KVR Audio

sonicpowa · Post by **sonicpowa** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:40 pm

My first (and last) attempt:
http://soundcloud.com/sonicpowa/bluffmu ... t-reloaded

Great song btw!

Yeager · Post by **Yeager** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:46 pm

Uploaded my attempt.

Thanks to Bluff Munkey for the very nice track, it really was a joy to work with.

What I did to it :

1 x Jb Smash Pro demo to boost the highs a bit(too much) add warmth and EQ in general.
1 x Jb Barricade demo to work on the M/S and boost the sides a bit and compress the track.
1 x TLs Maximizer to catch the peaks and add some body.

Here is a link to it :

http://soundcloud.com/petervos/bluff-mu ... t-reloaded

Hope you like it.

Doc Jon · Post by **Doc Jon** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:42 pm

Some last minute tinkering, uploaded slightly tweaked version with a little more high end and volume boost, reckon I must be finished now!

Jon

manducator · Post by **manducator** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:52 am

is the 'competition' closed?

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:11 pm

At the end of today if you need more time.

But now is time to listen to the various versions and learn something. I am still open to the idea about getting a professional ME in on it if everyone can pledge $5 or something. But I am not stressed if people don't want to.

manducator · Post by **manducator** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:37 pm

I'm willing to contribute $5 if we can agree on a pro-mastering.

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:57 pm

Okay, I will update the "bank" on the first post to reflect how much potential money we have.

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:09 pm

Okay, on the first post you will see the suggestions for an ME and the "pot". We have to decide on who we want to master it so we can compare their work with what we were able to achieve.

I don't know about you guys but this has already taught me a lot.

1. An ME has different ears from you, that alone makes it valuable

2. They know their room and their gear. They know how your track will sound in the real world

3. Communication is important, you must let them know what your going for

4. Most of the important part happens before you send it to the ME, he can polish it, but if its not working before you send it...

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:53 pm

I see you only have $5 pledged so far for a professional master. I will match that if it helps. Have you decided who will be doing the mastering, or should we leave that with Geoff?

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:59 pm

I don't know, I thought we might put it to a vote.

I'll say that there is $10 in the pot then. Actually I forgot to put my $5 in, so we have $15.

Doc Jon · Post by **Doc Jon** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:13 pm

put me down for $5 too

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:29 pm

Ok, now we're on a roll

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:14 pm

Hey guys.
Once we get the Mastering Engineer version (and also i hope some tips from him), you should try this free app, for Windows, Mac and Linux.

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/toscana ... alyzer-org

Which is useful to compare 2 or more tracks.
So we could make a comparison between our versions and the 'Pro' version from Mastering Engineer.

Have a good day

jobromedia · Post by **jobromedia** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:05 am

So this is a mastering contest. Then provide us with the individual tracks that makes up the song, and let the users master the full song. Since mastering isn't just the master channel. I'm currently too busy to participate this round though.

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:15 am

i would pay 5 usd, too

Mastering Challenge - 01 August