Recommend a mastering company $100/6 songs?

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Hey why not put one(1) song up on the MP3 clinic, and offer a prize for the winner, Could be the "Public Mastering Contest", I think that would be fun and educational if some of the real ME's on here would just give opinions on them, of course you would have to pick who you liked! Then maybe go form there about some kind of deal. Just an idea.
 
ds21 said:
Hey why not put one(1) song up on the MP3 clinic, and offer a prize for the winner, Could be the "Public Mastering Contest", I think that would be fun and educational if some of the real ME's on here would just give opinions on them, of course you would have to pick who you liked! Then maybe go form there about some kind of deal. Just an idea.
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Not a bad idea but we need something decent to work with if we are to be judged on it.
Not saying that there is anything wrong with it just that i havnt even heard it,
but there is no point 100 people trying to polish shit.

Again im not saying anything against this guys ability.
 
import a song by a band with a similar sound (or probably more accurately, a sound you're looking for) into your session.

turn their track down, you probably can't compete on loudness, accept that fact and get on with life.

comparing the two will help you see what your track may need less/more of.
 
This was a 20 hour project from start to finish; the mixes are good considering the amount of time involved and the playing is solid. I'm not worried about the tracks needing a lot of TLC so much as just a reasonable volume bump - but I'm also not a mastering engineer so maybe it could use more than I'm aware of.

I think the idea is pretty cool to have a Public Mastering Contest. I'd be happy to submit a song I've been working on within the next few days if anyone's interested.
 
ds21 said:
Hey why not put one(1) song up on the MP3 clinic, and offer a prize for the winner, Could be the "Public Mastering Contest", I think that would be fun and educational if some of the real ME's on here would just give opinions on them, of course you would have to pick who you liked! Then maybe go form there about some kind of deal. Just an idea.
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You're just saying that 'cause you always win PMCs :D
 
cubanorocker316 said:
i dont own a company but i do master and i have really good mastering, but if you pay you'll have to mail ma the money ill trust you since you sound trust worthy so heres a sample


http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=1287
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ummm.... you'll have to point out the "good mastering" part to me skippy, 'cos that clip isn't exactly helping you make your case -- I don't mean to be rude, but it sounds bloody awful..........
 
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I would highly recommend letting Bruce do his hour and a half job on it. For a hundred bucks I don't think you can beat it, I can almost guarantee it'd be the best hundred dollar mastering job you can possibly get. Otherwise just experiment with getting it loud if thats all you really feel it needs.
 
cubanorocker316 said:
i dont own a company but i do master and i have really good mastering, but if you pay you'll have to mail ma the money ill trust you since you sound trust worthy so heres a sample


http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=1287
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To borrow a familiar line, that was so bad I think you gave me cancer.

Seriously, I have no alliance with the mastering engineers who post here, and I tend to side on the argument that a decent mastering job can be done these days, with realatively little investment, by anyone who truely strives to understand the art.
But that was, I'm sorry to say, absolutely terrible. The fact that the source material wasn't very good to begin with doesn't mask the fact that the mastering was as wrong as I could possibly imagine. My god, the pumping, the squashing!

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but you have no business soliciting money for your mastering services. I'd have been kinder otherwise.

-RD
 
Just so it's clear the band is speaking to someone here on the board about mastering at this time so no further response in required.

I do think a Public Mastering Contest is a great idea though. For those of us with little/no mastering understanding it would be great to hear the same song mixed by the guys that do it for a living and by the guys that do it for fun. I've been told a few times that my home studio gets better results than local studios with Neve boards and mics collections considerably more impressive than mine that charge three times as much. I imagine the same could be the case for mastering depending on the person.
 
cubanorocker316 said:
i dont own a company but i do master and i have really good mastering, but if you pay you'll have to mail ma the money ill trust you since you sound trust worthy so heres a sample


http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=1287
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It's sort of like passing by a bad accident, you don't want to look but morbid curiosity makes you take a peak. I wish I hadn't looked.
 
nuemes said:
I've been told a few times that my home studio gets better results than local studios with Neve boards and mics collections considerably more impressive than mine that charge three times as much. I imagine the same could be the case for mastering depending on the person.
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Well... aside from the considerable skills an ME has, pro mastering requires a sophisticated listening environment that is generally quite beyond what a home-recordist has at their disposal.

And for mixing - if your local studios with high-end gear are not getting good results, then that speaks more to the lack of skills of their engineers than anything else. If an AE can't get good results with great gear at their disposal, then they should be looking for another line of work!
 
Blue Bear Sound said:
Well... aside from the considerable skills an ME has, pro mastering requires a sophisticated listening environment that is generally quite beyond what a home-recordist has at their disposal.
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Yeah - you're absolutely right. I did not intend for my post to come across as though home mastering folks could provide equal results compared to professional ME's. I think the home recording process can seriously compete with professional recording (depending...) but not the mastering process.

One of my favorite albums sonically was recorded at the artists house mostly with a AT4033, single preamp and 2" tape. They had it mixed & mastered professionally and it sounds better than recordings costing thousands more.
 
Track Rat said:
It's sort of like passing by a bad accident, you don't want to look but morbid curiosity makes you take a peak. I wish I hadn't looked.
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I havnt listened
is it that bad.

Oh well at least he is trying.
 
Jonny Mumra said:
Oh well at least he is trying.
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That's a ll fine and well, but if someone is new to it all and clearly has a lot to learn, then perhaps they shouldn't be calling themselves "good", no??
 
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