In the unlikely event that you have some free time to spend on little ol' me... ;)

Recently I was explaining to a friend the difference between the recording, mixing and mastering stages when an interesting topic of conversation popped up...

I need to have a project that is mastered to CD and is not available on any other media. Would it be worth tracking the CD to 1/2" 30 IPS before I take it be Mastered properly. Or should I just let the engineer do his thing with the CD. By the way the material was originally recorded in the 50's and mastered to CD in the 70's.

Anybody listen to this puppy? My first impression was: "too loud!", so I taped it and listened to it a few times. Brilliant record with a great concept throughout. The sound is still bugging me though. I'm playing the CD right now and I hate thinking about the technical side of it. I just can't help it, though. Am I being paranoid or over-sensitive? Tell me I'm crazy!

Hi all,

I tried doing a search in this forum, but couldn't find what I was lookin' for... So here I am. :)
-tkr

I'm wondering if someone can help me. I have to transfer some old 78s to CD for someone and I don't have a turntable that plays 78's. I work in Pro Tools and was planning to record in at 1/2 speed playing at 33 1/3 or 45 rpm which would get me to within about 15% of the correct pitch.

Hi,
I need a bit of advice on which mastering software to purchase. I have narrowed it done to WaveBurner Pro and Spark. Does anyone have any thoughts on either on one of these programs. I am running TDM Mix ++ with all of the trimmings.

Thanks,

Mike

Ok, I have had my copy of Pink Floyds "Dark side of the moon" on SACD and I am wondering who has this and your thoughts. I am writing a detailed review of this for an upcoming issue here at recording.org (RO)

This SACD is presented in 3 formats on the single CD.

Check this out. I read this in the liner notes of a bluegrass spoof album today. This is a commercial release on an independent label. Just curious what you guys will have to say about this, especially mastering engineers here. While I do not agree in whole with what's being said here, I understand the angle from which it comes.

I'm doing demos in my home studio using Cubase VST on a Mac. I'm mixing to stereo at 24 bits and then putting the mix through Cubase Dynamics for mild limiting and then BBE Sonic Maximizer, and then using the Dithering stage for the 16bit conversion. Then I burn to disc with Jam.

Has anyone read this book?
Mastering Audio: The ART and the Science