Waltz Mastering
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No, your definitely right T.
I've just developed a slight phobia for stems, but there are plenty of good reasons to do them sometimes as you've mentioned. Especially important are stereo or mono lead vocal stems.
I was just saying the mono vocal as an example, but if there's stereo effects they should be printed in stereo.
I got one of these last week as well that originally was just going to be 3 stereo stems, but this is what the client sent - All stereo
Stems can tend to get into another mind set than mastering, There are definitely some benefits to stems, but sometimes I do look at it as mixtering.
I've just developed a slight phobia for stems, but there are plenty of good reasons to do them sometimes as you've mentioned. Especially important are stereo or mono lead vocal stems.
I was just saying the mono vocal as an example, but if there's stereo effects they should be printed in stereo.
I got one of these last week as well that originally was just going to be 3 stereo stems, but this is what the client sent - All stereo
One of the most elaborate stem sessions I received was:
Kick
snare
toms
room
overheads
bass
lead guitar
rhythm guitar
keyboards
misc
Stems can tend to get into another mind set than mastering, There are definitely some benefits to stems, but sometimes I do look at it as mixtering.