Cloud Based Mastering

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Wise words Mr GvS..

Paul
London
www.punkdisco.co.uk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert van Santen [mailto:g.vansanten at upcmail.nl]
> Sent: 04 November 2014 11:39
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Cloud Based Mastering
> 
> Romain / rXg schreef op 4-11-2014 12:02:
> > Everything you said seems right ... But even waiting few days to
> > master with fresh ears,I want to go back to mix ... Then i m turning
> > in round :)
> 
> Haha, I know what you mean.
> 
> But there comes a time for every song to make a decision and stick with
it.
> Don't take a month for mixing one song. In the end you will ruin the song
and
> your fun, and you will get sick and tired of your own music.
> 
> I don't know who said this (Matt Picone? Frank Zappa? :-), but it's better
to
> develop yourself between songs than in just one song that you try to
> improve to death. Also, never forget the beauty of imperfection...
> 
> > Also I see a lot of people proposing to master songs... But I really
> > doubt if they are all using hardware ...
> 
> Personally, I think the importance of using hardware is highly overrated
> these days. There's a lot of great software around.
> None of your listeners will hear the difference. You won't even hear it
> yourself ;-)
> 
> Most important instrument is your ears. Nothing can beat that. I am sure a
> good mastering technician can make an awesome master with cheap gear or
> cheap software. OK, if you've got "bad ears", there's not much you can do,
> even with expensive hardware. In that case it's better to hire someone to
do
> your (mixing and) mastering jobs :-)
> 
> > Gijs from heliophile pays a guy in USA 20 euro a song for mastering
> > ... And he s glad about the result ....
> 
> Sure, why not. It's always a good idea, though, to compare the results
with
> commercial releases.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Gert
> 
> gert van santen
> www.gertvansanten.nl
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