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Subject: That Mysterious Professional Sound
Original Message Date: 22-Aug-00 @ 07:00 PM - That Mysterious Professional Sound
Thanks!
Azazello
Message 21/43 04-Sep-00 @ 05:53 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
(serious head on now).........
But in all seriousness, mastering seems to be the last facet of recording that's still perceived as being 'best left to the pros only'. Over the years advances in technology have brought many processes to the masses (synths, samplers, mixers, FX, recorders) that were once deemed 'pro only' and the skill level of those using them has increased accordingly, to the extent that there are many more competent home-studio based engineers/recording artists than there ever were. I think it's started to happen with mastering now - the technology is there to be used, but as always the skill of the person operating it has a large say in how 'pro' the results are, no different to using synths, samplers, mixers and such. Given the tools anyone can do it, but like anything else only few can do it really well. It's also something you can mess with when the compositional juices are running dry - leave a stockpile of old mixes to polish when you feel like a change. That's the best way to learn how to do it, trial and error - see what parameters do what.
Home mastering, the next big thing.
Message 22/43 05-Sep-00 @ 02:22 AM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
Formant - yeah, I'd appreciate your presets: chris@purusha.demon.co.uk
It'll be nice to have a starting point.
I'll give all this a try after the weekend, since I've got a gig coming up on Friday.
Cheers!
Message 23/43 05-Sep-00 @ 05:06 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
jamey
Message 24/43 05-Sep-00 @ 09:58 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
Where do I get one of them new-fangled multi-band do-hickeys for VST? Hmm? On the cheap - if not free. Heh-heh.
Message 25/43 06-Sep-00 @ 03:30 AM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
A few more questions though (hopefully of interest to others too)...
I guess that before the multi-band compression is used, the audio track should be normalised by peak? Otherwise the compression mechanism might not hit suitable threshholds...
Would you suggest re-normalising after the compression too?
Any advantages / disadvantages to doing this?
What advantage is there in using a limter at the end of the process (as suggested by Johnny)? Is there something special about the Waves L1?
Any other processes people can recommend?
Message 26/43 06-Sep-00 @ 01:44 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
With fast enough attack/release times you can limit by several dB without any side effects, resulting in a much louder track.
Normalizing should be done before compression for the reason you mention, in any situation gain optimization is always best done as early as possible in the processing chain. If the compressor and limiter is set up correctly, you shouldn't need to apply normalization after compression/limiting because the track will be regularly peaking at 0dB, with no headroom left to be exploited.
Hope that makes some sort of sense...
Message 27/43 06-Sep-00 @ 08:17 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
Message 28/43 07-Sep-00 @ 02:32 AM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
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-Behringer Composer (compressor) - 299 pounds
-Behringer Dualfex EX-2200 (sound processor) - 199 pounds
-Behringer Ultrabass PRO EX-1200 (bass booster) - 199 pounds
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Peace.
Message 29/43 07-Sep-00 @ 08:56 AM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
Message 30/43 07-Sep-00 @ 01:34 PM - RE: That Mysterious Professional Sound
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