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From: Daniel Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:57 AM
To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering questionMatthew
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All you need to do is use your ears and work out if your tune sounds as good as someone elses that you like when played back on the same speakers...CALIBRATION is the name of the game...
Its as simple as that - there are no rules...
If you like it, then you have successfully mixed a track...
However, if you want it to sound as good as someone elses then start reading the SOS tutorials on mixing down in that link i gave you, read the Future Music articles on remixing and mixing and experiment with the levels on your mixer/samples.
Also tape your tunes and listen to them on different stereos. Each one will give you an idea of where the mix is going wrong and allow you to reign it back in.
Also buy some flat response monitor speakers (Tannoy Reveals, Absolute Zeros or Twos are the best low cost ones) and read about speaker placement on the internet (SOS again).
Tip: mount your speakers on stands - immediate improvement and don't move the bass/treble from the 0 position on your amp - (use source direct button on the amp if you have it).
Tip 2: If you have your speakers on a desktop like me, simply cut out a pad of heavy duty bubble wrap for underneath each monitor- air suspension float for accurate monitoring - its a bit Blue Peter, but it costs about �1 and it does the same as the �40 lumps of foam that Digital Village sell.
Record your finished tune thru soundcard into Cool Edit or Wavelab etc and Normalise (DC bias 0 and stereo link) to 100db and cut all bass below 20hz using a high pass filter - improves the track loudness no end before burning to CD for listening elsewhere or even just recording to tape for the car.
Theres loads more to learn, but I have to do some work 8(
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 11 February 2003 09:53
To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question
I would like to know more about Mastering.
how does one know what levels to set everything to etc?
lets say I just sample things and lay down a track as the samples are
recorded.
what would I then need to do to mixdown?
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Abang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:51 PM
To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question
pre-production (mixing down samples), adjusting levels (during and after the
track is arranged), and final mixdown.
i don't think there's really any order you have to do anything in, but if
you mix down any samples you're using before or while you're arranging your
track it saves you some time at the end of the project.
mixing down samples would DEFINITELY require eqing. You could compress
samples and shit too but if it's for something like drum sounds i'd
recommend leaving that off and just compressing them in whatever program
you're working in. compression/limiter stuff would be more of an FX thing to
be applied while arranging everything (or when you're doing your final
mixdown, whatever works for you).
Noise reduction is an optional thing, all depends on what elements in your
track you might need it for. Not everything requires noise reduction.
What are you using to make your tunes? each program requires kind of a
different approach to all this stuff. Logic, Cubase, and protools can all be
used for arranging and mixing down your stuff, but programs like Fruity
loops and Reason need something else for final mixing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TJ Cinnamon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
> Subject: [dnb-prod] mastering question
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> what are the main components or elements for mastering a track?
> Is it Eq,
> Compression, Limiter, Noise Reduction, do I have it in the right
> order and
> am I missing any components.
>
> Thnks Joe
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