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Originally posted by Cheriz let's zoom in on the loudest part of that, shall we? http://postimage.org/image/1tn9xjnqc/ wow. those waves are surprisingly not chopped off.

Sure it doesn't look chopped off, but it sure sounds like it's been limited by at least 8 dB. I simply cannot master this nor would I master as loud as this.

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Just bumping this thread up as I have nothing to master today! The tracks I've mastered have required very little processing so the A/B results aren't worth listening to, but I'm open to mastering more!

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Heya,

I think it's really cool that you are doing this for people. I may well throw you a track this evening if you are up for that?

Cheers
Nem

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Due to popular demand I've uploaded a before-and-after sample here. The track is by Voci and since the mixdown was almost spot on it pretty shows much the least I can do.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 I may well throw you a track this evening if you are up for that?

Sure thing!

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Here's my take on after

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Last edited by Raphie on May-09-2011 at 19:34

Check the link Raphie...

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my bad, fixed now.

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Think u did a good job there, stayed true to the original. only the midrange was a bit closed to my taste, could have been just a bit more open. But that might be monitoring and/or room? what are u monitoring with? certainly a decent job for software. There was a bit more headroom in there for loudness without audible artifacts, but it's good that u focus and drive for dynamics.

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Originally posted by Atlantis-AR Due to popular demand I've uploaded a before-and-after sample here. The track is by Voci and since the mixdown was almost spot on it pretty shows much the least I can do.

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You don't think yours is too loud? You really pushed the volume...the meters are practically pinned. But I wouldn't call it free from audible artefacts... Also the bass sounds boomy to me, which is why I had cut it slightly. In terms of volume I can't compete with you though, you really filled every gap possible, though I'm not so sure how it would sound the whole track being this loud...

You're right, the mids I reduced slightly because I found them a bit forward, particularly on the lead synth. I'm monitoring using a combination of Dynaudio BM5As, AKG K240S headphones and large floorstanding speakers, and I'm happy with what I'm able to achieve there.

I'll see if I can get some more samples up that give a wider sense of what I can do.

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I've pushed the needle a bit, but if you listen to the original there is already a limiter crunch in the highs,it's just a bit more appearant because of the opening up of the track. difference between volumes is significant, challenge is to find the right balance between loudness & artifacts. regarding the lows and mids, neither isn't right or wrong, it's merely taste

if you play both versions next to eachother you'll find that my versions stage sounds bigger, rounder and denser, while opening up the track, that's something that's really hard to achieve with software only.

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