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mastering made easy Posted by jon (from: 172.141.188.200) on August 31, 2001 at 18:48:53: In Reply to: mastering posted by peter on August 31, 2001 at 05:49:25: lol well the idea is pretty simple. You put your finished track through a compressor + an EQ and that's it. Ofcourse there is a whole lot more to it than that but there you have the essentials! With the EQ you want to boost the high+bass frequencies - this will 'sweeten' your mix. With the comp try a ratio of 2 - 3:1 + a threshold of 8db. With these settings alter the gain so that on a loud part of your track there is no difference heard with comp switched on + off. Then on a quiet section switching from off to on should produce a noticable vol boost. In Cubase you may want to stick on a little bit of the stereo enhancer/spread. There are also many mastering plugins which all do other subtle little things but an EQ + a comp should do 80% of the job. You really need to read a bit + practice mastering then listening back on a stereo/in the car to see if u doing it right - jon Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : lol : well the idea is pretty simple. You put your finished track through a compressor + an EQ and that's it. Ofcourse there is a whole lot more to it than that but there you have the essentials! : With the EQ you want to boost the high+bass frequencies - this will 'sweeten' your mix. With the comp try a ratio of 2 - 3:1 + a threshold of 8db. With these settings alter the gain so that on a loud part of your track there is no difference heard with comp switched on + off. Then on a quiet section switching from off to on should produce a noticable vol boost. In Cubase you may want to stick on a little bit of the stereo enhancer/spread. There are also many mastering plugins which all do other subtle little things but an EQ + a comp should do 80% of the job. You really need to read a bit + practice mastering then listening back on a stereo/in the car to see if u doing it right - jon Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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