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Phildo
I heart guitars!
Hi guys!
Haven't posted on here for a hell of a while, now, but I need your help on this one...
On this last Sunday gone, my band, Weirdo (www.weirdo<no spam>.org.uk), had an interview and some tracks played on our local radio station. They've played tracks from our first EP before now, and they've sounded fine.
BUT...
The tracks we got played on Sunday sounded awful. Now, I know it's not the tracks or the mastering itself, as I've played them on every system, large or small, I've had access to - and I'm really happy with the mixes and sound. They generally sound more "professional" than anything I've ever done.
BUT...
On Sunday, the second the first track kicked in, the station's compressors went into overtime and crippled the sound. We've used a few distorted drum tracks (not loops, real drums) and some pretty reverb-y drum machine tracks, and odd vocal effects and a fair few drone-y reverbs and delays which have sounded fine up until now, but the radio plays just seemed to pick up the reverbs and only certain of the vocals, while the drums sounded like someone building a shed.
SO...
I've e-mailed the DJ, and the only helpful coment he could give me was that our stuff (a direct MD copy from the CDR masters) seemed to be a lot louder than the other material he played that night.
Now...
I've always believed that (especially at 16 bit, 44.1K) one should master as close to digital max as possible, in order to get the best use of available headroom, and I've noticed in the past that my mixes seem to sound a lot louder than many commercial releases or other "local" produce (and I hardly ever use multi-band compression or other processing over a final mix).
So, help a poor confused Liverpudlian ex-pat - how do you guys approach mastering?
Help me get it right!
Haven't posted on here for a hell of a while, now, but I need your help on this one...
On this last Sunday gone, my band, Weirdo (www.weirdo<no spam>.org.uk), had an interview and some tracks played on our local radio station. They've played tracks from our first EP before now, and they've sounded fine.
BUT...
The tracks we got played on Sunday sounded awful. Now, I know it's not the tracks or the mastering itself, as I've played them on every system, large or small, I've had access to - and I'm really happy with the mixes and sound. They generally sound more "professional" than anything I've ever done.
BUT...
On Sunday, the second the first track kicked in, the station's compressors went into overtime and crippled the sound. We've used a few distorted drum tracks (not loops, real drums) and some pretty reverb-y drum machine tracks, and odd vocal effects and a fair few drone-y reverbs and delays which have sounded fine up until now, but the radio plays just seemed to pick up the reverbs and only certain of the vocals, while the drums sounded like someone building a shed.
SO...
I've e-mailed the DJ, and the only helpful coment he could give me was that our stuff (a direct MD copy from the CDR masters) seemed to be a lot louder than the other material he played that night.
Now...
I've always believed that (especially at 16 bit, 44.1K) one should master as close to digital max as possible, in order to get the best use of available headroom, and I've noticed in the past that my mixes seem to sound a lot louder than many commercial releases or other "local" produce (and I hardly ever use multi-band compression or other processing over a final mix).
So, help a poor confused Liverpudlian ex-pat - how do you guys approach mastering?
Help me get it right!