Just finished mixing a song, hard rock/metal. The band might get intreasted in getting it pro mastered (I'm coaxing them into it) . But before we decide, ill post a link to the song and let you ppl. decide whether it's worth it or not.

ok ive just finished mixing a song into the final master mix. my question is what all do you normally do to a master mix?
I'm using cool edit pro. normally what i do is do a final light noise reduction to eliminate any hiss, then i hard limit, then normalize it. i think my stuff sounds ok...its nice, clean,and loud and all, but I'm still wondering about some things...

Just finished mixing the song. The band might get intreasted in getting it pro mastered (I'm coaxing them into it) . But before we decide, ill post a link to the song and let you ppl. decide whether it's worth it or not.

Just curious if anyone here has anything good or bad to say about the mastering work offered by Disc Makers?

Just checking to see what ratio is normally used in rock for boosting volume without squashing the song too much. I just finished a song and applied a 2:1 stereo compression to it. Its still not loud but has very prominant dynamics. (sounds good in my opinion but just not very loud). Is a 3:1 ratio considered too severe in today's rock music?
Justin

Hey i was reading John's (Massive Mastering) process of mastering the song and i realized that i was rushing the song because i was done in approx 25 min.

Hello,

I've seen this feature on hi-end mastering consoles (Manley custom, Maselec, old Neumann desks) but is there any stand-alone equipment that can provide it?

thanks

tommaso

This might be a wide type of question, but I would really appreciate your answers. I plan on starting to learn to master mainly rock albums. I have my own recording studio, but I dont intend on mastering what I record. Im going to master other people's work.

What mastering compressor, EQ, limiter, summin bus, processors, monitors do you use or recommend?

How can I tell if a recorded CD-R will meet the Redbook standards?

I want to be able to make a demo CD that will play in all players that are designed to read audio CDs. I realize that some old machines may not be able to read through the greenish tint as opposed to the clear silver looking pressed ones, but otherwise I want the demo CD to be capatible.

I'm currently working on a project and I'll be sending it off to get mastered in the near future. So what should I bounce it down to, DAT or CD-R? I'm currently working in 24/48.

I've heard that DAT has lower error rates than CD-R, but as far as I know DAT's are only 16 bit, right?

If DAT is the preffered media. .