by CitricAcid » 04 Dec 2013 11:38
Every time I've seen people ask questions about mastering on music forums, the consensus has been, "Don't do it yourself." Mastering is apparently a tough skill to learn/master and is best left to professionals.
But we're all hobbyists here for the most part, so we do it ourselves anyways. That being the case, it would be best if you had the unmastered wavs of your tracks (i.e. no limiter applied and some headroom in the mix). Then you could very reasonably remaster them, no problem. If you don't have the unmastered versions, you might not be able to do much. I don't see adding another limiter over the top of the previous one doing much good, and with the dynamic range already gone, a lot of your EQ-ing and other tweaking options might be gone, too.
But hey, nothing wrong with giving it shot, right?