other bands and solo artists that produced themselves.
I used the Eurythmics as an example, as I primarily write hard rock. But I certainly have access to way better equipment today and even pro studios all use digital recording and the same plugs, outboard gear we use. So why is it they can sound “Professional “ and we sound bedroom? I mean there is only so much you can do with guitar sounds and units like the Kemper sound as good as pro guitars right out of the box.
So how do I get to that level? Or does it come down to song writing ability and most of us never achieve it? Just frustrating after years of hard work to get a response like that from a mastering house. Not his fault, he’s just being honest.
Nobody would ever say the Eurythmics, who recorded their album in an attic on a small reel machine sounded “bedroom quality” or countless other bands and solo artists that produced themselves.
I used the Eurythmics as an example, as I primarily write hard rock. But I certainly have access to way better equipment today and even pro studios all use digital recording and the same plugs, outboard gear we use. So why is it they can sound “Professional “ and we sound bedroom? I mean there is only so much you can do with guitar sounds and units like the Kemper sound as good as pro guitars right out of the box.
So how do I get to that level? Or does it come down to song writing ability and most of us never achieve it? Just frustrating after years of hard work to get a response like that from a mastering house. Not his fault, he’s just being honest.