Hello. hope this is the right place to post this thread.

I have selfproduced (i.e. recorded and mixed) an album of ten tracks and want to have it mastered for both digital and physical distribution. (this is the second album, the first one - currently on iTunes under AWAL distribution - was mastered by myself, but this time i would like to have a professional service done).

Nice, another mastering thread. I'll make the first post then.

What compressor do most of you use when mastering? Do you use a transparent compressor or an analog simulated one that adds some color?

I tend to use the Waves SSL and then if I need to compress more I use a transparent compressor.

Hi! Nice to find this forum... It seems a little quiet here so I thought I'd contribute with a cool article for Mastering noobs that I published a few weeks ago. I hope it's OK to post it here:

Enjoy and feel free to comment!

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Hi

I record my tracks where they all float around -20, -15dB. So I believe they are not too loud.
But when I put a Multi-Meter to my Master Channel at some places of the track it got above 0dB and turned red.
As far as know I don't have any channels going above 0dB. So why this can be happening?

We are working with a final mix, done on pro tools, and are set to master it. The final mix sounds GREAT and I don't want to alter the sound in the mastering process. What would you suggest be done in the mastering process? I am not a recording engineer. I am the producer of the project. Thanks in advance.

Hi there,

I was wondering if is there any kind of special headphones to use in the mastering process. Since I do not have a special room to do it, I would like to know if is there any tool to do a home mastering.

Regards.

Hello, Currently shopping around for mastering on a indie project, low budget I know.. but hey in this business/economy why not get a great deal.. so let me hear who's hungry? email me @ labola84@gmail.com

Can proper mastering be done from a completed mix on a CD(disk) as opposed to importing the songs from pro tools? Thanks in advance.

Morning all

I hope you don't mind me posting on here but it could be of use to you.

We don't mind answering any questions you have regarding mastering.

May I introduce Cosmic Online Mastering.