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

i love collecting CDs since i was a teener :) ...Does it follow that CDs labeled as "remastered" was remixed then mastered again? or is it the same old mix just remastered?. i have so many CDs which are now out again with the "remastered" copy :( TIA

... I have a session with 16 AND 24 bit files... and bounce/dither it down to 16 bit? Are the already 16 bit files affected in any way? If so, how? Thanx.

Is there a difference when I use for example the Finalizer and the L2 on the inserts? (I work with Protools) or when I use them in the chain, let's say, Interface1 out to Fin. = L2 = Interface2.

Is there a difference when I master direktly on ma PT session or when I bounce the track and I make it after.

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Thank you!

Vagelis

I'm working on a video game at the moment with 1500+ WAV files which represent all the bits of speech in our game. The problem is that they're not all consistent in average RMS output, varying anywhere from 3-9dB depending on which recording session they came from.

I'm a newbie to recording (about 2 years under my belt w/o any school), and I rely on a lot of reading, trial/error, and trying to use my ears the best I can. Now that I'm understanding the roots, and learning what it takes to record a decent tune, I'd like to start learning what mastering really is.

Finally got to get a good listen to my tune submitted to Joe for mastering.
GOOD LORD is that the same tune I recorded in my meager home studio? Sounds sweet & gigantic!
I really expected my limitations to hamper the overall outcome, but seriously folks it sounds awesome..
I'll be posting the before and after here this weekend
Thanks Joe..

Jeano

ok, first off, correct me if I'm worng, but any mastered track shouldn't go over 0db in the master bus, to prevent distortion at any volume right?. well anyway,

I want to be able do this without any "muffling" of frequencies,
or anything resulting in loss of quality.

I see that mastering engineers are able to improve imaging on mixes. I was wondering what methods are used to accomplish this goal. If I had to guess, I imagine reclocking would be helpful- right? I suppose jitter would be the enemy of excellent imaging. Although, what is foreign to me is how mastering engineers are able to improve the imaging while only working with the 2 channel mix.

Where is he?
Is he very busy with mastering sessions all the time?

Best Regards,