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  1. Waltz Mastering

    What Kind of Mastering Comp Do You Have & Why? (Inspired By Waltz gear)

    I'd much rather talk about John's gear or see what Tom from PA's been using these days and of coarse anyone else... For maybe 40% of the projects I do, I only use the Bax Eq and TubeTech, (love the sound of those boxes) ...for the other 60% I add the GML Eq in.. The rest of the gear collects...
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    Reverb In Mastering

    It was actually a client request.. and maybe once on an acoustic piece ..and like Gecko said ..maybe in a live situation.. but still rarer than hens teeth. I'm a verb/ambience snob.. I used to do beta testing for Lexicon.. I think that Jerry would clarify that it's not used much in...
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    Reverb In Mastering

    Is that Terra Nova? Anyway.. I've been in and out of reverb rehab since I was 16.. Just say no! Once in a 1000 jobs .. maybe.. if that.. it's the gateway to stereo enhancement xXx.
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    Question about mastering several songs

    The goal is to have each song sound it's best on it's own while having continuity between them. Processing the songs individually is common and gives the most flexibility and makes easy for recalls. If you start or working with all the songs in one session you can still save them out...
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    Distressor

    You'd need 2 since they're mono. I think you'd be better off staying in the box or maybe looking at something stereo and reasonable like the API 2500 or Foote P3s.
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    A Guide to a Louder Mix

    I see what you're saying now. It seems like it's a set up/preference thing for the track outputs in Sonar. This might help to make sure the meters are set properly: Sonar's Hidden EQ Also, maybe check out the Sonar forum: Cakewalk Forums
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    A Guide to a Louder Mix

    When you say "board" is that a console that you're plugging mics into to go to a daw? What make and model? Also you would be going out of the console through a AD (analog to digital) converter if it's an analog board to get to the daw. When you say it is peaking at -3 dBfs in the daw and then...
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    A Guide to a Louder Mix

    I seriously doubt it has anything to do with your meter calibration. RMS is a very rough calculation. Your monitoring and listening environment are the most important issue after experience with critical listening. Getting the frequency balance set without destroying the transient...
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    Final mixes onto disc

    What Bobbsy said. Balancing by ear will be the best way.
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    Mastering / Airplay tips.

    Thanks. …and with all fairness radio probably sounds better in the UK market compared to the US market. I didn't take that into account. Just try to keep the beat out front a bit without taking over and best of luck with the project.
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    Mastering / Airplay tips.

    I think mor radio in any major market pretty much destroys just about anything these days. A good test is to wait till the chorus comes and turn up the radio a bit, almost every time the kick and snare drum get pushed very far to the back,..even on the less limited 80's and early 90's stuff. I...
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    Why ITB Masters WILL NEVER! Be better than OTB

    Sure. There's really not much to see though. It's just a ren eq and fab filter limiter. On this particular project the client wanted me to do mix consulting through out the process so by the time it came to mastering it was easy. ..specially since they wanted conservative levels. Even on the...
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    Why ITB Masters WILL NEVER! Be better than OTB

    I did my first all itb album master in a few years a couple weeks ago and another one the following week. The mixes were very good and there wasn't to much that needed changing besides very slight shelf adjustments and a little leveling. For some styles of music and caliber of mixes I have...
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    Advice for hobbyist compiling a CD

    I think 8 songs could constitute an album, .. probably on the low song count side but these days there isn't really a standard to length like there was in the vinyl days. Also with continuity, and songs being done over a long period of time with different sonics... Most ME's are prepared to...
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    Hot Seat for Mastering Eng's (The Professionals Only)

    I think many pro's started at home.. ..and these days a lot of pro's are working out of their home. so home recording could encompass novice or pro.
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    WAV files sound good in some programs, crappy in others

    I second Reaper. .. and please pay for it if you do like it and end up using it.
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    Hot Seat for Mastering Eng's (The Professionals Only)

    I think most will pick what they have. In my case I searched for mastering monitors for several months back in 2006-7 and came up with Dunlavy SCV's after auditioning B&W 802 and 801. I love them and will never need another monitor - ever. They go down to 20Hz +/- 1.5 dB and they work great for...
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    Next Step - Mastering

    I would suggest at least trying to get into a program like Reaper. REAPER | Download It's a free un-crippled demo and I think it cost $60 to purchase. Just start with an EQ and a Limiter. Audacity seems like would be a little narley to get around. Good luck.
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    Continuous songs on studio albums

    There are programs you can buy that don't cost an arm and a leg to assemble legit red book cd's. Wave Editor $79 Wave Lab Essentials $99 CD Architect $110 You can also set the preferences in iTunes for no gap although I wouldn't trust that to burn a master for anything serious.
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    Normalization

    It could be anything. Your bass or low end could be to boomy to start with, ...and your bringing the whole level up so that could be distorting you headphones. Your speakers might not be producing anything below 40Hz but you headphones are. I would stay away from normalizing and get a proper...
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