Hello All,

I believe this is my first post on this forum, and I'm taking a bold step - having not established any credibility.

Hi friends..

I think it is already time to leave junior school, project days where I do everything with pluins, digital console and PT.

I do not want to sell one kidney, but which would you recommend me as a "pro" entry gear for more serious mastering?

I just do not want to be seen as "one more guy playing mastering stuff with plugins.."

I finally mastered my first surround sound release for DVD-A. This was tons of fun. It really took a lot out of me mentally but i'm sure it will get easier the more I do it. This is kind of in response to Don's "will SACD restore dynamics" thread. If you have the monitors calibrated correctly and you monitor at a decent level, it's really uncomfortable to push it to the max.

I wanted to share this simply because this is what we do. We extrapolate information to another realum.

Basically, mastering is taking the pro format and turning it into the consumer format. It gets much deeper than that too!

Say, you get a 2-bus that has different 2-bus dynamics from left to right channel.

hi...
this is my first post here.
and let me say you guys are great.such attention to detail.i already have learned much reading here in a few days.
I produce dance music.not the trendy commercial kind
but the more experimental variety that you would here at some underground clubs.

Is it a must?

hi every one I'm new to this forum, I got a link from Cubase or nuendo, which one I cannot remember at this time. but here I can seem to get more info into mastering and mixing technics for my project studio:

Hi guys!
I would like to know from you some routine habits concerning your jobs and handling.

Something has perplexed me for a while:

Why are mixing and mastering considered separate steps? It seems to me that a better job could be done if the separate levels and frequencies of the original source material could be adjusted during the final process to compensate for changes and correct for mistakes, as mix dynamics are being adjusted.

I do transfers from vinyl to CD. The ones that I've done for regular people, they just love. However, when I've done it for someone who tells me they are an audiophile, I either don't get a second call or they tell me the sound that they get with their ultraexpensive turntables (think LINN) sounds more alive and real.