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<div><br>Last year I watched a lot of video about the subject 'Mixing-Mastering' and I read a lot on different forums too.,..</div>
<div>Now i m checking the name Katz and see the face of the dude and I remember that I saw couple of youtube videos with him mastering ... it was quite interesting ( at this time i didnt know he was a master of mastering) ... </div>
<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bob+Katz&aq=f">http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bob+Katz&aq=f</a></div>
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<div>I think now I want the book even if the most of it will be Chinese for me ... but as we said if you are motivated you can do almost everything ...</div>
<div>I learned so much last year with all the information I got from Internet ( printed quite a lot :)...</div>
<div>Now for me it s quite obvious that I was doing mistakes that all beginners do, the biggest one was to include the mastering part inside the mixing session to get the fat/big sound (instead of bouncing around -6db to -3db [without limiters] to avoid to kill dynamics.) ...</div>
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<div>I think the most of the beginner do "mixing and mastering" unconsciously at the same time cause they don t know or they are not informed about what mastering is compare to mixing and vice versa... </div>
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<div>Also I do believe more and more I read that I can t do a real master Cd cause my knowledge,skills and Hardwares compare to real 'ME' are just peanuts even with the most motivated mood I can be ...</div>
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<div>However, I recall Gert (which has way more experiences than me ) telling to the bar that from his own point of view and experiences, it seems possible to master your own cd yourself ... but more i read on the subject more I think it s almost impossible ( knowing that the first challenge is to do a correct job without being in a professional Mastering sound room ) etc ...</div>
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<div>Anyhow, Good luck Dave for your mastering !!!</div>
<div>I m quite curious to hear your new stuff ( and so my dubstep friends !!!! :P) ...</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Dave S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sly@mu-sly.co.uk">sly@mu-sly.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hey all,<br><br>I'm mostly lurking these days. Currently doing final mixdowns for my<br>album... yes, a real album, coming out on a small record label sometime<br>
"soon" hehe! Exciting times for me - I expect my part of the process to<br>be finished within the next month, if I keep going at the current rate.<br><br>I'll let the 'bar know when it's ready to listen to - free MP3 copies<br>
will be available to anyone who is interested to hear it, naturally.<br><br>Anyway, I've been doing a LOT of reading lately to try and help me<br>improve my mixes as much as possible before mastering, and there's this<br>
one particular thread on Dubstep Forum which is just a goldmine of<br>useful information on how to properly structure your mix so that your<br>tracks will sound consistently good.<br><br>I can't recommend it enough - the advice within is universally useful,<br>
and is not just for people writing dubstep. Read the whole thing if you<br>have time, or at least about the first 5-12 pages or so (which is where<br>most of the really useful info is, IMHO).<br><br>Seriously, just read it - you are pretty much guaranteed to learn<br>
something useful!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.dubstepforum.com/this-thread-will-answer-your-mixing-and-mastering-questions-t74832.html" target="_blank">http://www.dubstepforum.com/this-thread-will-answer-your-mixing-and-mastering-questions-t74832.html</a><br>
<br>Or as a shorter link: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gainstructure" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/gainstructure</a><br><br>I've also been sinking my teeth into the Bob Katz book "Mastering Audio"<br>(2nd edition), which while is not totally relevant to what I'm doing<br>
(I'm mixing not mastering) is still a very accessible book considering<br>the subject matter, and provides immense food for thought.<br><br>Based on what I've read so far in that book, I would heartily recommend<br>
it for anybody wanting to improve the sound of their music. It'll get<br>you thinking a lot more about what you're doing, and you may find (as<br>I'm already finding) that armed with an increased awareness of how<br>
things work throughout the whole process, it's considerably easier to<br>just get things sounding good.<br><br>Once this album is out of the way (some tracks are 2 years old) I can't<br>wait to start writing some new material with my increased theoretical<br>
knowledge there from the beginning - I anticipate a hugely improved<br>workflow and far less headaches.<br><br>Theory... it's not as fun as writing music, but on the other hand, get<br>some of it firmly into your head, and the flow of the creative process<br>
just gets better and better. At least, that's my experience.<br><br>Hope you're all keeping well?<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dave<br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br>
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