Mastering Contest

[fenix]

What do you guys think about having a mastering contest? Please, not the same song in the mix contest thread. I'm gonna go crazy if I hear that song one more time!

 

[sonicpaint]

Sounds good to me!

I'd like to give it a go!

sonicpaint

 

[Fusion2]

i learn therefor i am you betcha...

 

[fenix]

we just need a well mixed well performed good song we can chop up.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

This was done once before (coupla years back)..... count me in!

 

[ryanlikestorock]

I'm in... mostly just to see what you guys all think of the work I'm doing over here.

 

[Fusion2]

could someone post a good link to what's involved in mastering...

or briefly explain it, thanks...

 

[fenix]

could someone post a good link to what's involved in mastering...

or briefly explain it, thanks...

EQ, compression, stereo widening, noise reduction, limiting, inserting of fades, inserting proper amount of time before a track (usually 1/4 -1/2 second), and sometimes using automated volume adjustments to a final mix. These are just some of the things that may or may not be done to a mix when it is mastered.

To some, mastering is just putting the "sonic maximizer" such as the L1 or L2 on SLAM! mode.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/bobkatz.pdf

 

[Fusion2]

Finex, BB, you guys are tech elite no question...

many thanks...

 

[sonicpaint]

Where we going to get a song?

Now all we need is a song. Anyone? Is the file going to be a wave at a high bit rate or are we going to use an mp3? I'm sure we'd all want to work with the best file possible but I guess we'll have to see what the most convenient way about doing this will turn out to be.

Anyone have suggestions?

sonicpaint

 

[mixmkr]

I've got a song

 

[kylen]

What do you guys think about having a mastering contest?

Sounds fun - I wanna play !

What are the ground rules, purpose, and time frame ?

I'm in the midst of putting some treatments in my DIY 'mastering area' but I could play if the timeframe works out. I'm kinda new here so I don't know how long your contests usually run...

I'd rather work with a wave file - 16bit minimum. But I'll work with whatever you guys decide.

Will there be an obstacle course or will we start with a fairly balanced mix and go for the last 10% - Ha Ha, could be interesting ! Fun - no doubt. And the winner can explain what they did and how after it's over - or will it be chalked up to 'tricks of the trade' ?

kylen

 

[nessbass]

This could be interesting, as long as this keeps away from being a loudness contest...

 

[caryindy]

I've got a song

Serious? Lets have it.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Re: Where we going to get a song?

Is the file going to be a wave at a high bit rate

There's no such thing as a WAV with a high bitrate.... the term "bitrate" applies to compressed audio or video ONLY and represents the average number of bits transmitted in 1 sec.

 

[Track Rat]

Count me in. How do we procede?

 

[Fusion2]

This could be interesting, as long as this keeps away from being a loudness contest...

humm, good point, might be hard on the ear's or one's mind set

[CAUTION] Adjust Vol Levels [WARNING] i'd hate to pop a monitor over this test thingy

just a thought...

 

[Son of Mixerman]

Didn't we attempt to do this a few months back with pipelineaudio's friend as one of the participants and the thread just fizzled because of.....procrastination?

http://www.home-recording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87077

Im up for it, just follow through in finding hi-rez source and mailing me a disc. Ill show you why mastering should not be done at home!


SoMm

 

[sonicpaint]

Re: Re: Where we going to get a song?

There's no such thing as a WAV with a high bitrate.... the term "bitrate" applies to compressed audio or video ONLY and represents the average number of bits transmitted in 1 sec.

I wrote bit "rate" when I should have wrote bit "depth", simple typo, but thanks for pointing that out.

So are we going to use mixmkr song?

sonicpaint