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[horvath]

I'm an old pro at songwriting, performing and recording (I'm presently recording with a Roland VS-1880 Digital Studio) ... but now I'm getting into mastering my own tracks on my Mac G4 - OS X and trying to educate myself on the processes.

I'm trying to decide which one of two mastering programs I want to purchase:
1 - T-RackS - my favorite so far ... tube sounds and mastering ONLY.
2 - Sound Forge 7.0

Is anyone familiar with either of these? Or do you have other suggestions? ProTools is a bit pricey ... especially considering I ONLY want a mastering suite.

Thanks.

Ce message a été modifié par horvath - jeu. 9 oct. 2003, 14:49.

[chappy]

Hi, I'm a part time mastering engineer. I prefer producing and writing but mastering
comprises about 25-35% of my yearly business. I'll be speaking on the Mastering panel at the Tape Op convention in New Orleans and have mastered national, regional and TV projects.
Depending on the type of music, mastering has a different function.
There are the current 'volume' wars for radio play and the war seems to be subsiding in favor of music.
Real mastering should be incremental applications of particular tools to enhance
dimension, level mixes and have eq balanced across the spectrum of the music.

A good mix is the best thing you can bring to a mastering session.
Dangerous tools are Finalizers, L2 and Multiband compression.
While having your mix incredibly loud might make you feel great for awhile, it will sound 'dated' in a short time. Real music needs air, dynamics and space or it will become fatigueing. It's not a 'taste' issue, it's the way our ears and brain are designed to responf to acoustic information.

My advice is to experiment with some light eq, some overall compresion (2:1 with
less than 3 db of reduction) and some limiting for digital overs (.03 works for most
cd players if you're using an L2 type plug in). If your mix is crowded and you have a good M/S encoder, you can play with width as well.
Organic sources (classical, jazz, acoustic music) require more dynamics.
Hip Hop and Metal can take more abuse.
Try and make all of the songs appear equal in volume or apparent volume.
The only way to understand the process is to go for it and not be afraid to make some mistakes. Exagerate each tool and you'll begin to hear the artifacts. By doing that, you'll be more confident in applying them.
Good Luck!
chap

oh yeah, go to a real mastering joint and check it out. That will help more than any Finalizer or box.