Do not listen to posts like this!

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Originally posted by Rod Norman:

"Most important mastering tip for beginners

Tip 1 - You don't know what you're doing.
Tip 2 - YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
Tip 3 - Check in your multiband compressor, usually bundled in your mastering suite of your recording software. There should be some presets, often with names like Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Easy Listening, Monster Thrash; stuff like that. Now, select each one and Z/B them. When you find one that makes your mix sound better. Select it and master a copy of your mix. (Always keep a copy of your mix. You might want a real mastering engineer to work on it later. you never want to give a mastering engineer a mastered mix to work with. This will give you a happy finished product without you having to screw anything up by guessing. Remember. Mastering is not mixing for a reason. You do NOT know what you are doing. The presets are great. If you don't have any (or you just can't find them) ask a friend if you can run your mix up on their system and master it with their presets. Do NOT try to fine tune anything. Always test your final out in a vehicle with a custom audio system. If it sounds good there, it should sound good anywhere. Don't try to "learn" mastering. There really is a reason those engineers get the big bucks and why the pros go to them. Good luck."


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This is almost as bad as what I read yesterday that said.."you only need corner bass traps at wall/ceiling/floor sections because bass frequencies are low and travel low the wall/corner/ceiling will only catch highs. :) but hey this thread is over a year old why are you bringing it up now?
 
ahh... he's talking about the link in Jimmy's first post.
 
Yes, that particular post is old. But it's just an example of the type of completely ridiculous, false, wrong, weird and dumb posts he keeps making to this day. I'm sure Jimmy wouldn't have singled him out and re-posted one of his ramblings, but every time the guy posts, it's this stupid and when people call him out on it, he never comes back to address his posts. It's drive-by stupidity.
 
RAMI said:
Yes, that particular post is old. But it's just an example of the type of completely ridiculous, false, wrong, weird and dumb posts he keeps making to this day. I'm sure Jimmy wouldn't have singled him out and re-posted one of his ramblings, but every time the guy posts, it's this stupid and when people call him out on it, he never comes back to address his posts. It's drive-by stupidity.
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Lol drive by stupidity.
 
But what a fabulous thread from a year ago. Love this one reply:

Originally Posted by Jonesey9

A perfectly mixed song will not need mastering.

If a given song is part of a larger album project then it might need level matching, that's about it.
 
mjbphotos said:
But what a fabulous thread from a year ago. Love this one reply:

Originally Posted by Jonesey9

A perfectly mixed song will not need mastering.

If a given song is part of a larger album project then it might need level matching, that's about it.
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But how do I make my hip hop songs louder and get that polish sound like on the radio? Don't say sound proof
Cause I saw a video of Dr. Dre. recording and there was no foam on the walls. I think I need an upside down condenser microphone like justin beiber or will turning it upside down like that invert the polarity? i heard inverting the polarity messes up the phase and phase will make the drums sound bad.
 
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