okay, i still don't get it ->master with?

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I don't think mastering is for millionaires but I would expect to pay $150-$250 an hour, and that could add up quick.
If you do all your tracking with close miking, then it really doesn't matter where you record it, right? But mastering is about what it sounds like when the sound leaves the speakers and eventually gets to our ears. In a sense it's not even that subjective. But most people don't have access to an enviroment where they can objectivly listen to their music.
How can you possibly know if your song is to heavy on the bass or not. What if your tune became a big hit and they tried to play it at a rave and blew their subs. Why?, because you don't know what subsonics are and your stereo isn't capable of producing them. Paying someone to insure against that kind of thing from happening is a pretty good deal.
It's like wiring the electicity in your house, there are just somethings that are best left to pros. Hey, wasn't I almost arguing against mastering a couple of posts ago...
 
i know yes i do know,

i liked the idea of a revolution so i had to post my previuos message. Wesley: why do you think i can't hear? you ask me how do i know if i haven't got enough bass, well , by listening i guess. DUH!

I'm not suggesting i v=can do the same as a mastering studio, that would be pretty arrogant. i'm just saying that for the money we have to spend i can get the same result myself. that's something totally different. I thinki bob katz will make a better master then me yes, but can i afford him? probably not;)

i was going to do a lot of different mixes and then let our fans decide what's the best... so camn i know you're right it's a matter of being practical.
And no mastering is not an art. it's science if you ask me. Art is creating and mastering IMHO not. i'm not dergrading mastering i just don't think of it as art, it's neccesary to give you a good sound but the art itself (the composition, lyrics do not benefit from in it essentially. you don't write better songs by havign a pro master engineer. you can maks 'm though;).

well it's a good discussion i believe: noone is bashing another (yet;))

and about the rference room: sorry but i think it's crap. Noone is gonna listen our music in a reference room, we don't have listeners who go 'oh i heard a little pop at 1:23;55.54 . i know there are people who do this but we make heavy music so noone cares about that. as i said it's just being practical. i know your now gonna tell me that the reference room ensures that all stereo will sound great and so but if it sounds good in ten homestereo's then i'm just gonna assume it sounds good anywhere (except for a reference room ;))

greetz guhlenn
 
BTW shailat,

we were too blame mostly for the bad mastering as we hadn't enough money. but in the studio (we were there) the guy told us that it was the computers fault and it would sound better. well now i think when is it gonna sound better then but bbackl then we just believed him, what could we do?

greetz guhlenn

ps i'm NOT fighting a guerilla war against pro's... i just haven't got the money to hire them...;)
 
Guhlenn,
Maybe some people on this board can help you out. We are a virtual community here and can help each other out. I have worked with somebody on this BBs across the world with good results.
I don't master but I think Ed does. Drop him an email and ask him what he can do for you.

No intention to spam.
 
hmmm...

that seems pretty cool, you mean get really involved instead of putting my lazy ass in front of the monitor...

i might just do that!;)

greetz guhlenn:)
 
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