Ha, I actually meant Normalise to 0db (or whatever the standard setting is) to make sure the overall levels are as high as possible without any nasty clipping.
Cheers Tel, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Terry Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 February 2003 11:08 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question Daniel, Great email but did you mean: >Normalise (DC bias 0 and stereo link) to 100db to be Normalise to 10db? Cheers. >From: "Daniel Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question >Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:57:12 -0000 > >Matthew > >All you need to do is use your ears and work out if your tune sounds as >good as someone elses that you like when played back on the same >speakers...CALIBRATION is the name of the game... > >Its as simple as that - there are no rules... >If you like it, then you have successfully mixed a track... > >However, if you want it to sound as good as someone elses then start >reading the SOS tutorials on mixing down in that link i gave you, read the >Future Music articles on remixing and mixing and experiment with the levels >on your mixer/samples. > >Also tape your tunes and listen to them on different stereos. Each one will >give you an idea of where the mix is going wrong and allow you to reign it >back in. > >Also buy some flat response monitor speakers (Tannoy Reveals, Absolute >Zeros or Twos are the best low cost ones) and read about speaker placement >on the internet (SOS again). > >Tip: mount your speakers on stands - immediate improvement and don't move >the bass/treble from the 0 position on your amp - (use source direct button >on the amp if you have it). > >Tip 2: If you have your speakers on a desktop like me, simply cut out a pad >of heavy duty bubble wrap for underneath each monitor- air suspension float >for accurate monitoring - its a bit Blue Peter, but it costs about �1 and >it does the same as the �40 lumps of foam that Digital Village sell. > >Record your finished tune thru soundcard into Cool Edit or Wavelab etc and >Normalise (DC bias 0 and stereo link) to 100db and cut all bass below 20hz >using a high pass filter - improves the track loudness no end before >burning to CD for listening elsewhere or even just recording to tape for >the car. > >Theres loads more to learn, but I have to do some work 8( > >Dan > >-----Original Message----- >From: Johnson, Matthew [ HYPERLINK >"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 11 February 2003 09:53 >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question > > >I would like to know more about Mastering. > >how does one know what levels to set everything to etc? > >lets say I just sample things and lay down a track as the samples are >recorded. >what would I then need to do to mixdown? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Abang [ HYPERLINK >"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:51 PM >To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List >Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question > > >pre-production (mixing down samples), adjusting levels (during and after >the >track is arranged), and final mixdown. > >i don't think there's really any order you have to do anything in, but if >you mix down any samples you're using before or while you're arranging your >track it saves you some time at the end of the project. > >mixing down samples would DEFINITELY require eqing. You could compress >samples and shit too but if it's for something like drum sounds i'd >recommend leaving that off and just compressing them in whatever program >you're working in. compression/limiter stuff would be more of an FX thing >to >be applied while arranging everything (or when you're doing your final >mixdown, whatever works for you). > >Noise reduction is an optional thing, all depends on what elements in your >track you might need it for. Not everything requires noise reduction. > >What are you using to make your tunes? each program requires kind of a >different approach to all this stuff. Logic, Cubase, and protools can all >be >used for arranging and mixing down your stuff, but programs like Fruity >loops and Reason need something else for final mixing. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: TJ Cinnamon [ HYPERLINK >"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:56 PM > > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > > Subject: [dnb-prod] mastering question > > > > > > > > > > > > what are the main components or elements for mastering a track? > > Is it Eq, > > Compression, Limiter, Noise Reduction, do I have it in the right > > order and > > am I missing any components. > > > > Thnks Joe > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. 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