I think I am starting to realize I don't want to master. I feel like I am wasting my time with little gain. I can spend my time like trying this and that, learning but I don't find it enjoyable. So I have decided to focus on making music and let someone else master my shit. Can anyone vouch for someone you have used and felt like you got you're moneys worth?
Keep in mind my songs are simple. Maybe 6 tracks but I want to see what my music would sound like from someone who knows what they are doing. After listening to my songs over and over I don't feel in it anymore. So for an amature with fairly simple songs, is there an equally priced place to submit my work to see what mastered music should sound like without costing to much?
Has anyone ever paid someone to master you're stuff and felt it was worth it?
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- KVRist
- 98 posts since 6 Feb, 2017
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- KVRAF
- 4054 posts since 8 Jan, 2005 from Hamilton, New Zealand
Depends on the style. For electronica I would go with Ochre.
I make music: progressive-acoustic | electronica/game-soundtrack work | progressive alt-metal
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- KVRian
- 641 posts since 26 May, 2008 from Iceland.
Nvm dbl....
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- KVRian
- 641 posts since 26 May, 2008 from Iceland.
Mastering is final polishing of frequency balance and finalizing level and should not change the way your mix sounds, at least not a lot.
That should be done at the mix stage and preferably not to the master. Unless you pay for stem mastering but that gets very expensive the more tunes you get mastered.
That should be done at the mix stage and preferably not to the master. Unless you pay for stem mastering but that gets very expensive the more tunes you get mastered.
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- KVRAF
- 7872 posts since 21 Dec, 2002 from MD USA
OreoSplitter wrote:I think I am starting to realize I don't want to master. I feel like I am wasting my time with little gain. I can spend my time like trying this and that, learning but I don't find it enjoyable. So I have decided to focus on making music and let someone else master my shit. Can anyone vouch for someone you have used and felt like you got you're moneys worth?
Keep in mind my songs are simple. Maybe 6 tracks but I want to see what my music would sound like from someone who knows what they are doing. After listening to my songs over and over I don't feel in it anymore. So for an amature with fairly simple songs, is there an equally priced place to submit my work to see what mastered music should sound like without costing to much?
just offer it up on here and someone will probably do it for you for free.
my music: http://www.alexcooperusa.com
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- KVRian
- 626 posts since 15 Jun, 2015
I've used Tarekith at Inner Portal Studio. The mastering he did on my latest track revealed a couple subtle flaws that I couldn't hear before. He gave me an opportunity to fix those in the mix and then remastered it. I was very pleased with the result. 
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
For my 'keeper' catalog I have never sent anything out to be mastered.
If I were mass-producing physical copies I would get a professional house to create a master copy.
Now, sometimes I print a 2-file and do some EQ and small adjustments in an objective 'post' process. And for an album I do want *balance*.
Online audio fora such as this do encourage a whole thing which is perceived as very necessary first of all because "I want it to be as loud as ___". And many people don't know how to mix 'hot' enough.
If you think of yourself as amateur, I don't know if I'd advise you to spend very much money on it. If your mixing results in, well, what really does not sound like a record if you know what I mean, find nice people to lend you a hand with it.
If I were mass-producing physical copies I would get a professional house to create a master copy.
Now, sometimes I print a 2-file and do some EQ and small adjustments in an objective 'post' process. And for an album I do want *balance*.
Online audio fora such as this do encourage a whole thing which is perceived as very necessary first of all because "I want it to be as loud as ___". And many people don't know how to mix 'hot' enough.
If you think of yourself as amateur, I don't know if I'd advise you to spend very much money on it. If your mixing results in, well, what really does not sound like a record if you know what I mean, find nice people to lend you a hand with it.
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- KVRAF
- 4314 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
Christopher from unlockyoursound is very friendly and he does a good job: http://unlockyoursound.com/