import your wav into a korg groovebox and raise the volume through those tubes and ur there.

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Originally posted by Eric J I learned this less he hard way too many times, so I just started running mixes through a set of compressors and EQ's from the start. Its made a big difference. It's certainly not the "proper" way to do it, but it works for me. The trick is not to smash everything to hell, but use a couple of compressors in tandem, each only reducing about 1 db.

there IS no proper way. but your approach is one of the better ones, you should always be 100% happy with your mix. If you feel like you have to say "it's not mastered yet" when letting others having a listen, you mean to say the track is not finished mixing yet.

Mastering is no magic potion which puts a spell of succes around your track. It should be merely a compatibillity checklist.

parallel compression, high/low cuts, compressing and EQing subgroups is where you should gain.

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Originally posted by djandymac cubase studio 4's compressor and maximizer lol, cant wait for my next student loan installment !

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Originally posted by Raphie There is no standard recepy or tools, just to be sure... Your track might or might not need tonal correction if you just want multiband compression and harmonics, just then mix @ -5db 24bits and master to -0.3%db in Izotope or WAVES. though just running trough these tools just for the sake of it, most of the time do more harm than that they take the track to the next level... Mastering is not about the ingredients, but about the cook

Sometimes track don't always need mastering, but when then they do, I mix to just below 0dbfs, then master to just below 0dbfs (-2 at most). Why do you do it to -5dbfs - it's just giving yourself less dynamic range in your mix and more noise floor in your master when you increase back up to 0dbfs.

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Aud...35955745&sr=8-1

get a proper understanding of the concept mastering, then you will know the answer to your own question and won't have to bother this forum with already asked question (seriously, make a search...there's lika a gazillion of theese threads already)

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

Thanks guys for all the advices