There is so much information on this forum. Suggest you do a search for specific items. I would also purchase Bob Katz's book on Mastering it is the best money you will spend.

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After reading that book if you have any specific questions you can post them here and I am sure someone will answer them. What you are basically asking for is for someone to hold your hand in learning mastering which is hard to do if you are not in the same room and using the same equipment and if you have no background in using audio equipment for mastering.

Here is another place to learn about mastering on the web. http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/katz_1999_secret_mastering.pdf

It's a secret so don't tell anyone else where you found it.

Best of luck!

There is a ton of info on these forums like Thomas said. There is so much to go over, I would recommed picking up some books, read the forums google search. It's important for you to get the basic concepts under you belt first.

Thanks for your replies. It's reading time for me :)

I'd chime in here to say you're getting a bit ahead of yourself. You say you want to learn Mixing/Mastering. Mastering is something that's going to take you years, if not decades, to properly learn.

Right now, what you really want to do first is learn to mix. (The mastering part comes later). By all means, it's in your best interest to keep the mastering step in mind, but first things first.

I'll second the advice already given here and suggest you crack a couple of books on the overal subject of digital recording, mixing, etc. It already sounds like you're well on your way, so don't get discouraged or frustrated. It'll take a while, but you'll surely learn as you grow.

Good luck, and keep digging around here, there's a lot of good stuff already written and posted about just what you're looking for.

if i have a deaf left ear

well I wouldn't say it's impossible but you are definately at a disadvantage.

i only have half a testi, will i have problems concieving.

I think you would have a problem even if you had 4. :-?

thats not nice.

Cause its true.

Sorry in advance for being picky and pedantic, but...

JoeH wrote: You say you want to learn Mixing/Mastering. Mastering is something that's going to take you years, if not decades, to properly learn.

I would argue that mixing takes years or decades to learn properly, as well. It is just as difficult to be an excellent mixer as it is a mastering engineer. Does it take longer to be an excellent brain surgeon as compared to a heart surgeon? Both are doctors, right?

JoeH wrote: Right now, what you really want to do first is learn to mix. (The mastering part comes later).

All of the top-grade mastering engineers I work with have negligible mixing experience. Being a ME is not the natural progression after being a mixer. One does not "graduate" from mixing to mastering. Nor is mixing a prerequisite for mastering. They are simply two separate specialties in the audio engineering field. What is important is focused, determined study and practice of the techniques relevant to each specific craft.

Zilla, I think you're uniquely qualified to make these statements, and I admit they're good food for thought.

I don't necessarily agree, however, that one can't progress from mixing to mastering (or vice versa); IMHO learning one skill only enhances and prepares you for the other. But again, I can't agrue with your experience out there.

Where I DO agree with you is that ANY discipline in the arts takes years, if not decades, of never-ending learning ones craft. When we stop learning, it's time to hang it up.

JoeH wrote: I don't necessarily agree, however, that one can't progress from mixing to mastering (or vice versa); IMHO learning one skill only enhances and prepares you for the other.

Of course. But I think you may have misread my statement. I did not make the claim that first learning mixing is a barrier to becoming a ME, only that it is not a necessary prerequisite.

The doctor analogy is a good one, but I'd take it in a slightly different direction...

I think just about every audio engineer should have a working knowledge of tracking, mixing and mastering - Just as a general practitioner would in medicine. They're all M.D.'s - But some of them choose to specialize in different areas.