Mono Mastering

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I'm using an iPad to record music and I'm interested in mastering my next project in mono. What I do is record my stuff on the iPad then take what I do on the iPad to a studio with some high end gear and monitors and master it. I'm doing retro music and it's just for me and my friends and anyone who meets me online that wants to listen. So I think my next project I'd like to master the songs in mono.

My question is if anyone has some tips on how to master in mono, Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Especially how the EQ should be.
 
I would still deliver a standard CD quality stereo wave file. I would probably master it with one speaker, but check it occasionally on two.
 
Gnome said:
My question is if anyone has some tips on how to master in mono, Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Especially how the EQ should be.
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EQ is relative. There are no guidelines or rules. It's 100% dependent on the audio content.
 
I'm just finishing a song in mono.
The recording & tracking is as important as in stereo.
MIXING is super important and quite a task in mono as separation isn't achieved by placement in the stereo field.
You seem to have bypassed that aspect.
The use of effects is also important.
Make sure anything stereo is turned off or set to mono - even de essers etc.
Use of reverb is a big thing in the Wall of Sound as is massed instruments etc.
A popular tip to create a BIG sound is to sort out your mixing to finished stage and then play your track loudly in a biggish space with a microphone on the opposite side of the room from the speaker/s and record the song playing in that room which you then mix back into the track to give it some size.
I've tried it but my space isn't big so I'll be redoing it in the hallway to emphasize the effect.
Oh, switching the DAW software to mono doesn't achieve the result you'd want: particularly if there's stereo reverb or delay on an instrument or the master buss.
Have alisten to the latest Listen Like Brian mono mix - it's ALMOST there.
 
Hi Gnome, EQ becomes more important in mono, and arrangement is crucial, if things are clashing, you can't pan them out of the way.
 
Btyre2013 said:
Hi Gnome, EQ becomes more important in mono, and arrangement is crucial, if things are clashing, you can't pan them out of the way.
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An old timer gave me a tip about EQing in mono and I forgot exactly what he said :facepalm: that's one reason I'm asking, hopefully someone knows. It's no big deal I'd get lucky If I got 1000 plays. :listeningmusic:
 
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