I prefer giving 'stems' to mastering houses, rather than complete mixes, though this is more important when working with pop, rock, and other 'vocal' oriented music - where one particular element is more important than all the rest. A drum and base stem would probably be a complete split down :>
>From my experience, 99% of all mastering 'challenges' could be fixed simply by going back one step to mixdown. If I had my d'ruthers, the mastering engineer would be work iteratively with the mixer, instead of dealing with everything after the fact. Unfortunatley, this takes more work and time. I'd like to ask: why are you using an external cd recorder, rather than a pc? I've never understood the logic of these units. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Big Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:49 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Mastering > Very helpful thank you! So I am going to just buy a TL Audio C-1 and use > that after the output from the desk (just for a warm feel) but before a CD > Recorder (Tascam CDR700). What do you reckon? > > > > >From: ":: erfling ::" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Mastering > >Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:49:53 +0000 > > > >comments below are spot on, my brother works in a mastering studio as a > >junior engineer, as he doesn't have clients of his own and is trying to > >buld a rep he masters stuff for unsigned people for free - they only have > >to pay minimal costs for the finished masters. Hunt around you'll probably > >find someone near you in a similar situation. > > > >I work in the same studio and after seeing what goes on I really don't > >think there is any point in trying to master stuff yourself - mastering is > >a whole discipline in itself, spend you time concetrating on writing > >engineering and mixing down and try to attend the mastering session to hear > >what they do with your tracks - that way you'll be able to see how you can > >improve your mixes before they go off to be mastered. > > > >Good luck > > > >dan > >ps before anyone asks, no I can't get your tracks mastered for free - my > >brother only takes on work from people he knows personally, or through > >immedite friends, you got to draw the line somewhere, sorry :( > > > >><><><><>< > > > >www.erfling.com > >www.maximumchillout.com > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: "Jonathan El-Bizri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Mastering > >>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:48:23 -0800 > >> > >> > >>Establish a relationship with a professional mastering house - they can > >>put > >>your music through tens of thousands of dollars of outboard gear, and even > >>more importantly, provide you with another set of ears to listen to your > >>music, one that does nothing but listen to music all day. > >> > >>bIz > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Big Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:16 PM > >>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Mastering > >> > >> > >> > Digital Village suggested that if I get a Mackie d8b before recording > >>on > >>to > >> > a CD recorder I should run it through a compressor/finalizer etc. > >>Digital > >> > Village suggested a TL Audio C-1 + an Alesis Masterlink ML-9600 as it > >>has > >> > finalizers etc? What do others suggest? > >> > > >> > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends > >> > http://messenger.msn.co.uk > >> > > >> > > >> > --- > >> > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > >> > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > >>--- > >>Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > >>You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Surf together with new Shared Browsing > >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/browse&pgmarket=en-gb&XAPID=74&DI=1059 > > > > > >--- > >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
