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Royston
New member
OK, I've recorded a song and mixed it on N-Track. Now what? How do I make the final cut sound mastered like a professional recording? Are there any buttons or processes I need to know about?
Gidge
Lapdance Test Dummy
Ok, here we go....
For a song to sound like it was professionally recorded, it has to be professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered.....
With that said, you could, at this point use a tad bit of compression/limiting and eq to tweak it and help bring out instruments that may have been mixed weak....fades can be tweaked....any additional noise control can be added......
basically you have to sit and listen to the mix and see what it needs, what its lacking....the advantage you have over the pros is that you can go back and remix if needed......
For a song to sound like it was professionally recorded, it has to be professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered.....
With that said, you could, at this point use a tad bit of compression/limiting and eq to tweak it and help bring out instruments that may have been mixed weak....fades can be tweaked....any additional noise control can be added......
basically you have to sit and listen to the mix and see what it needs, what its lacking....the advantage you have over the pros is that you can go back and remix if needed......
Gidge
Lapdance Test Dummy
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Royston
New member
Thanks Gidge, as usual you have the essential advice ready to hand out. 
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Rusty K
New member
Royston,
Well if your new to mastering as I am I would recommend T-racks.
I've had wonderful results with it. My band is currently selling promotional CD's that were recorded live in a club by a pro engineer. I transferred the songs into my puter and slapped T-racks on em and the improvement was spectacular.
T-racks has about 12 presets with various adjustments to different frequency areas as well as compression and limiting.
Like some will have "saturation" without adding eq. and some will saturate and boost low or high end freq.. There are also a couple of "balls to the walls" settings.
Though I've just used the presets so far, by analyzing what each pre is doing I believe I can learn how to fix any special problem song that I may have.
Rusty K
Well if your new to mastering as I am I would recommend T-racks.
I've had wonderful results with it. My band is currently selling promotional CD's that were recorded live in a club by a pro engineer. I transferred the songs into my puter and slapped T-racks on em and the improvement was spectacular.
T-racks has about 12 presets with various adjustments to different frequency areas as well as compression and limiting.
Like some will have "saturation" without adding eq. and some will saturate and boost low or high end freq.. There are also a couple of "balls to the walls" settings.
Though I've just used the presets so far, by analyzing what each pre is doing I believe I can learn how to fix any special problem song that I may have.
Rusty K