I'm very green at this stuff and i ran across something i just don't get.

I squashed a mix in Wavelab with the L2 to -0.2db with threshold of -7 and Arc on, the wavelab output meter actually read -0.2db, ok fine and dandy.

I am trying to better understand the mechanics of D.C. offset.
All I know is that it will reduce dynamic range and create subharmonic distortion. I assume that these promlems arise from dsp and errors in ad conversion.
Are my assumptions or believeed knowledge wrong?
Please, someone shed some light on the subject.

When providing a master version on CD-R what is the best way to label the disc? After reading various pros and cons of the different methods used, is using a water-soluble ink pen the best answer?

I think this might really be a mastering question - only in reverse.

A client brought in a split track CD and wanted me to adjust the level of the vocal track relative to the music track. Piece of cake in the DAW.

Hi friends! Just now Brazilian plants are asking for ISRC codes at the CD Masters we dliver them. I use TOast 5.0.2 and also have Masterlist, but this one requires a SCSI burner, something I do not intend to go back with.
Whcih would you recommend me? BTW.. I am a MAC G4 800 user.
Thanks
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i'm curious as to what i can do to make my recordings not sound like crap when they go through the radio's compressors and limiters and whatnot. i want to keep my mixes dynamic, but what can i do to the whole thing to make it not sound like crap when it runs through those compressors? should i fight compression with compression? and if so how?

Hello,

I am currently living in LA, and as a beginner i am lookging for a school or institute that offers master degree near LA. I know there is MI but they don't have master's program.
If anyone has some info, please post...

thanks

I'd like to poll the membership as to their experiences in mastering. Have you brought a project to a mastering engineer? Did the mastering process improve the final product or not? Was it worth the time & money? Was the engineer responsive to your needs? Would you do it again? Do you prefer to do mastering yourself & if so, why?

:) In the initial analisis of a song, and if you detect some bass problems, do you tame the EQ on the bottom to a predetermined starting point, or proceed to make individual content corrections rooted on past experience, and the impression from your system?

--Rick

Hello all. I am a musician who owns a small home studio and am recording a very interesting project. It's my own project; a conceptual album in a progressive rock style ala Pink Floyd meets Dream Theater. I'm working hard composing, tracking, arranging and later on will be busy mixing.