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I would appreciate your opinions on this mastering situation.
Happy New Year everyone.
I have an interesting mastering question and I would appreciate all opinions on this issue.
I am an instrumental sax and keys player and am working on my second CD. My first CD was recorded in a professional studio and this one I am recording all at home, but I am getting it mastered at a pro studio in NY City.
When I was sitting with the mastering engineer and he was mastering the three songs I brought in on wav file (he mastered on Protools), the music sounded great on the studio monitors. He used two sets of monitors, each with different sound qualities and size. I had that warm songwriter feeling that my music is gonna sound great when I sell the final CD. I thought that this was the final procedure on the music.
However, the bass, which I cannot picture my music without generous amounts of the Lows, sounded muddy on EVERYTHING outside the studio including my home stereo, walkman, and car stereo. The bass was too high. At this point, I would feel embarassed to let the public hear these songs.
So, my question is, now that it is mastered, should I just remix the mastered version at home and lower the lows and try to get the levels correct or should I go back into the studio and give them another crack at mastering. The owner said his engineer would do it without charging me again, but I am little patient at the moment and want to get this whole thing complete asap.
What do you all think?
Bruce Chambers
http://www.brucemusic.com
http://www.songwriterstreet.com
Happy New Year everyone.
I have an interesting mastering question and I would appreciate all opinions on this issue.
I am an instrumental sax and keys player and am working on my second CD. My first CD was recorded in a professional studio and this one I am recording all at home, but I am getting it mastered at a pro studio in NY City.
When I was sitting with the mastering engineer and he was mastering the three songs I brought in on wav file (he mastered on Protools), the music sounded great on the studio monitors. He used two sets of monitors, each with different sound qualities and size. I had that warm songwriter feeling that my music is gonna sound great when I sell the final CD. I thought that this was the final procedure on the music.
However, the bass, which I cannot picture my music without generous amounts of the Lows, sounded muddy on EVERYTHING outside the studio including my home stereo, walkman, and car stereo. The bass was too high. At this point, I would feel embarassed to let the public hear these songs.
So, my question is, now that it is mastered, should I just remix the mastered version at home and lower the lows and try to get the levels correct or should I go back into the studio and give them another crack at mastering. The owner said his engineer would do it without charging me again, but I am little patient at the moment and want to get this whole thing complete asap.
What do you all think?
Bruce Chambers
http://www.brucemusic.com
http://www.songwriterstreet.com
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