I need ME advice before I record.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:07 pm

what a cool fascinating thread... thanks guys for sharing!

Moderator Joined: Sep 12, 2002 Posts: 1881 Location: NYC

StevenGurg wrote:

Four levels of difficulty... like noise reduction, EQ, compression, level setting... der neuzlessen, EeCue, Kompression, lefelsetten?
SG

Ahh, getting clever are we? But seriously, keep us posted on your progress and pitfalls if any.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:17 am

I knew someone would catch on.

I have a question for you Michael (others too, as this is a forum of us). Is is reasonable to send just one disc or one track to a mastering engineer and pay to have just that one track or disc done, as a way of evaluating the benefit of having all the others mastered. As I mentioned, I am creating a 16-CD set of spoken word, with a March 1 deadline for delivering the final or masters. Since there will be no music (apart from the intro to each disc that they add later), all of my discs will sound the same. I am planning to keep all settings the same, the booth will be the same, and all knobs, levels, etc the same so as to keep the recorded sound equivalent. So, if I send one track or disc to an ME, I would expect that all of them could sound exactly like that. Is that reasonable? BTW, I am scheduled to be in NYC around March 20-27th which would allow sitting in or at least meeting you or other ME's in the city. Again. would this be a reasonable approach?
SG

Moderator Joined: Sep 12, 2002 Posts: 1881 Location: NYC

That is more than a reasonable approach, That is how I would do it. Win win for both parties. Just be sure to let them know that this is what the game plan is and to save their settings if you decide to go with them.

Drop by and say hi when you get into town. It's always good to put a face to the posts even though your avatar looks nice and all.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:05 am

StevenGurg wrote:

As I mentioned, I am creating a 16-CD set of spoken word, with a March 1 deadline for delivering the final or masters.

Less surfing, more narrating.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:41 am

You said it, Chris. I do have to get busy here.

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