nuemes
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Please have direct experience with the company you recommend. Thanks!
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chessrock
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giraffe
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chessrock
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Don't be so harsh.
I heard this guy is one of the top T-Racks engineers in the country.
I heard this guy is one of the top T-Racks engineers in the country.
giraffe
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shit....... me too.
i f* up the presets.
step!
i f* up the presets.
step!
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
I see he changed the sample files from last time we called "shenanigans" on him...
Now it's a different "non-real" sample track. Some guys don't get it.
Now it's a different "non-real" sample track. Some guys don't get it.
nuemes
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chessrock said:
So you have direct experience with Master By Mail Chess? Would you care to share the before & after master of your song?
nuemes
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Congradulations on your 3000th post mshilarious!!!
Here's my mastering dilema: a band I've recorded ended up liking what was to be thier demo and have decided to release it as an EP. The issue is that I have no mastering knowledge and do not have anything appropriate to create decent levels to justify CD sales. They have about $100 and want to get levels to CD that are closer to typical CD's. I imagine a high quality limiter or something like Finalplug would do(?) Would that be something you'd be interested toying with?
Here's my mastering dilema: a band I've recorded ended up liking what was to be thier demo and have decided to release it as an EP. The issue is that I have no mastering knowledge and do not have anything appropriate to create decent levels to justify CD sales. They have about $100 and want to get levels to CD that are closer to typical CD's. I imagine a high quality limiter or something like Finalplug would do(?) Would that be something you'd be interested toying with?
timboZ
New member
I think Chess started the masterbymail.com to pay for his speeding tickets.
nuemes
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Which is more likely to be found dressed in drag on Halloween?
A home recordist that...
1. Thinks mastering can be done for $100?
2. Is an elitest curmudgeon with a father complex?
3. Deletes his own posts every few minutes to forever remain at 3k posts?
God help us every one.
A home recordist that...
1. Thinks mastering can be done for $100?
2. Is an elitest curmudgeon with a father complex?
3. Deletes his own posts every few minutes to forever remain at 3k posts?
God help us every one.
Alexbt
New member
I think you're right, nuemes... People are getting far too carried away right now.
This was a serious question, and most people gave sarcastic or outright mean responses. What kind of example is that.
To put it bluntly, masterbymail is basically a fraudulent mastering company.
For $100 you won't really be able to get any serious mastering. For the real deal around here, you need to talk to Massive Master or Mastering House (I think that's the username he uses.)
This was a serious question, and most people gave sarcastic or outright mean responses. What kind of example is that.
To put it bluntly, masterbymail is basically a fraudulent mastering company.
For $100 you won't really be able to get any serious mastering. For the real deal around here, you need to talk to Massive Master or Mastering House (I think that's the username he uses.)
nuemes
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I do think there are good budget options out there at least for getting good levels to CD without distortion and setting levels between tracks. Low cost mastering has its place in music as much as low cost studios do. It may not be the absolute best but with good ears it can hold its' own and allow musicians on a tight budget an opportunity they otherwise wouldn't have.
treymonfauntre
Magic Bag Of Sounds
a friend of mine has great rates, so much so that bigger name engineers got angry the last time i mentioned him and said he was a fraud! his rates are actually going to go up soon since hes been working with an old jazz mastering engineer in new york and is about to majorly upgrade
http://faxarcana.com/mastering/
http://faxarcana.com/mastering/
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chessrock
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Look Nuemes, if all you want is something that would be better than what you could do yourself and/or better than what an amateur with T-Racks can do, I'd be happy to give it a stab for 100 bucks.
You have to keep in mind, though, that I'm not going to spend all day on the thing, and what you get is basically what you get. I'm not going to go back and forth and make a million modifications on it if I'm making, essentially, 10 bucks per hour on the project. I hear Burger King might be hiring for right around that.
You have to keep in mind, though, that I'm not going to spend all day on the thing, and what you get is basically what you get. I'm not going to go back and forth and make a million modifications on it if I'm making, essentially, 10 bucks per hour on the project. I hear Burger King might be hiring for right around that.
mshilarious
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nuemes said:
Well the cat's out of bag now, I had to post on MP3 clinic & I can't delete it
Not sure if I've dressed in drag for Halloween, but the last two I came into work as Keith Richards (complete with cigarettes, guitar, and mumbling) and before that, a Sith Lord (cloak, paintball mask, lightsabre)
Robertt8
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6 songs for $100 will get you run through a set filter that will boost levels and squash the living shit out of everything. if you're cool with that, use that mastermail thingy (of course there's still no proof that that place is nothing more than a scam)...who know's maybe it'll work for all six of those songs...or even one...might be a disaster. it'd be interesting to see the before's and after's of what you get back.
you're going to be hard pressed to find guys on these sites with super cheep-o suggestions, as there are a slew of professionals here that literally make a living doing it. I'm sure they'd kick ass on the mastering, but it's going to cost ya.
you're going to be hard pressed to find guys on these sites with super cheep-o suggestions, as there are a slew of professionals here that literally make a living doing it. I'm sure they'd kick ass on the mastering, but it's going to cost ya.
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
nuemes
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I hear you SouthSIDE Glen, and I agree. The issue remains however that the musicians are on a very limited budget (this BBS is called Home Recording, eh?)
It's either do something to improve the recording for $100 or do nothing at all. My guess is that there are folks here that can make improvements to the existing recording using their knowledge and equipment and that it would be worth a few hours of work for the $. It may not come out sounding like a $400+ mastering job but if it's an improvement over what they have currently then it would be money well spent.
Along those lines someone here has offered to do it; thank you!
It's either do something to improve the recording for $100 or do nothing at all. My guess is that there are folks here that can make improvements to the existing recording using their knowledge and equipment and that it would be worth a few hours of work for the $. It may not come out sounding like a $400+ mastering job but if it's an improvement over what they have currently then it would be money well spent.
Along those lines someone here has offered to do it; thank you!
Blue Bear Sound
New member
Same as what chessrock wrote - $100 buys you about an hour and a half of my time... I'd be happy to do what I can for you in that time frame.
While not "mastering", it's going to certainly be 1000% better than what some 15-year-old with a computer in his bedroom and a pirated copy of Waves and a website calling himself a "mastering engineer" can do...
While not "mastering", it's going to certainly be 1000% better than what some 15-year-old with a computer in his bedroom and a pirated copy of Waves and a website calling himself a "mastering engineer" can do...
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SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
There's a third option. Do it yourself. The job will be just as good as what the hundred buck guys offer, but it won't cost you a hundred bucks.nuemes said:
Of course now that Bruce has offered to give you 90 minutes of his time time for 100 bucks, that's your ticket right there. Not a full master job, but certainly better than the college kids with PCs that are advertising "Mastering by Dr. Nick" services ("Hello, everybody!").
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