I have set myself the task of re-mastering a led zeppelin track for practice as they are fairly quiet on some of the tracks.

How ever I know very little about mastering.. but I do want to give it a go. Is it all about getting the volumes up or the quality or both?

Also is it mostly just fiddling with EQ and compressors? Or is there other important factors..

I have Samplitude but havent got to deep into it yet.

Is there a way to do this in Samplitude?

If so can you explain it fairly easily?

Thanks

BR

Is there any way to fix clipping so that it doesn't sound so distorted. I made a

Dear mastering folks.

I've read some time ago, about too loud audio mastering on CD's.

i plan on getting an envoice to use with a firepod and use it as a mic preamp and compressor for vocal, bass and anything else that i can think of. i also wanted to use it for mastering. its only a one channel preamp so i was thinking it wouldnt work on a stereo mix.

I am mastering my own album and after 2 test runs I have discovered distortion on a few songs, even though it never goes about -0.1db. I think this is because I may have gone a little bit over the top with the limiter in an attempt to get things sounding loud. I didn't realise that when the file is squared off in places (extreme limiting) it is distorted!

I haven't had time to search this subject here, but what is the prefered standard to send mixes to a mastring studio on CDr?
I have a fostex writer and have lots of options. The mastering studio that I am using has suggested that I burn them at 88.2/24 bit.
Is there any advantage to this higher sample rate?

I'm interested in recording, but i dont have the cash to shell out for the fancy schools. a few friends of mine told me i could teach myself. alls i need are the right books.
anyone want to help me out and tell me the right books? id really apreciate it. thanks

here is a very legitimate question: When put in the face of the common man, without the ears, the knowledge, the music theory, the hi tech equipment. and they "feel" . I mean..."FEEL" the music...where does all the technical analysis go? What does it matter when music is a langauge of the soul? I think there is a boundary. a line where the technical trades with the essentiall...the soul.

Hi,

I recorded and mixed my own album. I tried my best to do a good mix, but I know it still sounds like a home job. This is why I was expecting a fairly dramatic change after I got the reference tracks back from supposedly one of the premiere mastering facilities in Canada.