Mastering, Multiple mono & mono summed Options

[prologicscot]

I asked a question when I first joined this site about files that are mastered (bounced) into & their appropriate uses

what I'm wondering about is the difference & again where & how it would be applied

I understand the use of multiple mono & stereo interleaved but have just happened upon mono summed

What is mono summed??............anybody

Yours questioningly
Isaac
http://www.qpqproductions.com

[coldharbour]

Mono summed is simply the left and right channels summed together into one mono file, while multiple mono produces split stereo (=two mono files that add up to a stereo file when inserted on mono channels panned extreme L & R).

Mono summed is for special uses only - when you sum up two mono files into one on digital domain the result may easily be distorted.

BTW : Mastering and Bouncing aren't the same thing. Mastering means the finalizing EQ, dynamics processing etc. applied to a bounced mix.

[audiomastermind....]

hello,
i do professional mastering for 15 years and i never bounced a track.
i record the tracks on an other system (pro-tools) after the mastering has been done.

rgds
howard
www.audiomastermind.com

[coldharbour]

i do professional mastering for 15 years and i never bounced a track.
i record the tracks on an other system (pro-tools) after the mastering has been done.

I'm not quite sure what your point is?

But yeah, mastering engineers don't do mixdowns, they apply mastering processing to the final master that's been created by bouncing the mix from multitrack, desk or whatever.

[prologicscot]

Informative

Thankyou Mr. Harbour

I don't however do mastering post production. So the bounce-down is as far as I take things & then "a proffesional mastering suite" does the rest

After questioning the various ppl that mastered my mixes I found that very few tweeks where needed to get the final result evened out, so I must be doing something right

But it's a never ending learning curve

L8r
Isaac

PS. there's a cracking article on EQ that I read on this site.........most educational