Mastering!

[NegaNote]

Hey, MLR! Just wanted to let you guys know that I'll master anything you want me to! Just post a video or link or whatever of the song in the thread and PM me a .wav download link, with the levels peaking at -3dB

[NegaNote]

I've done it. All the dynamics are completely there. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/Kyoga ... ing%29.wav

I must say, it's fun to master an ambient song!

[the4thImpulse]

Here's a short clip of my latest song, if I like what I hear then I will send you the whole thing at a later date.

Link.

Master it the way you think it should be mastered, I can critique it if you wish.

[NegaNote]

So, you want me to try mastering this before you send me the whole thing, so that you can tell whether you like my mastering or not?

[NegaNote]

Well, regardless, I've mastered that clip. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/Uplif ... red%29.wav

Good enough for you to give me the whole song?

[NegaNote]

Thanks!

[DjMidli]

>.>; I've always wondered what one of my mixes would sound like if it was mastred...any issues with 30-1hr long DJ Mixes.

[NegaNote]

None at all

[DjMidli]

None at all

here goes ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3Sjyv2JEU&feature=plcp

[Seven]

Hope you keep these requests open. Could use some mastering help later on :p

[NegaNote]

Well, regardless, I've mastered that clip. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/Uplif ... red%29.wav

Good enough for you to give me the whole song?

Low RMS, max dB of 0.3dB... Wouldn't call that mastered..

*re-renders at a higher RMS with a max dB of 0dB*

I don't know what you're talking about! *shifty eyes*

None at all

here goes ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3Sjyv2JEU&feature=plcp

Can you PM me the DL link? I've got Net Nanny on my PC (it fucking sucks), and it's stopping me from seeing the video.

Hope you keep these requests open. Could use some mastering help later on :p

I'll keep these requests open until the end of time~

[CDPP]

I'd like to see you try and master this. If it's even remotely possible.

http://soundcloud.com/cdppie/xxxxxsolrac-remixxxxx-mad

[NegaNote]

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/solra ... red%29.mp3

Doing this made my day.

[CDPP]

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/solrac%20%28mastered%29.mp3

Doing this made my day.

As it did mine, thanks!

[NegaNote]

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/solrac%20%28mastered%29.mp3

Doing this made my day.

As it did mine, thanks!

No problem!

[DjMidli]

None at all

here goes ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3Sjyv2JEU&feature=plcp

Can you PM me the DL link? I've got Net Nanny on my PC (it fucking sucks), and it's stopping me from seeing the video.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0cpw3mn7jaaclpe

[Matthew N.]

Lavender? Your attitude is way out of place. NegaNote is offering his/her help which many will find very useful despite perhaps not being such a mastering professional like you, yet you download a file only to tell him that, according to you, he sucks? Seriously?

How much longer will your negative attitude continue; till MLR falls lower than it already did? It really pains me to see a forum moderator with an attitude like that of yours, it really does.

[the4thImpulse]

How much longer will your negative attitude continue; till MLR falls lower than it already did? It really pains me to see a forum moderator with an attitude like that of yours, it really does.

As much as I agree with this, this still isn't the tread to discuss someones negativity so lets drop this subject and let the thread be about NegaNote's mastering offer..

As for your mastering on piece.

So, you want me to try mastering this before you send me the whole thing, so that you can tell whether you like my mastering or not?

I know people have been screwed over with there work so yes you only will get part of the song so I can judge. Its simply good practice on the producers end.

I will however not send you the full song for mastering, I simply prefer my methods better and unless you want to know why I will leave it at that. Thanks for giving it shot, I hope you don't feel as though I wasted your time (practice is practice).

>.>; I've always wondered what one of my mixes would sound like if it was mastred...any issues with 30-1hr long DJ Mixes.

Why would you want a bunch of songs already mastered to be mastered again? It kind of takes away from the whole performance part of DJing too.

[NegaNote]

Avoiding my critique with the subtlety of a tennis player walking off the court mid-match.

Ok.

Lavender, I was only joking around. I know my mastering isn't perfect, but I fixed the problems you mentioned. Why the harsh attitude? I'm only trying to both practice my mastering and help people at the same time.

[DjMidli]

>.>; I've always wondered what one of my mixes would sound like if it was mastred...any issues with 30-1hr long DJ Mixes.

Why would you want a bunch of songs already mastered to be mastered again? It kind of takes away from the whole performance part of DJing too.

Curiosity more then anything. I've heard DJs locally talk about post-process mastering their mixes and was curious as to why you would bother for pretty much the exact same reasons listed above. I want to see how much a difference there is if any at all

[Lavender_Harmony]

Well, regardless, I've mastered that clip. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18087171/Uplif ... red%29.wav

Good enough for you to give me the whole song?

Just a few comments, since this is in the discussion part of the board...

The maximum peak is 0.3dB, usually stuff gets mastered to 0dB, especially of this genre. It also has a very low RMS (The 'perceived' volume of the whole piece) which, while good in preserving dynamics, also means that it seems quieter when played after something commercial.

What did you do exactly, mainly EQ tweaks, compression? If you're wondering how to monitor these values, Voxengo SPAN is invaluable, as is Smartelectronix s(M)exoscope. They're both free, too.

It's a very mono compatible master, so you've not introduced any problems with phase cancellation, so that's definitely a plus, a lot of brony masters I hear tend to be very mono incompatible (Look at the Correlation meter in SPAN for an idea of mono compatibility, the Goniometer in Flux STTool is good for this also)

[Thyrai]

usually stuff gets mastered to 0dB,

Mastering to 0db is pretty dangerous, especially on older systems. Even with modern equipment, you're going to have problems with intersample peaking and the extra noise from dithers, if you use them

[Friv]

usually stuff gets mastered to 0dB,

Mastering to 0db is pretty dangerous, especially on older systems. Even with modern equipment, you're going to have problems with intersample peaking and the extra noise from dithers, if you use them

He means that 0dB is the absolute limit; the track he was referring to was normalized to over 0dB.

[Thyrai]

usually stuff gets mastered to 0dB,

Mastering to 0db is pretty dangerous, especially on older systems. Even with modern equipment, you're going to have problems with intersample peaking and the extra noise from dithers, if you use them

He means that 0dB is the absolute limit; the track he was referring to was normalized to over 0dB.

Ahh, I thought he meant 0.3 under. My bad!

[Lavender_Harmony]

Mastering to 0db is pretty dangerous, especially on older systems. Even with modern equipment, you're going to have problems with intersample peaking and the extra noise from dithers, if you use them

He means that 0dB is the absolute limit; the track he was referring to was normalized to over 0dB.

Ahh, I thought he meant 0.3 under. My bad!

I meant the maximum peak is 0.3dB, and there is only one or two of these peaks, the majority of the track is much lower. I'm not suggesting that it should be limited and compressed to heck, but the dynamic range, especially for this kin of genre, is very large.