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I don't know of to many respectable ME's using "stereo enhancing" plugs that use comb filtering and haas delays. Those things can have the tendency to really screw up the program. On the other hand M/S gets used a bit because of the flexibility of being able to de-ess the center only or eq the...

I think the song writing will trump recording. A perfect or stellar recording can be ambiguous. There are recordings that were not recorded that great that go on to be huge sellers mostly due to the song writing. The recoding of the song "Imagine" is not all that great..but it is one of the...

Basically trying to bring the mix/mixes to their fullest sonic potential (subjective). Preparing the music for replication, distribution and broadcast.

Digital "In the Box" - All processing is done with ones and zeros in the computer via software (plug-ins) or through outboard digital processors (Weiss - Zsys etc).. - the signal does not reach the analog domain until the DA converter that feeds your speakers amplifier. Analog - processing...

EQ - One of the most powerful tools used in mastering. If the mixing is done well and each song stands on it's own...Getting the songs to have continuity between themselves should just involve a touch of eq and leveling. When listening to an album through the sonic balance should not change...

I think a big part of being able to master your own mixes is being able to disconnect from the mix and try to hear it as if "you" didn't mix it. If you have a decent setup and trust what you hear in your room, it's not impossible to do, although I can't see any huge eq changes happening because...

No, I am not saying you will never be able to learn. What I am saying is you have set a lofty goal for yourself and should plan to work very hard and for a long time to achieve it. There are no simple and quick answers that someone can give you over the internet. You want your songs to be up...

By the end of the mix stage, the sound should be pretty well intact. Mastering, when done right might give you that last 5% that ties everything together... icing on the cake. I think in the best circumstances, mastering can give you what you describe... but it is a very high expectation to...

It all start with what's in front of the mic and capturing a great performance. From there, everything builds on what's before it. performance/production -> recording -> mixing -> mastering Loudness should not be the goal. The goal is to connect. Here are a bunch of video's to check out...

That's pre-ringing/echo that becomes more audibly apparent when used aggressively.

There's a bump right above the shoulder frequency that occurs because of the phase shift in eq's that are minimal phase... so you will often see a increase of level when using a high pass filter. Doesn't happen with linear phase eq's.

If you're looking for clarity and definition in the mix, I think eq and level balance is the answer more so than compression.

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One thing to take into account is that in the analog world there can be up to.. sometimes 24 dB of headroom above 0 dB VU...and in the digital world there can be tons of head room below 0 dBFS. So these can be "general" guidelines to take into account. With analog gear it's good to get some...

The main objective is to make sure that nothing is clipping any of your plug-ins, individual channels and/or busses. Beyond that it's important to know that there is "tons" of headroom available and dynamic range in a 24 bit system so peaking anywhere close to - 10 dBfs is never a problem. One...

For fidelity purposes it might be good to post as 320 kbps mp3's.. Youtube might mangle the audio a bit.

Are the mp3's made from the vinyl master. I heard they were and would like to confirm that. I don't know how legal it is to post up copy written stuff without permission, although the FF have posted songs already, but I would like to hear this if it is ok to post.

The problem of DC offset is commonly caused by using very cheaply made converters. It can also be detected by hearing a pop or loud click when starting or stopping audio as well as switching out plug ins. Another remedy to the problem is to use a hpf set above 1Hz

Since the track is going to be mainly used as an intro or lead in for another song, I don't think it necessarily needs to have the continuity in frequency balance that is associated with a full on song. It sounds like it just needs to sound like it "belongs" which will probably be dictated...

... I know this other place ; ) ...but seriously from the user feedback I've heard for John, Tom at Master House and myself your search should no longer be difficult.