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fenix
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Enlighten me.
fenix said:. . .all the stuff I record is low budget and is never indended to be sent off to sterling sound where some intern can master it for some high price. . .
sonicpaint said:it's starting.....
Middleman said:there is nothing that comes close in the consumer market that is similar gear to what the mastering guys use.
Blue Bear Sound said:Again -- if you could have heard it on mixdown, you would have adjusted things then!
So you're not going to hear anything more if you try and master your stuff on the same system as you've been working on.
And related to this, you've lost considerable objectivity to the material itself if you're the one that's tracked and mixed it. A fresh set of ears will hear things you cannot.... and - a different monitor chain will also reveal things you couldn't hear on your own system.
Same point -- how do you what needs sweetening on the same system you've mixed on? Why didn't you sweeten it when you mixed??The Seifer said:What about just sweetening the sound a little rather than "fixing" things.
I would call something that "needs mastering" a mixing mistake.
Blue Bear Sound said:Same point -- how do you what needs sweetening on the same system you've mixed on? Why didn't you sweeten it when you mixed??
I already pointed him towards Bob Katz' book, which right now is quite likely the bible of the mastering process.sonicpaint said:Was the intent of the question how he can go about learning to do Mastering? If so, we should try and make some suggestions toward that.