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Originally posted by noicuc Yeah i have a compressor on the master. Take it away? Then what happens to "Mastering" the song?

You let someone who actually knows how to master do the mastering.

Sticking compressor on master bus != mastering.

Yepp, take it away, or at least change the threshold setting to compress only the worst peaks...

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and if you do put a compressor on the master channel do not compress the hell out of your song you will loose all the dynamics of the song and it will sound worse.

but as mrjivebojingles said get someone else to do the mastering.

Pumping is usually due to excessive compression/limiting so check those.

Also, double- and triple-compressing things (e.g., on the track, on the submix, on the master) can lead to pumping, depending on your settings, particularly the attack and release settings at each stage of compression.

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for many different reasons it's just plain suicide to do the mixing and mastering at the same time. Keep the master clean untill the mixdown is 110% done.

It will only do harm to have that compressor there during the mixing.

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Originally posted by noicuc Yeah i have a compressor on the master. Take it away? Then what happens to "Mastering" the song?

Haha awesome. Seriously, stay away from the studio until you've read up on the basics.

A compressor isn't just something you can throw on and expect it to magically give your track perfect dynamics; you have to know how to use it, and even then, it's rare to activate one on the master track until the rest of the mix has already been done.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Haha awesome. Seriously, stay away from the studio until you've read up on the basics. A compressor isn't just something you can throw on and expect it to magically give your track perfect dynamics; you have to know how to use it, and even then, it's rare to activate one on the master track until the rest of the mix has already been done.

I guess your right then.... Im a really stupid mastering guy..

*Proceeds to delete Fruity Multiband Compressor*

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Originally posted by DigiNut Haha awesome. Seriously, stay away from the studio until you've read up on the basics. A compressor isn't just something you can throw on and expect it to magically give your track perfect dynamics; you have to know how to use it, and even then, it's rare to activate one on the master track until the rest of the mix has already been done.

is compression really that basic? i remember when i first started out i didn't know what it does, later on some engineer told me, but i don't see it as that basic... well, i guess things change over the years.. it seams now days people are way obsessed with getting a "pro" sound rather than having good tunes...

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Originally posted by Vortex_SA is compression really that basic? i remember when i first started out i didn't know what it does, later on some engineer told me, but i don't see it as that basic... well, i guess things change over the years.. it seams now days people are way obsessed with getting a "pro" sound rather than having good tunes...

is driving a car basic? is using a computer basic? how long is a rope?

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Originally posted by Vizay is driving a car basic? is using a computer basic? how long is a rope?

i think a better analogy would be if knowing what an alternator does is basic or how a HD work, or from what is rope fibers made of...

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