YellowDwarf
Dismember
I thought he was joking ... what kind of mastering should one expect for $12 an hour?
Ozone. Presets. Egg cartons on the wall. Loudness.
Ozone. Presets. Egg cartons on the wall. Loudness.
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Who said I was pissed? I said you were a "drive-by" -- And except for the fact that you're actually here again, so far, you are.
And yes -- Clients often comment on how low my hourly rate is compared to comparable facilities. Thanks for noticing.
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Awwww... I was looking forward to spirited debate. 
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
Blimey ! Where's he gone ?
Chili
Site Moderator
All I can say is THANKS MODS!!!! 
guitaristic
prophet of Dave
Lol never seen anyone go after Massive like that before!
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Ah geez -- That was nothing. I could dig up some threads...
DrumRookie
"That" kid.
rayc
retroreprobate
Back to the topic: I've had some mastering done. Some of it was "stem" a,stering & some mastering of a stereo mix. I was/am more than happy with the results & will be going back to the same M.E,. when my next couple are ready. For comparison's sake I've left unmastered versions on my Soundclcik page if the OP is still around and wants to listen in on the diff. The price is more than the OP wants to pay but I considered the fee very, very affordable.
I'd suggest listening to the mastered & premaster versions of Haemophilic Heroes for rock and Gimli's Lament for psych/folk.
I'd suggest listening to the mastered & premaster versions of Haemophilic Heroes for rock and Gimli's Lament for psych/folk.
TyphoidHippo
1Trillion K Platinum User
I think it'd be more useful if the posts were still here (and maybe the user banned or something, if he needed to be) so I could see what happened and what all the commotion was about...All I can say is THANKS MODS!!!!
What does "clocking errors" mean in this context?
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
When a signal isn't properly sync'd -- Usually if one word clock is fighting another. One needs to be the master clock, the rest need to slave to that master sync. Plugging a digital keyboard (or a digital anything) into a digital input of an interface for example --- If the interface is assuming master sync and the keyboard is also assuming master sync, sooner or later those clocks aren't going to be in sync with each other (actually, they're never going to be truly in sync with each other, but they'll be close enough most of the time not to cause seriously audible noise). When they're off by a certain amount (I'm not even positive -- I'd assume a half of a sample) you're going to hear a 'click' of full-band, usually full-scale noise.
You're in a left turn lane in a 2009 Aston Martin -- The guy in front of you is also in a 2009 Aston Martin. You both have your left turn signals on and they're in nearly perfect sync with each other. Yours lights and dims exactly as his lights and dims. But over 15 or 20 seconds, you notice one lagging behind. Over the next 15 or 20 seconds, they're precisely opposite (as yours is lit, his is dimmed). Another bit later, they're right back in sync with each other.
If you could run the signal from his flasher relay to your electrical system, they'd stay in absolutely perfect sync.
You can think of that flasher relay as a word clock -- When you have a chain of digital gear connected together, that one clock needs to keep all the other gear sync'd tother perfectly.
YellowDwarf
Dismember
If I'm stuck at a red light for more than 30 seconds, my heart beat is in perfect sync with that little vein by my temple.
TyphoidHippo
1Trillion K Platinum User
Oh ok, I have heard that full-scale noise when using some digital stuff together. I never really knew exactly what was going on (your explanation is great though, thanks!), and I guess I just forget about it because it's easily remedied (in the gear I've used, at least - I'm sure it may be complicated sometimes). So you actually get tracks in for mastering that have that going on in them? Wow... that's so lazy, lol. Do you have to slice the noise out, and like... kinda "fudge" a reconstruction of the empty space using surrounding audio or what?
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
It happens more than I care to admit...
I have some freaky tools that try to fill in the space with what's on "either side" of the anomaly.
Eh, a lot of people don't really hear it, sometimes it's only on one track and they don't notice it (but then it gets here and they end up standing out like a sore thumb, which is lame). Occasionally it's semi-unavoidable as gear syncs up. "Semi" as in "if you just put a few seconds of blank at the head and give everything a chance to sync, it won't happen" for lack of a better explanation... MIDI does that sort of stuff occasionally too.
I have some freaky tools that try to fill in the space with what's on "either side" of the anomaly.
Eh, a lot of people don't really hear it, sometimes it's only on one track and they don't notice it (but then it gets here and they end up standing out like a sore thumb, which is lame). Occasionally it's semi-unavoidable as gear syncs up. "Semi" as in "if you just put a few seconds of blank at the head and give everything a chance to sync, it won't happen" for lack of a better explanation... MIDI does that sort of stuff occasionally too.