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Questions on Mastering with PEAK 4, TRACKS-24 or UAD-1 or al

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Submitted by trock on

Hi



I am new to DAW recording. I have the following gear and set up and am guilty of buying a bunch of stuff before i knew what all it was. I understand this will irritate some here but please know I have been reading the manuals, testing things out etc etc



Ok I have



MAC G5 1.8 dual, with 160 Gig HD and another 250 Gig WD internal on the way.



I have



Cubase SX 2

Reason 2.5

Soundtrack

Groove Agent

Ableton Live 4

PEAK 4.1

TRACKS-24

UAD-1 Studio PAK



I also have



M-AUDIO 410



and



Roland VS 2480 (my old way of recording)

Triton Pro Workstation

POD guitar effects

Audio-Technica 4050 mic



In terms of Mastering with the choice of, or combination of,

Tracks-24, PEAK 4.1 and the UAD-1, as well as Cubase's effects

can someone tear this aprt for me and maybe tell me what they would do with this stuff?



My music is mellower acoustic in the vein of Dave Mathews etc but sometimes a little edgier with Rock/distorted guitars in there.



Is what I have, if used correctly, going to enable me to have a good sounding Master or finished product?



I know this is VERY general but I am in the Overwhelmed stage right now



I am reading all kinds of forums, books and magazines to ramp up but was hoping to have someone give me a specific to my stuff breakdown on what i can do



thanks much if possible

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Profile picture for user Massive Mastering
Massive Mastering

IMO, dump the T-Racks. With Cubase and the UAD plugs, you should be able to get fairly good results.



Technique, on the other hand... You may have several years of practical experience and experimentation ahead before you start getting satisfied with your own work. Get started.



And I know it's overdone, but Katz's "Mastering Audio" book should be on your list. It doesn't really get into mastering technique, but it certainly covers the science behind the art. Valuable information to ANY audio engineer.

Fri, 08/20/2004 - 11:41 Permalink
Profile picture for user trock
trock

Yep



thanks again massive



that book is on my list for sure.



TRACKS came out of my overzealous pursuit of music forums, it was recommended byt a bunch of people as "beginner" mastering software



Ok when you say "Years" is there anyway youd could have meant months??



HAHAHA



JK I know I am swamped right now



thanks for taking a stab at this post



By the way is PEAK 4 something iw ould use for mastering? it also came out of a "YOU NEED THIS" MAC music forum



thanks and thanks

Fri, 08/20/2004 - 12:10 Permalink
anonymous
anonymous

yeah peak is decent, stick a few very good plugs into it, learn how to use the whole lot (as john always says... practise, practise, practise...

yupp he is sooooooo... right!!) and you get a decent mastering going

a.



always remember... driving a ferrari doesn't turn you automatically into a michael schumacher. learn to drive first.

Mon, 04/11/2005 - 03:41 Permalink
Michael Fossenkemper
Michael Fossenkemper

Well I don't drive it like a ferrari, I drive it like a jeep. If I drove it like a ferrari, i'd be dead. which is partly my point. Formula one drivers don't start out in formula one's. they start out in go carts. If you don't know how to corner a fast moving car, a ferrari is a death trap. concentrate on cornering a go cart first.

Mon, 04/11/2005 - 20:50 Permalink