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Posted by eee.ddd.y on Jun-25-2008 06:36:

Mastering houseing my own tunes and they turn out OK..but now i wanna send them to a

Ive tried master my own tunes and they turn out OK..but now i want to send my tunes to a professional mastering studio so i can compare how they master it to mine..and the difference in results..i also want to figure out if they can make it a bit less muddy..if they cant then i will know that it is at my mixing stage where the problem is.....anyway, there are plenty of companies who offer this service but im not sure who to go for??anyone recommend a studio that will do a job on music of a trancy progressive style???

thanks,

eddie

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jun-25-2008 06:38:

they can't fix a bad mixdown man -- if it's muddy going in, it will be muddy going out. they really have no ability (unless they are stem mixing it) to fix it. they simply get your tune to the volume level of todays music without distortion and eq spikes.

as for masteirng engineers, i use jack the bear. love his work, couldn't be any happier with the servce. http://www.jackthebear.com.au/ -- tell him i sent you!

Posted by Waza on Jun-25-2008 13:49:

Yip DjAnothony is right you have to get your Mixdown Spot on other wise it's a complete waist of time and money and sometimes Mastering Engineers will not even touch it.

Posted by derail on Jun-25-2008 23:25:

Mastering won't make your music sound better. It'll make it sound more "correct" (plays back faithfully on a wide range of systems) and it'll raise the average level if required.

The final sound comes 99.9% from the mixdown, 0.1% from the mastering. Take full responsibility for your sound. I've paid a fair bit of money over the years in order to find this out. If you want to spend a lot of your money too, it's your choice!

Posted by eee.ddd.y on Jun-26-2008 03:08:

thanx guys..jus one more question..i usually stick a vintage warmer and small bit of compression over the mix before the first export..should i just send the mix exported with no plugins over it???

Posted by Subtle on Jun-26-2008 04:34:

quote:
Originally posted by eee.ddd.y
thanx guys..jus one more question..i usually stick a vintage warmer and small bit of compression over the mix before the first export..should i just send the mix exported with no plugins over it???
Yes, preferably, make sure its not clipping.

Remember that what you hear is what you get, at an even volume.

Posted by cristianokeller on Jun-28-2008 05:22:

You must send with nothing (0 plugins) at the master.
Do not normalize.
And leave 3 to 6 db of headroom for they work.