YanKleber
Retired
So, as some of you know I am finishing my first album and due to lack of available cash I mixed it and am preparing (I won't use the word *mastering*) it for a few copies – really few, probably less than 15.
I was thinking though that maybe in a near future when I won't too financially tight with other things I can spend some money in a professional mixing and mastering.
Now my question is about how to send the stuff for a pro studio.
I have seen in mostly of studios ads that they ask to send the stems without any effect. But the point here is that a big portion of my electric guitar tones comes from a lot of experimentation with the effects, specially the amp and cabinets setup, stomp boxes, etc, mostly of times including delay and reverb. So, in such case I should:
1) Send the stems WITH effects to preserve exactly the tone I want; - OR -
2) Send the stems WITHOUT the effects and hope that the engineer can reproduce exactly my original tone based on the demo that I will send along with the stems
I was thinking though that maybe in a near future when I won't too financially tight with other things I can spend some money in a professional mixing and mastering.
Now my question is about how to send the stuff for a pro studio.
I have seen in mostly of studios ads that they ask to send the stems without any effect. But the point here is that a big portion of my electric guitar tones comes from a lot of experimentation with the effects, specially the amp and cabinets setup, stomp boxes, etc, mostly of times including delay and reverb. So, in such case I should:
1) Send the stems WITH effects to preserve exactly the tone I want; - OR -
2) Send the stems WITHOUT the effects and hope that the engineer can reproduce exactly my original tone based on the demo that I will send along with the stems