Reasons why you should have your music mastered (pt. 1 of 2)

[mzwindy]

RIMS

[Elnufo]

19.587 views but obly 23x thumbs up! LOL

[antagony69]

does it say " THC" in the back? cool

[TWEAKER01]

Mastering is listening and assessing first and foremost. There is no substitute for the years of experience and honest monitoring accuracy of a pro mastering facility and engineers who specialize in the craft.

[lilseggy]

they mastered my stuff. it made a big difference! they did a great job

[weezul]

the ignorance in these text comments is astounding

[thirsokewl]

@weezul Welcome to the internet

[eltheone]

never ever use normalize it causes digital clipping obviously you havent heard your mixes for real( a real room on real monitors) do yourself a favor got to a mastering lab and see what its all about standinfg on the outside talking crap is like saying you can dunk on kobie bryant and you havent even touched a real NBA floor. This is not you thinkling you know what this science is. It has an outline to what can be its up to you to be creative and go to the masses.

[extrahustle]

Don't even stress it man. We need people who think like that. Then the real artists, producers and engineers who take this seriously and respekt the science and knowledge behind audio will continue to separate ourselves from the ignorant wannabes who will never be.....

[solonely8777]

yeah yeah, same BS they went on about in Uni, either students or thick or your being brain washed, work it out, read a book, don't part with your money! i cant believe what I'm listening to, do any of you have any experience with cubase etc? RRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!

[mryellow123]

Cubase won't help you.

Sure if you produce all your music inside a computer and have a few good sets of monitors in a well designed room.

For those that use live sources and/or don't have full-range monitoring, mastering is a critical step in production.

[djdiscomikki]

If you are saying or advising people to not pay a trained, experienced and golden eared mastering engineer to master their music, then you are a complete idiot, and clearly know fuck all about producing, engineering, or recording music. Without good speakers, good gear, an acoustically sound room, and an experienced engineer you will get know where. Cubase will not help you one bit.

[nblfyb]

Nice to actually hear this explained.

[kandikizzez09]

I just began using sonar 7.... im so behind anyone know of any tutorials on mixing in sonar?

[FiLdUbz]

Mix your shit... take your shit to different speakers, take notes then go back into the studio and adjust. SIMPLE>.

[IIXboxSucksII]

I find it clips on a snare hit with mabey a highhat after I add piano but once I mix in say bass the cliping goes away for awhile so I dont understand that

[TheRealCritique]

Bottom line is that mastering guys will have the sweet outboard gear that you dont, and they know the technical details about frequencies you dont. That said, I have noticed that the original method of recording matters more than the post-production. A great starting recording has many options while a less-than-great recording has few, if any, options. Mastering can not correct crap.

Record drums on at least 4 tracks, and go up from there.

[IIXboxSucksII]

K thanks one last thing if my makies Hr24s say good mix and im only using Vsts and like I said clipping but doesn't distort or ear killing I guess ill be fine these guys seem like they know what there doing.

[IIXboxSucksII]

I have a question. if my mix is clipN but my track is digital does this matter or do I have to be on point with my mix in order to get a good mastered project ?

[TheRealCritique]

I'm not an expert, so take that into account.

Mixing and mastering are weirdly inexact. I've had engineers that were worse than my ears, but then you hear great pro recordings, and they blow everyone away. I took some tracks which I mastered on good monitors into the car, and heard some major problems, which I thne fixed. Clipping seesm to be accepted in digital, though it's officially a no-no. I allow a tiny bit for loudness, but not much.

Use NORMALIZE.

[WolYou]

Its absolutely not necessary to have any mastering engineer. Music is music. The musicians know how they want it to sound. An album must not be "consistent". Who says that? each piece of music has a live on its own. You are just making it up. Thats all. There is no common way of listening to music. This is all a hype for so-called "mastering engineers" to get a job.

[PocketDrummer]

And what is your profession?

[Nes232]

have you heard a crappy mixed and mastered track?

[monnie110]

One should always master their songs but I master my own music. I'd be interested to see the difference between my version and a pro mastering engineer. Though everything this speaker said, I already know, are basics. Of course not everyone knows which is why he's explaining.

BTW You guys emailed me about employment in the new Boston loc. I replied. I really wanted to work there but never got a reply. I sent another, explaining that. Nothing back. I'd love to work there.

[JonnyOnlineSensation]

Mastering is important if you are looking to sell you music on a large scale, you cannot deny a mastered track sounds better than unmastered. why would you not want it to sound its best.

if you had opened your comment with "its not always necessary" not "its absoutely not necessary" I think you would have a great point but people are different you shouldn't deter someone from mastering who may benefit from it.

[MATHGODpi]

@WolYou exactly right, sir.

I don't buy into this whole "you must have your music mastered by an official engineer in an official studio" stuff. At the end of the day, the final product must be rid of imperfections (or as close to as possible) and must be pleasurable to listen to. If the 2 criteria are met, who gives a flinging you-know-what about whether or not the person who mastered it is an 'official masterer'.