I master my own tracks.

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what you use? and how did you learn to do it?

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Mastering depnds on what you plan on doing with your track.

If you are intending it to go out as a real release on real Vinyl then by all means do a "Rough demo" master", but make sure you have an unmastered version that you give to the label / Cutting room when you start the physical process of making the actual vinyl.

If at all possible attend the session so you can see what the mastering engineer does and learn from it. This is really useful..

If it's going on CD then again leave the mastering to the Pros, but again see if you can attend.

If you are sticking a track up on a website or just for local play then by all means try it yourself, but be aware that unless you are either very skilled, or very lucky you won't get the most out of your track. Not least because you are mastering in the same environment as you wrote which means you can't hear the flaws in the mix induced by your monitoring setup.

I just discovered a great plugin that is awesome for mastering. It is called Ozone 3. See info on it here:

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/

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I don't master my tracks, if a label happens to sign it they are likely to do it better than me

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do digital labels master tracks if they sign them?

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I use T-Racks and if you have the money - Waves!

There are some tutorials on here somewhere! Search and give them ago! I did buy that trance experience book, helps a little but it's too focused on the Waves stuff!

Labels do master signed tracks but however, I have had tracks sent from a well know producer (no names mentioned) and the mastering is no different than when I downloaded the tune from a download portal (supporting the artist). I assume he does such a good job that the labels see if fit to leave it!

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Originally posted by dj_kane do digital labels master tracks if they sign them?

Some do it, some don't

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Well, i have try to do it my self, but as said before, i think its good to have a fresh pair of ears to do it for you. I my experience, after listening to the track over and over again, your ears tend to get numb sometimes, so if you deside to do it your self, you should wait a couple of days before doing it, and rest your ears from producing, the you hear the track in a whole nother dimention.

If you want you can, just before mastering, listen to a released track from a cd that you think sounds good, and then right after listen to your own and try to hear whats missing in the soundpicture, and you can even import that tune into your wave studio and see how it is in the spectrum analyzer, and train your ears a bit. In this way you can follow the sound and see how the the different frequencies work...etc..etc..

Or if you wanna pay for it, try this, its cheep and the results are really good. I used it on my latest track (which got signed), and im satisfied.They are specialised on clubmusic.

http://www.master-your-track.com/

Or if you want, u can try this one out. Ive heard they are good to. A little expencive though.

http://www.online-mastering.com/

Thats what i had to share, i dont say that this is what you SHOULD do, as some peolpe tend to think, but something you can try if you want.

Cheers

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Latest tune:Dj Eco - Paradise now (Onova remix) [Lunatique records]

Would these type of places you mention ever tell you EXACTLY how they mastered your track so you can learn?

Alternatively, could you also send them your own attempt at mastering your track so they can tell you where you went wrong?

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Originally posted by Synchronicity Would these type of places you mention ever tell you EXACTLY how they mastered your track so you can learn? Alternatively, could you also send them your own attempt at mastering your track so they can tell you where you went wrong?

Sorry, dont know that, but you can try. But i dont think they will share what they make money on!?

But they can tell you what ecuiptment they use when they do it, just ask them , but as i said, dont think they will tell you how you should or should not do it, then you should take some mastering courses.

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Download my tracks at AJ-tunes!
ajtunes.com/onova

Latest tune:Dj Eco - Paradise now (Onova remix) [Lunatique records]