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Originally posted by Rodri Santos maybe on some cases but this only apply if you actually know how to do it properly which i think it's not the OP case and mine too

Only re-master if it really needs it, and make sure you practice a lot first, before you do it. Mastering is an entirely different beast and a craft skill most don't understand, and takes a while to perfect. As a recording engineer, mastering is the job I prefer not to do. You can do some serious damage to a track, if it's not done right. Only tracks I've ever done this too, is the shit sounding ones produced to vinyl. Typically the ones that were pressed in a basement. Otherwise I leave the tracks alone.

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Originally posted by djkatmaus Only re-master if it really needs it, and make sure you practice a lot first, before you do it. Mastering is an entirely different beast and a craft skill most don't understand, and takes a while to perfect. As a recording engineer, mastering is the job I prefer not to do. You can do some serious damage to a track, if it's not done right. Only tracks I've ever done this too, is the shit sounding ones produced to vinyl. Typically the ones that were pressed in a basement. Otherwise I leave the tracks alone.

Only started with production about 9 month ago, so mastering a track is still way out of my league. Most of the time when I come across a badly mastered track it is the lower frequencies that are missing. I have tried to tweak it a bit but the results is still not satisfying, suppose it will take a long time to develop a hearing for mastering.

Thanks for all your time peeps, learning is slow and painful.

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"A studio environment is there to be exploited. I don't really hold with these 'all live on 2 decks mixes'. If you want that, go to the gig." - Ben Watt

I never do anything to touch up a recording of my mix. I don't know why anybody ever would, as it's not a genuine example of what your mix would sound like. If your levels are all over the place in the recording, then you should learn to use your gains properly.

to be clear the red light of your meters shouldn't make appearance and if you see it think that you need to buy new speakers or use the eqs wisely, red light = clipping

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Originally posted by idoru I never do anything to touch up a recording of my mix.

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I will use lite compression.
A bit of limitter but nothing hectic.

If I found the over all sound a little lack luster and muddy then I might apply a very small amount of BBE sonic maximizer. This I am very wary of doing and will refence this on several systems before I let it go.

Cheers
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If you know how to improve your mix quality it's fine but now i think, isn't the live thing what makes djing a bit challenging?

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Originally posted by Rodri Santos If you know how to improve your mix quality it's fine but now i think, isn't the live thing what makes djing a bit challenging?

Indeed, live is what it is all about. But there is also no harm in presenting the best sounding demo possible in order to put you in that situation.

Cheers
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Originally posted by idoru I don't know why anybody ever would, as it's not a genuine example of what your mix would sound like.

Every club uses compressors and limiters, so you could easily argue that without compression it's not a genuine example. Or more accurately, it's not a genuine example with or without compression as your settings will never be the same as the club's...

Without wanting to drag up the whole argument about what a demo should be like, this is just one way in which any demo you create will never be an accurate representation of one of your live sets, even if it was recorded live! So why bother trying to make it as close as you can when in reality it's a completely different animal?

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add compression