sander
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Wat je wel en niet doet met je muziek als je het naar een masteraar gaat sturen.
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En wie hoort nou het verschil tussen 16 of 24 bit als je totaal niet kan mixen..
goede mixer inhuren ...
alle outtakes bewaren is ook altijd wel aan te raden ..
en die moet je niet met je pc apparatuur renderen als je het maximale eruit wil halen .. drm dus ook geen normalize
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dank u Sander!
Kan trouwens nix over monotrax vinden op die pagina
Kan trouwens nix over monotrax vinden op die pagina
Omdat dat een extra vermenig vuldiging van alle sample waardes inhoud en dus een extra set aan afrondings fouten, het is beter als alle operaties in een keer gebeuren bij de masteraar; san heb je maar een set aan afrondingsfouten en een keer dither.
Als jouw files een hogere resolutie hebben dan de intere resolutie van de masteraar's aparatuur (b.v. de 64bit floating point wwar Audacity naar kan saven) dan mag je van mij normalisen... Doe nou maar gewoon niet, het levert je toch niets extra op.
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Preparing your tracks for mastering
In short mastering is the process of processing the mastermix to a finished master ready for the production facilities. Processing involves general consistency of sound, levels, EQ, dynamics, pauzes/fades between songs, indexing (PQ codes) and UAN codes.
So what should you do?
-The mastering engineer needs a well balanced clean mastermix. Focus on the mix and don't try to get it as loud as possible. If you think it's too soft turn up the volume of your monitors. A well balanced mix will be consistent at a soft and a hard level.
-Currently most DAW's support 24 bits. Use them. 32 bits? Even better. This means audio files instead of audio tracks.
Wav, aif or Aes types burned on a CD/DVD are just fine.
Don't use spaces, comma's or quotes in filenames use a underscore instead. Use filenames that make sense and include an (written/typed) index with your files. If you're ready with burning always test the result. Including dual copies also helps. Better be safe than sorry.
-96kHz isn't a must but if you can use it, it will not make it worse.
192kHz is sweet, but only if you're creating super audio CD's.
-44.1 generally proves a better result than 48khz because the endresult will be 44.1 Most DAT recorders support 44.1kHz sampling rate.
-No clipping because once clipped it fucks up the sound forgood. Always leave a few dB headroom. With incidental peaks a good limiter is advised. Never have the threashold drop lower than -6dB.
-No compression on the mastermix. The mastering engineer has better equipment and ears. Except if you know what you're doing with a A-Class compressor.
Even then a 1:3 is the absolute highest compression ratio.
-Don't cut your songs too short.
Always leave room at the start and end of every track. A few seconds don't hurt.
-Adding your mixing reference tracks help.
Give the mastering engineer what you're reference was during mixing and what your goal of the sound is. During the mixing stage it helps to listen to reference tracks. All major studios use this as a guide line.
-Adding your own mastering preview might help. If it sounds bad just leave it be. Creating your own mastering preview might be usefull for doublechecking your own mastermix.
-Include your preference of the order of the songs
In short mastering is the process of processing the mastermix to a finished master ready for the production facilities. Processing involves general consistency of sound, levels, EQ, dynamics, pauzes/fades between songs, indexing (PQ codes) and UAN codes.
So what should you do?
-The mastering engineer needs a well balanced clean mastermix. Focus on the mix and don't try to get it as loud as possible. If you think it's too soft turn up the volume of your monitors. A well balanced mix will be consistent at a soft and a hard level.
-Currently most DAW's support 24 bits. Use them. 32 bits? Even better. This means audio files instead of audio tracks.
Wav, aif or Aes types burned on a CD/DVD are just fine.
Don't use spaces, comma's or quotes in filenames use a underscore instead. Use filenames that make sense and include an (written/typed) index with your files. If you're ready with burning always test the result. Including dual copies also helps. Better be safe than sorry.
-96kHz isn't a must but if you can use it, it will not make it worse.
192kHz is sweet, but only if you're creating super audio CD's.
-44.1 generally proves a better result than 48khz because the endresult will be 44.1 Most DAT recorders support 44.1kHz sampling rate.
-No clipping because once clipped it fucks up the sound forgood. Always leave a few dB headroom. With incidental peaks a good limiter is advised. Never have the threashold drop lower than -6dB.
-No compression on the mastermix. The mastering engineer has better equipment and ears. Except if you know what you're doing with a A-Class compressor.
Even then a 1:3 is the absolute highest compression ratio.
-Don't cut your songs too short.
Always leave room at the start and end of every track. A few seconds don't hurt.
-Adding your mixing reference tracks help.
Give the mastering engineer what you're reference was during mixing and what your goal of the sound is. During the mixing stage it helps to listen to reference tracks. All major studios use this as a guide line.
-Adding your own mastering preview might help. If it sounds bad just leave it be. Creating your own mastering preview might be usefull for doublechecking your own mastermix.
-Include your preference of the order of the songs
