GamezBond said:So I assume it's done to the overall track, since most mastering is done on a single stereo track?
The ME only has the stereo track, he would not be able to fade just the drums out anyway. The big reason to let the ME do an overall song fade is so the music stays consistent sounding on the fade. If you hand an ME a song that you faded out, any compression that he applys to the mix will fall apart during the fade as the mix falls below the threshold. Depending on the amount of compression, the song might not sound like it fades until later, after it gets below the threshold. The mix will just start coming apart and then start fading.glynb said:It can be part of the creative process of course, not something you may always want to leave to the ME. For example on one song i did recently I wanted the drums to fade out first leaving the piano playing which then later faded out. I couldn't leave a job like that to a ME in my absence, he wouldn't know exactly WHEN to do it.
ryanlikestorock said:If you find yourself mentioning any individual instrument in your description, you'll probably want to take care of that in mixing. Otherwise, leave it for mastering.
GamezBond said:Why do most songs usually have .25/.5 seconds of silence before the song starts?
masteringhouse said:Mostly has to do with CD indexing, not always the case. Just giving older CD players enough time before the start of the song or it could possibly be cut-off.
Most of the time cymbals aren't loud enough to be into the compression that much. The compression problem is when a compressor is used to glue the mix together. If you fade pre-compressor it will sound strange as the mix gets below the threshold.GamezBond said:so how would you exactly start a song with a reverse crash cymbal and end it with a reg crash cembal, without making it impossible 2 compress without messing it up?
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