Gear: Earthworks SR71, E-MU 0404 USB
Piano: Baldwin Baby Grand
Piano lid removed and 2 mics positioned about 3 ft above the piano, 1 mic pointed down at the treble end of the piano and the other mic pointed down at the bass end of the piano

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I would like a few tips on how to improve my mixes not perfect them.

My problem I have right now is that even when I like the sound I get and everything seems well mixed, my mixes are too quiet. I can't turn it up because it will peak and I don't just want to compress it. What are some good techniques?

Thanks For Your Time :D

What do you think the Top 10 DIY Mastering Mistakes are?

Cool interview some might enjoy:
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I have just installed the demo of T-Racks 3 and ran it stand alone and tried to improt an MP3 file of a Mix i had done earlier and it would not recognise the file format so I did a Mix of the same track to a 16 bit Wav file with a dither plugin across the Stereo Master and when I import
it into T-Racks there is some strange Alien distortion signal on the track all the way through?

Hi All,

I'm just learning the art of DIY mastering and wanted to get your opinion of a track I've done. The original mix was given to me so I have no ability to remix (I'm not the hugest fan of the mix but you deal with what you have). Here are the links to the unmastered and mastered tracks:

Hi!

I am being sold on a Lynx Hilo for my mastering conversion and monitoring solution. Do any of you ME's have an opinion on this? I noticed the Aurora has 8 channels (instead of the 2- Hilo) and sells for ~$500 less than the Hilo. Is the conversion the same? I was also looking into the CRane Song HEDD.

Please help, because my head is spinning over this.

Thanks
-C

I have been recording music as a hobby for about 8 years and i have recently come across a program in the last few years called Mixcraft, now i know its probably well known to most people out there, bit i have it on an old Toshiba laptop with a decent mic i have recorded numerous songs that sound just as good as a pro studio, if you wanna hear samples go to