23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
9:19 a.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
I almost finished a cd of electronic music with my
linux laptop. Now I'm
thinking about making an actual cd of it. Now I'm wondering if I need to
pay for mastering...
I think the recording sounds quite good by itself, but I have a vague
idea of mastering doing something magical to my audio. Can anything
general be said about the need for mastering of electronic music?
Also, can I do a good enough job with jamin? Are there any tutorials
that I should read? What will I be aiming for in the process,
considering I think it sounds fine already?
Any input appreciated!
Short answer: Yes, you should employ JAMin and work at mastering your
work before printing to disc.
Longer response: Learn by doing. JAMin isn't a terribly difficult app to
learn, but learning exacty what doses of which process to utilize, that
takes some time and experimentation. For example, compression was
something of a black art to me, but I've learned much more about it by
playing around with JAMin's excellent tools.
I started using JAMin just to balance the overall volume between my
tracks. Now I'm exploring its compression and EQ sections and finding
some cool ways to improve my recorded sound. I recommend it highly (and
even when I'm not high :).
Best,
dp