mastering

[mr kevin foushee]

do you do the mastering on your songs or send them out to be dont. if you do master them what programs do you use and if you can give us a step by step as to how you go about mastering them thanks.

[dennis f]

Mastering is best left to the professionals who specialize in it.

Here's the one thing everyone forgets......and one you should make sure never leaves you.

If it has been mixed correctly then there is no need for someone to come in and FIX it!!!

The mastering engineer just makes sure my low end isn't running away and my high end is not piercing. He makes sure I'm within redbook cd spec which is -0.3 db. And if i'm going to vinyl he makes sure that low end isn't rumbling so much as to overtly expand the groove into the next groove when lathing.

Thats it. The end. I'm always suspect of someone who wants to master their own stuff or their friends do it.

LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY MIX A RECORD FIRST!!

I can't emphasize this enough...and mastering isn't an issue.

Now...don't get me wrong...there has been the odd case/rare event of a half deaf mastering engineer doing our record and making it sound like crap when all he had to do was leave it alone. Haven't had an issue since we switched though.


DF

[mr kevin foushee]

thanks man ill take that advice to heart

[rissa]

Mastering is best left to the professionals who specialize in it.

Here's the one thing everyone forgets......and one you should make sure never leaves you.

If it has been mixed correctly then there is no need for someone to come in and FIX it!!!

The mastering engineer just makes sure my low end isn't running away and my high end is not piercing. He makes sure I'm within redbook cd spec which is -0.3 db. And if i'm going to vinyl he makes sure that low end isn't rumbling so much as to overtly expand the groove into the next groove when lathing.

Thats it. The end. I'm always suspect of someone who wants to master their own stuff or their friends do it.

LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY MIX A RECORD FIRST!!

I can't emphasize this enough...and mastering isn't an issue.

Now...don't get me wrong...there has been the odd case/rare event of a half deaf mastering engineer doing our record and making it sound like crap when all he had to do was leave it alone. Haven't had an issue since we switched though.


DF

amen

[kinglion973]

this is the one thing many take for granted lately is mastering , only a few are truly good at it , and thats a fact, i now realize if we leave it to the pro's many records we play would sound 100% better.