Guest tripped Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 What it is mastering, how i do it (i have soundforge and some plugins), please explain it to me in details ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nao Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Mastering is not a method itself... just let your ears decide what sounds best... Mastering is mostly used to let the music sound "almost the same" on everyones speakers.. (not just in your own speakers).. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vasyachkin Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 "Mastering is mostly used to let the music sound "almost the same" on everyones speakers.. " oh my god, that's horrible ! ! ! you actually put in effort to make it sound like sh*t when played on good speakers, since on most people's speakers music can only sound like sh*t )) maybe you need a better definition. how about, the goal is to make music sound good on bad speakers and even better on good speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elysium Project Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Mastering is a finishing production method that are used before you put press music on CD. Basically it is used to adjust bass, middle and treble into the most desirable range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tripped Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Thx for all the answers but can someone tell me how i do it ???? maybe some programs or in soundforge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas of Amygdala Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Software finalizing is not a very good idea - if at all it can be done...? Find someone who owns a finalizer, and by him a lot of beer, so you can borrow it. Preferably a TC-finalizer. Else, you have to get a (minimum) three-band compressor, some good EQs, and a decent optimizer (maximizer, that is...). I strongly recommend an all-in-one finalizer, since you're probably going to do more damage than good, with seperate units. Besides, most finalizers have a wizard, which is the way to go, if you're new to finalizing.... and aren't we all...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest devil7 Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Ok Tripped, don't get into despair. It's possible to do good (not excelent) mastering only using Soundforge. If a step-by-step is what you want, here we go! The first thing you should do is to mix the diferent tracks separately. You do it on a real mixer (not the one you use for djing, but one with at least 12 chanels), or you can use a software like Sonic Foundry Vegas. This is the most important part, coz if you leave a sound too loud or too low, you won't be able to correct it on the mastering. Pay a lot of attention on what you hear. There's no secret plug-in to do it. It depends only of your experience and sensibility. Second. Open your mixed track in Sondforge and take a look on the volume level. You should have something aroun -6db. If it's louder, come back to the mixer and lower the master level. Third. Let's get some compression now. Compression is important coz it gives "strength" to the song. In Soundforge open Effects/Dynamics/Graphic. Try the "2:1 compression starting at -18db" presset. Listen to the preview. You'll hear to a much powerful sound. Pay attention if it's really good or not. Take care of three things. 1st, louder doesn't means better. Human ears tends to think if something is louder, it's better. That's not true. Pay attention if the sound is brigter or just messy. 2nd, the volume level. Try to be around -2db. If a peak of sound reaches the 0db level, clipping will occur, and you will get a very distorted sound. 3rd, compression erase very low sound. That's good coz it clears all rumbles and static sounds, but it can vanish with e.g. a cynball sound. If the sound isn't good or you have anyone of these three problems, try the "2:1 compression starting at -12db" presset. If it still persists, try the "-6db" presset or try mixing it again. Fourth step. Listen carefully to your compressed track many times at a very hi and at a very low levels. Take notes of what problems you still have. Is there anything too loud? Is there anything distorting? Is there any sound dissapearing at low levels? Fifth, Equalising. One day, in a distant future, you'll be able to do good compressions, without using the pressets, and without loosing any sound. By now, equalising is the process when you fix problems caused by the compression. Go to Process/EQ/Paragraphic. You should think it's a little strange. Get some time, read Soundforge help or buy some music making magazines, and learn how to use paragraphic equalisers. Don't waste your time using standart graphic eq, they sucks. Again, there's no secrets (and no pressets), only sensibility and experience. Well, that's it. An amateur process of getting your songs less horrible on other people stereos:-) Keep in mind that mastering must be a harmless process. The deal is to do all dirt job on mixing. A bad mixed track will never be corrected in mastering process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pantro Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 ok...thats what i call a usefull reply.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tripped Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 yeah, very usefull! THX devil7 it is exactly that i asked !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vasyachkin Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 hey Devil7, wouldn't it be a better idea to equalize all the tracks individually before mixing them and then only use as little as possible equalization after they are mixed together? that way you would have way more control of the result IMHO even though it would probably be harder to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psybrat Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 how is acid pro for mastering ?? i would like to hear some opinions on this one .. put the compression on the master volume .. individual tracks have their own FX like delay, reverb,etc ... anyone following this methind ?? love and light, psybrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elysium Project Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 Basicall a good mastering is when you don't really have to do that much.....If you take care of all the details (such as a good overall sound quality and make sure that each sound is clear) while you create your tracks you don't really need that much mastering in the end. But it take a lot of pratice before you "master" that production skill... It took me 12 years to where I am today and I am still learning everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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