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jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:24 pm

How much did you pay to teach this guy how to master competently?

camheine · Post by **camheine** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:45 pm

VOODOO U wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 3:11 pm Good news indeed! Now let's talk business. Being that I was the most (and peetty much the only one) helpful here, what percentage of royalties do I get for sales of the track?

I'll take it as a compliment that you think the track is worth anything

camheine · Post by **camheine** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:47 pm

jamcat wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:24 pm How much did you pay to teach this guy how to master competently?

I'd rather not say haha. Point is I'm happy with the result now!

WackyZoundz · Post by **WackyZoundz** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:36 pm

camheine wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:47 pm Point is I'm happy with the result now!

That's all that matters.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:02 am

If you paid $200 for a $20 steak that you had to send back before you were happy with it, that would also matter.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:21 am

$200 steak!

jamcat goes big

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:47 am

Actually the point was the customer overpaid for a cheap steak in that scenario.

But with inflation being what it is…

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:28 am

Feasting on 30 day dry aged porcini crusted rib eyes and then coming here to slum it with the poors.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:09 am

Actually, I feast on post-punk then come here to slum it with the ravers.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:40 am

stoopicus wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 7:02 pm It's just overcompressed. Also, too loud.

camheine wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 8:47 am Good news, I've spoken to him again and turns out the culprit was a multiband he had put on it.

Ok what do I win?

Synthman2000 · Post by **Synthman2000** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 4:43 pm

jamcat wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 10:34 pm You should get a refund and master it yourself.
"Mastering" these days just involves exporting the track at the proper LUFS for the particular target streaming service(s).
It won't come out any worse, either way.

Totally devoid of knowledge and truth with ulterior motives.

WackyZoundz · Post by **WackyZoundz** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:02 pm

Just the usual jamcat comment.

Synthman2000 · Post by **Synthman2000** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:40 pm

edit delete no energy left

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 7:14 pm

Sorry, no. If you have no realistic hope of ever recouping what you paid for mastering from sales of your music, you most certainly should not be spending the money. That pretty much precludes anyone who doesn’t have a label. Furthermore, the reason why labels are paying for mastering is because they are mastering an entire album for physical media, which is a necessity.

“Mastering” one-off amateur tracks for mp3 is superfluous. It’s not going to result in any additional revenue for the musician, to the extent that there is any revenue to be made. If anyone is being self-serving here, it is you Synthman, as you have told us that you are a professional mastering engineer who caters precisely to those types of clients.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:19 pm

It's possible that people simply value their artistic work and want it sounding as good as possible.. maybe a foreign concept for you?

It's not always about the money spent but rather the results and pleasure it gives the artist. It's the same old argument used over and over again for things like "You should only use stock plugins.." or "Why bother paying somebody else for <insert whatever here> when you could just do it yourself?".

There is a good reason for there being a market for mastering as a career, even still in 2024.

Mastering help - URGENT