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Mastering / Tweaking your demo's
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| superglo |
ok. I've tried searching around but i havent really found that answer that i'm looking for. Here it goes..
I know a few people who record their demo's then master or tweak or do whatever they do with software on a computer. I mean is it really necessary or advisable to master your demo's ? What needs to be done ? as in tweak the eq's ? remove remove noise ?
As for me, i just hit the record button, finish the recording, boost the gain(i record at a low volume),then export the wave file when i'm done.
What about the rest of you guys ? |
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| Clovis86 |
I usually adjust any clipping in soundforge, with the volume envelopes, and level it out as best as possible...then just save as 192.
I know theres ways in cubase and to compress it and do most of that automatically I think...I dunno...Boomer worked some magic on my last mix...
lol |
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| bobba lou |
| peak is ur friend |
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| Allied Nations |
Don't normalize.
It will flatten your demo and make it very dull in my experience. |
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| Xtracktor |
| If you have a ghetto system like me, remove all the white noise, clicks and pops, then wavehammer :toothless |
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| djdk |
| i usually run my mixes through the Waves L2 plugin to get them as loud as possible without clipping. |
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| superglo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xtracktor
If you have a ghetto system like me, remove all the white noise, clicks and pops, then wavehammer :toothless |
mmm explain ? |
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| richg101 |
just gain the recording so its as loud as possible and apply a bit of compression. not much tho cos if the tracks are professional they should be comped perfectly to start with and you ll end up over comping.
i often boost the bass a little before applying compression. it seams to give the mix more oomph if done right and with the right comp settings. you need to search how to use a compressor if your gonna make it work right. |
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| sr126 |
right now, i'm just going from dj mixer to mini-disc recorder. it's fine for now.
i have a tc unity card on my O2R that i could use for mastering, but neither of dat's feel like working... so i haven't bothered plugging in the O2R into the chain just to record into mini disc. i've tried it, and i wasn't really happy w/it. it wasn't so much the sound, i was unhappy w/the trouble i went thru to hook everything/ setting the levels, yadda-yadda... just to record on a mini-disc. |
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| Felix.Hoo |
yeah im having this problem too...
my dj demo tends to sound softer at the start and gets louder progressively... at some pt it might clip. Compression on the demo does help..
BUT i got a question,
if you try to make every track in ur whole mix sound relatively at the same volume level without much dynamic changes... wouldnt it sound dull?
ie. volume changes in the demo kinda can induce percieve changes in energy level. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by Felix.Hoo
yeah im having this problem too...
my dj demo tends to sound softer at the start and gets louder progressively... at some pt it might clip. Compression on the demo does help..
BUT i got a question,
if you try to make every track in ur whole mix sound relatively at the same volume level without much dynamic changes... wouldnt it sound dull?
ie. volume changes in the demo kinda can induce percieve changes in energy level. |
You need to keep your gain structure tighter. You shouldn't use conpression or any other type of effect on a mix because you were pushing the gain higher towards the end. Just redo the mix and keep in mind not to push your gains as you progress. The only thing I can really reccomend is to put a little bit of compression using something like the L2 in Waves to put just a little bit more of a polish over the top but it should be barely noticeable. IMHO mix sets don't need mastering, or they shouldn't.
Songs have their own dynamics you don't need to create your own dynamics by mismatching gain levels. This is also why you don't overdo the compression or normalize demos because it will sap the dynamic range of your mix. |
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| idoru |
| I've never mastered/tweaked my demos. :-/ |
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