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Regarding prepping tracks to send for mastering...
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loki
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Posted : Sep 2, 2013 06:13:02
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Okay, so 24 bit wavs bounces of my tunes with nothing on the master bus - all fine and dandy. Leave lots of headroom, blah blah.
Here's my issue: My last 6 or 7 tunes (the ones that I'm proud of) all sound rather different.
Is it the mastering engineer's job to get them to sound the same? I assume that a slightly different mastering chain is used on each tune. I would expect nothing less if I'm paying for the service.
Any tips on going through your own tunes and making them "uniform" to send for post-production? This is my job for the next month or so...
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Sep 2, 2013 06:24
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If the tracks are all destined to be released together, then the mastering engineer should make some effort to get them all sounding (perhaps) not similar so much, but equally good. Speaking for myself, I start off every mastering job with the same selection of processes in my toolbox, but each track has different needs and so each track will end up with a mastering chain specifically customised for it.
Likewise with the mix; each track has a different story to tell and I feel that trying to get each track to 'sound the same' in whatever way is a recipe for blandness. Whilst it's true that the better the mix, the better the master, as long as you make each mixdown sound as good as you can in the context of the music it conveys, a mastering engineer worth their salt will be able to make the collection into a coherent whole.
Don't forget that no matter how different each track sounds, they will still all have been written by you, and that will shine through perhaps more strongly than you think.
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loki
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Posted : Sep 2, 2013 06:47
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Thank you!
Very much appreciate the quick response from someone experienced in the field.
Perhaps I will focus more, then, on touching up the often shoddy mixing and "meh" transitions rather than trying to make the drums have a similar stereo field...
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Babaluma
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Posted : Sep 2, 2013 10:07
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