Professional Mastering Techniques

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Posted by Abject Silver on Sep-30-2003 20:52:

Professional Mastering Techniques

i was wondering if anyone has had any kind of experience in learning this. what i'm talking about is making a track sound less amateurish.

well, let's see, the first step is to make sure to cover the full frequency spectrum, so that the song sounds more 'complete.'

secondly, very seldom allow for a completely silent moment, so that means reverb.

but how do you make a song sound professional? i'm trying equalizing the final output and adding some compression there, too, but it's not working out just right.

one thing that i noticed in some tracks is that producers make a certain instrument, like a quiet hi-hat, output only to the left or right channel, let's say.

any ideas/experiences to share?

Posted by Massive84 on Sep-30-2003 21:13:

Lol mate, you seriously need to buy some glasses :P

The First thread of this section of this forum called Exploration of Mastering..

Now there are some good posts, read them youl get more answers in there

laters

Posted by dbl on Sep-30-2003 21:30:

exactly... check first or do a search..

how hard can such thing's be....
*think's of all the freaking how to produce thread's* hehe

Posted by Abject Silver on Sep-30-2003 21:44:

eeep!

haha, my bad. i never look at the stickies, and to my own peril, it seems.

sorry, and thanks