Audio Mastering
Audio Mastering Posted on: 03.09.2011 by Delmar Swamy Alright so I just recently started school (my second semester) For audio engineering. Im really bombing so far(never do the hw) BUT my professor said for every FULLY mastered track I bring him that I did myself , he'll drop one hw grade(He's awesome I know). This is where I ask you guys, If you would like to have your tracks mastered, semi-professionally for free, I would like you to email me your track's project fileOR.wav (perferabbly file, it's easier to work with) to master, I assure you I am not taking your work, just trying to pass my engineering class. I'll send back your track when it's finished. I have at my disposal professional mastering gear
and ABleton and FL10Thanks in advance for helping me out | |
| Breana Singerman 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by DJBambii
So if you get a really shitty mixdown, then you might want the stems, but in all actuality you would just tell the artist to go back and look over a few things instead of taking it upon yourself to do that. |
| Teresia Janusch 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by biru
troll i know lol |
| Cordia Clemensen 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by Nephew
I believe OP has mix down and mastering confused. And "professional mastering gear " plus ableton and fruity loops... |
| Delmar Swamy 03.09.2011 | Alright so I just recently started school (my second semester) For audio engineering. Im really bombing so far(never do the hw) BUT my professor said for every FULLY mastered track I bring him that I did myself , he'll drop one hw grade(He's awesome I know). This is where I ask you guys, If you would like to have your tracks mastered, semi-professionally for free, I would like you to email me your track's project fileOR.wav (perferabbly file, it's easier to work with) to master, I assure you I am not taking your work, just trying to pass my engineering class. I'll send back your track when it's finished. I have at my disposal professional mastering gear
and ABleton and FL10 Thanks in advance for helping me out |
| Breana Singerman 05.09.2011 | [quote=biru;344584][QUOTE=DJBambii;344502]Heres all the gear
: 27 inch iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 16GB Ram 1TB Hard Drive Mackie HR824 & Genelec Monitoring Avalon VT 737sp Mic pre Nuemann TLM 102 M-Audio Profire 2626 Firewire interface M-Audio Axiom 49 Wavelab 7 What do mics, preamps, computer HW and Midi Controllers have to do with mastering? Also, the photo has a MacPro not an iMac and who would want to master in a room with a jet engine in a box? (I love macs but the pros are NOISY). I had a chance to spend an afternoon with Bob Katz with my instructor and was blown away by how simple, yet elegant his set up is in his studio and we had the chance to just watch him work and do his thing. But the part that was the most bizarre was the room itself. It was such an odd shape, never seen a room like it before but now I know why it was built that way. No mater how good your engineering tools are, if you have a shitty room you're phucked from the start. |
| Cordia Clemensen 05.09.2011 | [QUOTE=DJBambii;344502]Heres all the gear
: 27 inch iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 16GB Ram 1TB Hard Drive Mackie HR824 & Genelec Monitoring Avalon VT 737sp Mic pre Nuemann TLM 102 M-Audio Profire 2626 Firewire interface M-Audio Axiom 49 Wavelab 7 [QUOTE] What do mics, preamps, computer HW and Midi Controllers have to do with mastering? Also, the photo has a MacPro not an iMac and who would want to master in a room with a jet engine in a box? (I love macs but the pros are NOISY). |
| Delmar Swamy 04.09.2011 | Heres all the gear
: 27 inch iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 16GB Ram 1TB Hard Drive Mackie HR824 & Genelec Monitoring Avalon VT 737sp Mic pre Nuemann TLM 102 M-Audio Profire 2626 Firewire interface M-Audio Axiom 49 Wavelab 7 |
| Audria Pechman 04.09.2011 | Stem mastering seems to be a new thing. I never heard of it but a little googling showed me it is now somewhat common. What I want to know is what playback gear you plan on using while mastering. A lot of guys do not have a system with the resolution required to do proper mastering. If I had a track I would send it your way. If for some reason I get bored and decide to make one I will be sure to have you master it for me. Some of you guys should jump on this, its a chance for you to learn what is required to get a track ready for release. |
| Breana Singerman 04.09.2011 | Is this where you are attending? Because after looking over the curriculum, the only DAW's they mentioned were Pro Tools and Logic for their Computer Music Production (aka MIDI class) from what I could see, there was no mention of Ableton or Fruity Loops. |
| Breana Singerman 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by DJBambii
So if you get a really shitty mixdown, then you might want the stems, but in all actuality you would just tell the artist to go back and look over a few things instead of taking it upon yourself to do that. |
| Delmar Swamy 05.09.2011 | 1. Stems are optional. Its called Stem Mastering 2. Im going to Expressions. We use Ableton(w/Wavelab) and Logic, there's different classes for each, it's pretty cool. |
| Breana Singerman 05.09.2011 | And I did go to school for audio engineering as well. We used Pro Tools the whole time from start to finish except for when we learned the very basics of midi, and for that we used Logic. Where are you going to school at? |
| Breana Singerman 05.09.2011 | Stems? A mastering engineer doesn't need stems, all he needs is the stereo mixdown like I said before. Sounds like you want to do full on mixdowns. What one is it? |
| Hang Postman 04.09.2011 | Do your homework kid |
| Delmar Swamy 04.09.2011 | No we basically use everything, and sorry my train of though wandered while posting, I meant stem files, not Project files as for what Im using to master, I'm using WaveLab6 . sorry for being unclear and as for style, Idc, I can work with anyreally, just a little different for each |
| Teresia Janusch 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by biru
troll i know lol |
| Cordia Clemensen 04.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by Nephew
I believe OP has mix down and mastering confused. And "professional mastering gear " plus ableton and fruity loops... |
| Breana Singerman 04.09.2011 | What are you using for mastering exactly, and why would you need the project file? All the a mastering engineer needs is a stereo mixdown to do their job. |
| Kathie Caples 03.09.2011 | are you looking for any specific style to work with? |
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