:spank:holy crap. thanks guys.
i dont have any racks yet but was just curious. going to be getting a new interface and maybe a 31 band eq....cuz i like fiddlin with the sliders as opposed to my plugins.
oh my god. I love you. You just made a lot of things clearer.
so when the mastering stage finally comes...its done in a separate project as a single wav file?. so when you master you dont individually hit each track? that's done in the mixing stage?
Wow. I really really wish I had money to go...
I'll openly admit what I've been doing and how unbelievably wrong it has been...
I'll track everything in reaper.
And even before I'm done recording all the tracks. I'll slap an OZONE 4 preset on the master and then work from there, adjusting levels as I go.
How wrong is this?
Please be...
Ok I guess as a newbie I was mistaking the mastering process as being that definative "final audio glaze" sound. But it seems to me that what everyone is saying is that that sound is attained through the mixing process reaching its truest mix as well as utilizing the proper mics and preamps to...
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ok then let me rephrase...
are there any rules of thumb or general rules to live by when attempting to master. or is it basically just that every mastering experience is different and you just tweak till it sounds less shitty?
I'm sure there is a very general process people follow when...
is there a basic 1 2 3 4 step process to follow when attempting a final master?
Like eq first then compression and maybe limiter?
how do i get that studio commercial sound?
that larger than life full sound?
thanks
andy:spank:
I use Reaper... and obviously I mix in reaper. but I want a desktop unit that i can physically turn the knobs and slide the volume controls and have it respectively controll the digital reaper mixer..... what do I buy to accomplish this?:spank: