what do you need it for?

Well i'm not a pro in mastering and i don't have studio monitors yet, i work with the 2.1 system and i know people in here said is not good producing in 2.1 ( i saw that post who explained why) and i use my headphones (solo hd). I don't know sure if i will be able to finish a song like that is so hard and confusing when i play it on speakers. Anyway i would like to know if i can use theese services in case i will finish a song with what i have at the moment and also after i will buy the monitors.. They say is professional mastering, i saw the demos before and after , is awesome indeed , and they have prices even for only one track.

to be able to do any decent mastering-job the sound engineers would need a well mixed track first from you (the elements must at least be in balance of each other and it need to have good headroom and dynamics to work with). you wont be able to do that without good monitoring so you might just as well wait until you have proper monitors. mastering is just the final little touch (think the last 3% of the job to make it fit radio, tv, car-audio, PA etc etc), they cant do magic about a track that is mixed on faulty sounding monitors. you could post a sample of your track and i can tell you to save the money for better monitoring. keep the project until you can hear it properly and then finish it. meanwhile just make lots of tracks and focus the creative part. mastering is mostly bullshit unless youre at a high level, and since you ask i bet youre not, considering your monitoring situation. theres no shortcuts. learn how to mix before even thinking about mastering. also learn how to write before worrying about mixdown.

order of priority:
1. write tracks and learn to be good at it!! ideas, creativity etc etc. takes about 5-10 years.
2. learn how to mix down your tracks to sound awesome (needs good monitors!). takes about 5-10 years (can be parallel with above)
3. maybe consider mastering, or just learn it yourself.

edit: btw this is the djbooth, not production forum. mastering for djmixes is just weird.

Last edited by Zak McKracken on Jul-11-2013 at 21:32

5-10years huh!

In 2 years i will be ready to be pro on this : 1. write tracks and learn to be good at it!! ideas, creativity etc etc. takes about 5-10 years.

I know that i must to do a good mixed track.

The monitors... are just plenty out there at quite the same prices, i don't know what to buy. I may say that i'm not able to have the desk and etc in the middle of the wall and all those things that i saw. I know also there are no shorcuts, but the music for me isn't something like a hobby i want to dedicate myself and to be a fucking awesome producer/dj.

And i saw this : Post any questions you may have about mixing techniques, samples, software, etc. that why i posted in here.. god >.> anyway thanks for making me to take a decision , i was thinking few times to wait till i get the good monitors and all the things to be at their place before start to finish a song.

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Originally posted by Tecty They say is professional mastering, i saw the demos before and after , is awesome indeed , .

not really what mastering is. I honestly wouldn't bother. If you can't master your own stuff in a way that is somewhat good in that it will garner the attention of people that want to play it, you probably aren't at a level that your stuff should be played.

Don't waste your money. And don't force your shit on people because your the dj and you want to stroke your ego. Has to be my biggest pet peeve with djs. It isn't about you.

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Originally posted by Tecty They say is professional mastering, i saw the demos before and after , is awesome indeed , .

not really what mastering is. I honestly wouldn't bother. If you can't master your own stuff in a way that is somewhat good in that it will garner the attention of people that want to play it, you probably aren't at a level that your stuff should be played.

Don't waste your money. And don't force your shit on people because your the dj and you want to stroke your ego. Has to be my biggest pet peeve with djs. It isn't about you.

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I can master "in a way that is somewhat good" but professional is a way better.

I know i'm not that good to be played as a pro and etc , so i don't get why you're talking about this... if i'm asking theese things i guess is obviously that i'm not at the level, not yet.

And i don't get what you wanna say with this : And don't force your shit on people because your the dj and you want to stroke your ego. Has to be my biggest pet peeve with djs. It isn't about you.

If is what i understood from it : Don't play your own music forcefully when you're a dj because you're the dj , then bro... you really talked and meet alot of retard djs. I couldn't do that , i don't know how someone could do that.

PS: I think i got it. You wanna say that i shouldn't play my music as a dj just because i'm the dj , i should know if the people like it? Well i guess the DJ is the one to make the choice , obivously everytime is someone who don't love a track or like it , but is like that not everybody have the same tastes , that why someone is a fan of that dj and the other of another dj .. etc etc.. i'm bored of writing so i stop here !

Last edited by Tecty on Jul-11-2013 at 22:40

how old are you?

lets hear some samples

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