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Respectfully.This is incorrect.A great mix,self finalised has the same chance of competing as an unmastered great mix.
Good mastering after all should be transparent.
I have noticed,that anything I've gotten mastered,unfortunately wasnt mixed very well to start off with.And the difference mastering made was negligible.
But in reality,mastering should be transparent,and the translatability of a mix should be present before the ME does his thing.I was formally under the impression that mastering ensures good mix translation..but that is erroneous.Its not a panacea for poor mixing.
Speaking from experience..putting a limiter on the 2buss for anything other than catching intersample peaks pretty much wrecks the sound,and the more gain reduction applied..the softer and mushier it gets.Even .5 db.
Get the mix loud without that,but still only peaking at - 6db using individual track compression and saturation and eq wizardry..and if you're not getting it mastered..sure mix it as loud as you can make it..and use soft clipping to control them pesky peaks.
Also,Its entirely plausible and doable to finalise the mix for vinyl yourself too..the information regarding the process is freely available.
Having the information and knowing how to apply it are two different things. Not everyone wants to be a jack of all trades.
Plus if your have a seriously flawed listening environment, then you're not going to get great translation.
I wouldn't worry about submitting your dynamic mix to radio Gaz they compress your dynamics out and push nearly everything out of phase to get more volume.
TELL ME ABOUT IT! Try explaining this to someone that doesn't produce music! Like "Yeah, that guitar sounds all hissy and everything because that's exactly what that guitar sounded like coming out of the amp."
Question for masterers of the universe, bear with me here:
If at mixing track has been really well balanced EQ-wise, compressed so that everything comes through clear, etc., and then is boosted using a limiter on the output to bring overall volume up (I know, crude) so that max is around -2dB and there is around 6d B dynamic range between quieter and louder parts (louder parts also have about twice as many channels contributing to the stereo mix, so the sound really fills out then), would you bother having this track mastered? Aside from perhaps a specific mastering for vinyl release or something like that?
I mean, the track is already gonna be pretty damn loud, right, and if the EQs are well-balanced already, is there any point mastering it? Maybe just to add some warmth or whatever by using specific equipment perhaps?
Whaddya think about that?
Its not about being a jack of all trades.Not everybody has a choice about these things..so they do what they have to.
A seriously flawed listening enviroment can be somewhat compensated for by extensive usage of multiple playback dvices to check things.Its far from ideal..but again..you do what you need to
I know, I'm all for DIY learning, just not everyone has your tenacity, capacity!
If the mix stays together when you upload online it is mono compatable. nearly all media players build their image from dual mono information.
Y'know,I heard a mix of mine a couple weeks back on the Beeb(smirk)..was mixed loud peaking at -04.db...and it sounded bang on...
..but,,I listened back to the show online at a later date and the mix entirely fell apart when subjected to whatever mono codec they employ on their streams.
Thankfully,the vocals are nearly always in the middle on my stuff so they still sounded right.But the music was a bit gammy.
It was a mono compatabilty issue with the mix though.Nothing mastering would have helped.
I've pretty much given up checking thourougly for mono compatibilty since my stuff is all destined for the internet..but in future anything I have any aspirations for wider braodcast for will be checked out.I just forgot tbh and fired the file off without thinking about it.
I'm not sure i really understand this statement. If a mix has elements that are panned left and right, it has dual mono information. How will uploading it/streaming it change it?
here, I'd say your old preamp is far superior to the maudio you have now. Whats better is your A>D convertor, assuming that that's built into your new box as well.
It won't change it. When you collapse your stereo mix to mono you will loose stereo information that is out of phase. That's all it means, it's just an example of where things can fall apart in response to Gaz's post about things falling apart and not been too bothered checking mono compatibility.
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