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Rusty K
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Hello,
Is it true then that if I were going to send a mix to a mastering house, I should leave the file as 24bit and do no dithering? Second leave at least -3db of headroom? I have heard that -6 to -10db for 24bit is even better.
As to minimizing the amount of compression applied, this is dependent upon the type of song if I'm understanding. I would think that one would want the final mix to be pretty close to the final product post mastering. If it's a "balls to the walls" rock n roll song that you want to run up close to 0db, how can you avoid over compressing in the mix? Could it be more a question of the trasparency of the compression? Like if I can easily hear it being stepped on in the mix then that won't translate well in the mastering process?
Am I in the ball park with these "rules of thumb"?
Thanks,
Rusty K
Is it true then that if I were going to send a mix to a mastering house, I should leave the file as 24bit and do no dithering? Second leave at least -3db of headroom? I have heard that -6 to -10db for 24bit is even better.
As to minimizing the amount of compression applied, this is dependent upon the type of song if I'm understanding. I would think that one would want the final mix to be pretty close to the final product post mastering. If it's a "balls to the walls" rock n roll song that you want to run up close to 0db, how can you avoid over compressing in the mix? Could it be more a question of the trasparency of the compression? Like if I can easily hear it being stepped on in the mix then that won't translate well in the mastering process?
Am I in the ball park with these "rules of thumb"?
Thanks,
Rusty K