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look here... there's a bunch of articles about mastering posted here: http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles9.htm They range from real basic intros to in depth analyses of advanced mastering techniques. St!ff

Another related question When you're combining a DI signal and a mic'd amp, and you want to compress the bass would you usually compress them individually, or route them both to a submix and insert your compressor there?

<quote>In response to Cloneboy, be careful to check phase relationships when mixing two sources like amp and DI together.</quote> How exactly does one go about checking phase relationships? Are there tools specific to that task or is it a matter of critical listening? St!ff

Can you give me some more specifics As usual, the answer to this is that it depends on what you think sounds good and what you're trying to achieve, but... Could you give me a more specific example of how you have gone about this and achieved a result that you were happy with? I mean how...

In the Beatles panning thread, someone commented that they got more definition by panning the bass off center. Do any of you other experienced engineers have any comments about this? Do you think it's a bad idea to try and pan the bass slightly right and the kick slightly left, keeping the snare...

I'll give it a whirl... Thanks for the advice, man. I'll try some more stuff out based on what you've suggested. Chances are I'll wind up sending you this crap to deal with. ;-} Thanks again, St!ff

I understand that but... Yeah, I know there's no magic button, but what I'm really trying to get at is what in general terms tends to make things sound louder without sacrificing clarity. If I look at the waveform in Waves PAZ analyzer it seems pretty even across the whole spectrum (everything...

I realize that the answer to my question depends very heavily on the nature of the source recording... but in general, if you wanted take a stereo mix that is perhaps a little too toppy (but close to sounding well-balanced) and give it that ultra big, yet tight and punchy sound that is so...