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I have a minor question.
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| themohawk |
| First, dont give me a lot of crap about reading the stickys before posting this thread... :P I`ve read them, and cant find the answer to my question; when you master a track, do you master the whole track at once, or do you master it sample by sample/loop by loop/bit by bit(if you know what i mean)? |
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| djdustx |
you assign each and every sound/loop/melody its own frequency/eq/mastering qualities.
Seb |
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| No Left Turn |
| Mastering is the last stage of dynamic processing to a song/track. After laying down your final stereo mix, mastering would be adding very specific eq'ing and compression to add/subtract frequencies that would make the mix sound better. |
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| djdustx |
true...but debatable
when it comes to bass and kick...i eq to make sure i have the right building blocks to work with...
to each his own...
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| sonic_akb |
No, mixing step concerns about the process where you set the level/pan/eq/dinamics/effects for each track in your song.
Here. you should try to find a perfect mix, where all the sounds fit well and they don't fight each other for the specific frequency or level.
After that, you renderize all the tracks into the stereo mix.
So, the mastering step concerns about setting thew hole stereo mix. You apply multiband compression, EQ if necessary (should be avoid in this step), exciter, enhancer etc. in order to prepare the stereo mix for the CD (that's, it makes the stereo mix more professional - according the standart market for the trance tunes). The mastering step split the amateurs and pro producers!
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| Tech0rz |
I agree with sonic
Correct me if i'm wrong but, to "Master" a song would refer to enhancing the final output as a whole, just like the "Master" fx channel controls the final output for all the elements.
Just putting 2+2 together, anyone shed any light on this definition?
Like mentioned above, for individual sound it is commonly EQ and other FX that generate the required sound. I doesn't seem right, for example, to say "How do i master this kick?" or "How should this synth be mastered?"
Again, correct me if I'm wrong. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by themohawk
First, dont give me a lot of crap about reading the stickys before posting this thread... :P I`ve read them, and cant find the answer to my question; when you master a track, do you master the whole track at once, or do you master it sample by sample/loop by loop/bit by bit(if you know what i mean)? |
Mastering occurs on the master track by definition. This is after all the subcomponents have been mixed. |
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| moth |
Yes tech and digi are right on this one.
Remember mastering is the final step before the track is put on a medium such as CD or Vinyl. It won't really make your track better, but it will make it sound better on said medium.
Unless you are doing something like this, I wouldn't really worry about mastering a track. You could make a wicked track and not master it at all, so just keep workin' at it. |
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| pho mo |
Agreed and agreed. As producers we should be perfecting our mixing abilities to the point where a mastering stage is unnecessary.
Mastering should be left for when your perfectly mixed track is going onto a compilation CD for example, then all the tracks are mastered to sound better together.
Of course as amateurs our mixing isn't perfect so go and take your master stereo track, whack some massive compression and limiting until it sounds just like your favourite radio show :D |
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