my first mastering

[ekosupriyanto]

hi, guys....
i'm ekosupriyanto from indonesia. i would you have a little minutes for to check my mastering's result from this link. how deep and clean with my mastering's result?
thx before for your attention.

regreat
/eko

link :
http://www.sendspace.com/file/u17865

 

[Chibi Nappa]

You've got 9 DB of headroom in there. The song can be more than twice as loud without cropping a single peak. Seems odd. Not bad otherwise at a quick listen...

 

[Massive Master]

(Without listening) 9dB of headroom isn't that much. If it's really, really convenient and you feel like bringing it up *A BIT* then go for it. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. I regularly receive mixes peaking anywhere from -18 to -12dBFS.

Come to think of it, it's usually the better-sounding mixes...

 

[TelePaul]

(Without listening) 9dB of headroom isn't that much. If it's really, really convenient and you feel like bringing it up *A BIT* then go for it. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. I regularly receive mixes peaking anywhere from -18 to -12dBFS.

Come to think of it, it's usually the better-sounding mixes...

Stupid question but how can I check my headroom? If it peaks at -9, does this infer that I have another 9dbs of headroom? Again, and assuming this is correct, then why does my master fader go to +6?

/newbie

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Stupid question but how can I check my headroom? If it peaks at -9, does this infer that I have another 9dbs of headroom? Again, and assuming this is correct, then why does my master fader go to +6?

Yes, that is correct. "headroom" in this context simply means the amount of "unused" space between the signal's highest peak and 0dBFS.

The dB scales on your faders do not correspond directly to meter readings; they only refer to the amount of boost or cut you're applying to that channel. For example, that +6 reading simply means that when you have the fader pushed that high, that you'll be boosting the amplitude of that channel by 6dB. If the signal is at, say, -9dBFS before hitting that fader setting, it'll come out the exit of that fader at -3dBFS because you're adding 6dB to it with the fader pushed all the way up.

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@ the thread author: what we think of you masteing job is nowhere near as important as what you think about it. What do you think of it?

G.

 

[dintymoore]

I tried to listen to the song but after about 4 Home Depot ads I decided to eject.

That's about the worst upload site I've seen so far.

 

[Massive Master]

Gotta hit a question (as I'm assuming there may be a little language factor going on here)...

Is this a post-mastered file? Professionally mastered? Self-mastered? Mixed and waiting to go out for mastering...?

 

[RAMI]

I think this is another classic case of "mastering" meaning "mixing". I would think that anyone who has mastered a song (which is only a small part of mastering a collection of tunes), would put up a BEFORE/AFTER at the very least. If not, how can one tell how much "mastering" was actually done?

I'm not coming down hard on the OP. I realize there's probably a slight language barrier going on here.

 

[philbagg]

I would think that anyone who has mastered a song (which is only a small part of mastering a collection of tunes), would put up a BEFORE/AFTER at the very least. If not, how can one tell how much "mastering" was actually done?

This question only applies if it's good

 

[Chibi Nappa]

(Without listening) 9dB of headroom isn't that much. If it's really, really convenient and you feel like bringing it up *A BIT* then go for it. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. I regularly receive mixes peaking anywhere from -18 to -12dBFS.

Come to think of it, it's usually the better-sounding mixes...

For a finished mix, yeah I agree. But I've never seen a finished rock master that peaks at -9. I was assuming he said the mastering was already done.

 

[ekosupriyanto]

i'm sorry guys/.....
i'm a newbie, and i mastered that song with K standar, K-14, and with Dinamic Range = 13.
i'm mastered use studio one and izotope ozone 4.