Mastering Yourself?

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Who masters your recordings?

  • Me

    Votes: 118 84.3%

  • Online Service

    Votes: 14 10.0%

  • Nearby Recording Studio

    Votes: 8 5.7%
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    140
Got your message Tom!

will go to your web site. I checked out massive website last night....

thanks!
 
None of the above...I have several friends who do mastering work, to varying degrees.
 
i would like 2 be able to afford someone professional but i cant

i have been mixing my own stuff but am not completely happy with thend product im getting closer but hear from all areas that i may be doing this wrong or that wrong. i have previously paid a bunch of different certified people to mix my stuff and it just comes out shit i use pro tools 7.4 and have all the waves bundles but just need to find some online tutoring anyone have any advice?
 
2furious said:
i have been mixing my own stuff but am not completely happy with thend product im getting closer but hear from all areas that i may be doing this wrong or that wrong. i have previously paid a bunch of different certified people to mix my stuff and it just comes out shit i use pro tools 7.4 and have all the waves bundles but just need to find some online tutoring anyone have any advice?
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The problem might be in the tracking stage. You can only mix something well if it was recorded well. I'm not saying that's your problem. I'm saying it could be.

By the way, how much did all your Waves bundles end up costing you???
 
ive to have thousands and thousands of dollars worth of plugins and no idea how to use them....oh Im using an RCA radio transistor and a wire coat hanger as an interface :)
 
Mastering is not a black art. It can and is something that can be learned. Its worth remembering that virtually every commercial recording we hear as a finished product has been run thought final mix and mastering. What we hear from that point on we either like or we don't. Who is to say that other mix choices and mastering choices would have been better than what we're hearing? IMO with most recording mixing and mastering if it sounds right then it is right. Anybody that's gotten far enough with self recording to have mixes worth mastering has most likely gotten far enough to know a good mix and master from a bad mix and master. And yes Virgina there are bad mastered mixes in the commercial market.
 
2furious said:
i have previously paid a bunch of different certified people to mix my stuff and it just comes out shit
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Being certified in Pro Tools or whatever software only says they know how to operate the program, not that they have any idea what sounds good.
 
And *any* mix engineer is only as good as the source he's given.


(Not a knock - I have no idea what your source material sounds like. Just a basic premise).
 
RAMI said:
The problem might be in the tracking stage. You can only mix something well if it was recorded well. I'm not saying that's your problem. I'm saying it could be.
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You put my post through a Massifier and came out with this:
Massive Master said:
And *any* mix engineer is only as good as the source he's given.


(Not a knock - I have no idea what your source material sounds like. Just a basic premise).
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:D
 
Ive just plunged into the world of UAD cards (big time) and this is the plug in i have found invaluable so far

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unfortunately there is no native version...you need the hardware, but the days of mixing and mastering engineers are numbered Im afraid...
 
kcearl said:
Ive just plunged into the world of UAD cards (big time) and this is the plug in i have found invaluable so far

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unfortunately there is no native version...you need the hardware, but the days of mixing and mastering engineers are numbered Im afraid...
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The knob is pointing at the "Worse" position. Which is good, since this was originally invented for hip-hop. So, "Worse" is better and "Better" is worse.

It's a really "bad" plug-in, yo.
 
ah...so my bad mixes were actually bad....its all making sense now :)
 
My recordings are not mastered by anyone and I sure as hell am not going to call whatever I do "mastering." Maybe someday I will have something worth spending the money to have professionally mixed and mastered. Until then, I'll keep working at it.
 
Waltz Mastering said:
Only if you count out:
Drum Replacement
Editing - Sampling
DNA - Melodine
Quantization
Auto tuning
Vocal Align
Etc...; )
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A really good mix engineer will be more than happy to count out most of those ;). It's the producer who wants most of those toys.

G.
 
Mastering my own

I master my own now. It wasn't always that way though. Until you get a handle on the difference between mixing and mastering, I would send it out to another studio that specializes in mastering. And I currently do my mixes as if I would be sending it out to be mastered, even when I master it myself. Keeping the mixing and mastering processes separate give me better end results.
 
kcearl said:
Ive just plunged into the world of UAD cards (big time) and this is the plug in i have found invaluable so far

plug1.jpg

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ahh the infamous 'suck' knob...

( I am so proud that can be my first post here )

mpx
 
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