twilitez wrote:I wouldnt throw 50 bucks at something thats gonna end up a free tune on SC, and lots of people probably feel the same.

that's when you hire me !

Ya, I heard of people just using a single band, but I just use Ozone 5, and I feel compressing each band sep gives me more control...

if a mix is well crafted you don't need multi-band compression, well you can actually Only harm it ... it can be useful to fix things though.

Hey bro, we heard ...

ya well, i'd never automate a compressor on the master... MAYBE a limiter .. cause it's slightly different

don't use multi-band compression, its useless, only use is for some correction

but since you are in total control of your mixing, make sure your mix is as solid as funk

don't automate compression in mastering, because if you have a good mix 1- you don't need too, 2- MOST of the times it will sound ...

better the real way, also automation is your friend !

Axis49, pro tip !

Sound designing a kick is an art man .. or you could be samples that every aviciis uses

things to check:

a strong transient
proper sidechaining
kick in tune with root or scale note
fit the tail, mean not too long not too short
frequency placement in the mix

Surely the best mastering for the best price around. Although right now the studio is being revised so, no work done until this weekend.

relic from IDMf here ;p

do you use any kind of tape emulation like Slate's VTM or the UAD stuff when mastering?

It's a 5$ mastering I'm proposing not a 40$ one, so it's being done on high level plugins (digitally) only.


What saturation plugins do u use on the master? Like exciters, and color ...

What are your favorite mastering compressors? Big fan of Shadow Hills and Maselec were used a lot on the coldplay stuff and always sounded amazing

Elysia

How do you go about your band splitting? I've tried using sends on a no output channel strip and having a multi-band compressor on each send ...

well first don't mix with your mastering chain

if you are going with mad loudness in mind, you could check once in a while (while mixing) your master bus with a hard limiter on it, some things might come up differently, and thus preventing the need for corrective work on the mastering

my mastering ...

fragments wrote:You the same aeor from IDMf?

indeed

charles1 wrote:free mastering services?

not quite free but almost, but I usually help people on other technical stuff, you know

Hi there, I'm new to the forum but not to music production

I'm here to help people (because i'm kind like that) and also offer my mastering services !