Mastering.. Whats the deal?

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Massive Master said:
The "N" is between the "B" and the "M"

The "E" is between the "W" and the "R"

Okay, it wasn't so funny...
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That's one of those jokes that probably sounds better in your head than typed-out, John!

:p
 
sorta funny jokes have been built on the basis of the delivery...when the delivery isnt there...thats when you hear the saying "Well i guess you had to be there" it was a good effort by all though lol
 
THANKS!!!

Now I am getting somewhere. Hey, no insult intended. They don't call it mastering for nothing. I just wanted you to tell me what you do at your job. I can see how that can get old.

thanks for the help
 
I will try and post something in a few days, so you guys can give me hell about the compresssion :)

thanks for all of your help
 
hey blue bear,

I checked out the link and things are finally coming clear. Thanks for your patience and help
 
jonhall5446

jonhall5446 said:
I just want to know the fruits of having my labor mastered. It sounds good now, but want to know how much better it will sound if I pay to have it mastered. No insult intented. I just want the mastering folks to tell me what they do and how they do it and if I am on the right track.
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Think of it this way.

You can draw a picture with a magic marker. (cost $.99 at wally world)

You need a better picture so you take it to a mastering engineer who has $100 invested for the custom artist kit with several different types and sizes of drawing pincles to draw a picture with. (this includes his experience as part of the package)

The marker repersents your recording. The custom art represents what you get when the mastering engineer is done.

Kinda like taking your camero to a custom painter. They have the tools and the experience.

You decide the worth of your product.


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Good car analogy...

Here's another taken from, well, ME!

"Mastering isn’t the ‘car’ - It’s the paint. It’s the chrome on
the wheels. It’s the detailing and the wax job. Your recording
is the vehicle and mastering is the custom showroom finish that
sets it apart from the others.” - JS"


John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
 
Massive Master said:
Good car analogy...

Here's another taken from, well, ME!

"Mastering isn?t the ?car? - It?s the paint. It?s the chrome on
the wheels. It?s the detailing and the wax job. Your recording
is the vehicle and mastering is the custom showroom finish that
sets it apart from the others.? - JS"


John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
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But what about the Ford Pinto?

SoMm
 
Son of Mixerman said:
But what about the Ford Pinto?

SoMm
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They got good useable parts.

sides that, I got 1 of those moonport panel wagons! Yeah, a rare one indeed. Its in the woods with the other 17 cars.

:D :D :D :D :D

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I had a Pinto wagon years ago. Luckily my ex got it in the divorce.
 
I love your deep analogies on the mastering business. Now that's love for your artform.

I'll lay it all out for you,

My band will be finished with our record in a month or so. Since we are recording at home we have the luxury of taking our sweet time, although I would rather get the record out sooner than later. If I move around, let's say 300 or so copies, and get some label attention then I don't really know if I want to pay to have it mastered. It seems at the level that my band is at, listeners, record companies, and so on are more focused on potential than how polished my record is. Sure they want to see that you can sell records, that you can make their investment worth while. If we were to get signed, not that getting signed to a crappy first deal is our main focus, but that were to happen... Wouldn't they have us in the studio recording our debut MAJOR LABEL RELEASE shortly after. From what I have seen, through my music biz virgin eyes, bands will spend a ton of money on an album only to shelf it and start all over. That is where the mastering question comes along. Just like a record company, I want to see the potential of the investment before I dump a lot of money into it. Call it lack of faith or whatever, but that why it is the music business.

Not that you care to know any of this, but I wanted to make my intentions clear before I pissed anyone else off.
 
Massive Master said:
Good car analogy...

Here's another taken from, well, ME!

"Mastering isn’t the ‘car’ - It’s the paint. It’s the chrome on
the wheels. It’s the detailing and the wax job. Your recording
is the vehicle and mastering is the custom showroom finish that
sets it apart from the others.” - JS"


John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
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O.K. - Back to the matter at hand. Read this statement again.

Sure record companies, might be more focused on potential, but how are you gonna get that potential across if one song sounds like shit, another song is louder than the next, and the next three are clipping because you had to raise the volume so much to get it equal with the others ?

It's also about getting all the tracks to work with each other on the CD.

And like massive says, You want your product to stand out.
 
Shinny, Chrome, Polished, Les Paul....

I love this place!

:D :D

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Re: Re: The any key

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Originally posted by philsaudio
Try listening to the Tech Support Blues on this site.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/6/w...studiomusic.htm
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Cool ! So all I need is a keyboard update ? Cool Song.




vestast said:
Cool ! So all I need is a keyboard update ? Cool Song.

This is my personal favorite:

http://www.thehumorarchives.com/humor/0000005.html
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If you can not see the keyboard in the picture with the song here is a nice picture of it.

http://philsaudio.com/images/mskeyboard-a.jpg
 
Linux DAW

If that were possible would you not need to run an instance of windows under Linux if your DAW software expects Windows?
Phil
 
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