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needhow much to get track proff mastered??? (pg. 5)
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| Storyteller |
Quite a price to pay considering a master is usually done in under 15 minutes :). 400$+ an hour ain't bad hahaha.
Of course it's the expertise you pay for.
I always send out unmastered tracks, I'm not planning on paying the mastering myself, and I'm glad a never had to.
Some of my tracks have been mastered, some haven't. It should have been deducted from my royalties once, that was the agreement, but when the statements came they didn't get deducted after all :). Personally I think mastering is the responsibility of a record label, it's part of the investment in the music itself. If you're convinced (as a label) the mastering costs would exceed the income than the track isn't release worthy to begin with. |
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| djsphere |
i happen to know guys that signed their stuff to labels like anjunabeats, discover, vandit, somatic sense, monster tunes..... and they sent unmastered tracks.
there you have it pro mastering it's not a must. plus, most labels ask for unmastered version of the demo track so that they can master it in the way they like.
personally i think that what matter most (regarding the sound) it's the quality of the actual synth sounds & fx, and a good mix, from the producer's point of view that is. |
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| maximlee |
thanks
but i have to say that antonyross knows his stuff.... i mean some people here are basicially saying that they in there 5- 10grand studios so not to offence anyone can compete with a dude that this job is to sit between two speakers that alone are 10000....i mean come on you are only fooling ureself here.... the people i want to give my tune too hears 100s a day.... it has to sound good....
simply by sticking a L3 ultra max on it may make it sound huge but as you wrote the track you cant make the final judgements...
many thanks yet again... |
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| mysticalninja |
| quote: | Originally posted by maximlee
the people i want to give my tune too hears 100s a day.... it has to sound good....
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well if you cant do that on your own sucks for you. i'm glad you think that way though, because eventually i'll be the guy people like you pay to sound good. |
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| mysticalninja |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
p.s. we went over this i thought, eric prydz uses a mastering engineer. |
no he said in the interview that he masters his own tracks and never uses eq in mastering. |
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| lenieNt Force |
| quote: | Originally posted by maximlee
as you wrote the track you cant make the final judgements... |
Ofcourse you can? Its ur song, right? |
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| lenieNt Force |
| quote: | Originally posted by mysticalninja
no he said in the interview that he masters his own tracks and never uses eq in mastering. |
Me neither. If I feel I have to eq when mastering, the mix aint good enough. So then I'll start mixing a little more instead. |
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| richg101 |
paying for mastering yourself or letting the label deal with it are exactly the same - as long as you dont pay over the odds for mastering, and you get a outcome as good as what the label 'mastering' choice gets. if your track gets signed the label deducts the cost of the mastering from your earnings. if you provide the label with a good enough mastered version(that they feel is high enough quality for them to release) then they will use that and cannot deduct from your earnings.
there is no need to pay £100 for mastering a track. online services start at £25 per track. and imo they will get a better outcome than the average home producer on a mission to get signed.
I think that £25 is worth it just for a impartial second opinion, especially as you can hear sample of their work before paying for the service.
i have used www.audiomasters.co.uk who offer a very good cheap service. tracks they mastered have been played in clubs and radio by gabriel and dresden, marco v, albert vorne, markus schulz, and the list goes on... they wouldnt have been used in clubs if i hadnt spent that little bit to get them tweeked by an impartial ear using different monitors and some software/dsp hardware i cannot afford. |
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| DJ-Igloo |
OK.. Lets see if i can Shed some light here with out getting to involved to deep...
I'm a producer and DJ, signed on such labels as Armada, Alter Ego, and Black Hole. My production partner and I also server as A & R's for Alter Ego Records one of the fastest growing prominate Labels at the moment. We have always been requested to sumbit -3db un masterd tracks to labels because they send them off to their mastering houses.. Even at Alter Ego Records we ask artist to please send us a -3db unmasterd track because we send them off to the mastering house were associated with. With this being said, if you want to send a masterd copy of a demo for a label to check out that is fine and great that gives us the chance to see the full potential of the track. However, you will be asked 9/10 for a -3dbs un masterd track, if not the label has some bigger issues to fry.. Thats my 2 cents I hope it helps...
Thanks,
David "Wes" Johnson
David & Carr
Alter Ego Records |
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| Sean Walsh |
| quote: | I think that £25 is worth it just for a impartial second opinion, especially as you can hear sample of their work before paying for the service.
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This is a good point. Having a fresh set of ears listen to the track could potentially be invaluable; personally speaking I know after producing a track that it's impossible for me to listen to it in an impartial manner. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by richg101
if your track gets signed the label deducts the cost of the mastering from your earnings. |
That really depends on the label, the contract and your negotiation skills ;). As said, I have never paid for the mastering and these costs have never been deducted from my royalties thus far.
And I feel some people are really narrow minded with saying their way is the only way how it happens. It's a bit frustrating and I won't elaborate on it... I'll just look at what other people have to say. |
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| mysticalninja |
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