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feedback on my mastering
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psypox
Psypox / Bufo
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 00:05
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UnderTow
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 01:42
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Forum fart ...
Anyway, Your track sounds ok but it sounds too sharp. The bass sounds a bit boomy. Also the levels are lower than most commercial CDs. (Up to you to decide if this is a good or a bad thing). The rest sounds ok. 
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 02:24
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So much of mixing and mastering is based around personal taste, preference and opinion. Here's mine, for what it's worth!
IMO you picked a really tough track to try and master in the first place as the mix is gonna make your life difficult. As the Irish would say, "I wouldn't start from here if I were you!"
There's almost nothing in the track around 250Hz, which means that it'll sound kind of hollow on the dancefloor. Also the kick is much weaker than the bassline - with this kind of kick/bass combo I think they need to be of roughly equal perceived power to drive the track along. This kind of problem is tricky to fix in the mastering without also boosting the bass. There's also a nasty peak in the offbeat hihat around 6.3 KHz which might well sound quite nasty when played loud; try to A/B the track with a narrow cut in this area of about 12dB and see what you prefer. This sound alone would be a reason for me to recommend the track itself has more work done on it, as the other high-frequency percussion sounds suffer if this notch is applied to the mix. With both these last problems some sort of dynamic EQ might be able to fix them but it would be extremely tricky setting it up so that only the individual sounds were affected. One sound that wouldn't be fixed by this is the sustained cymbal sound that goes over the breaks, which (to my ears) is much improved by a notch at 7.5KHz.
Dynamically I approve in general of the relatively light (compared to many tracks) hammering this track has undergone. It doesn't sound like you've used any brick-wall limiting, and looking at the waveform I would suggest that you can get away with 2dB of Waves L2 without harming the sound. More than that is also possible, depending on what you're after.
Hope this helps... please remember this is only my opinion, not necessarially 'the truth'...
Colin
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WAVELOGIX
Wavelogix
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 10:31
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personallly i would never master my music ....
1. not my job
2. not qualified either |
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Elad
Tsabeat/Sattel Battle
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 10:38
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s0ft
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Posted : Nov 17, 2004 07:15
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awsome reply Colin. i learned a lot. |
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