29 Mar
2010
29 Mar
'10
6:34 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:42:46AM +0300, Tapani Sysimets? wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
Thanks.
One of the things I love about the Linux world, was recently brought home to me by my bass
player, who also works in some punk bands-- he noted that I do things in a very
"DIY" way.
I guess it's hard to get more DIY than making your own software, or operating system,
for that matter. DIY culture is so deep in the Linux world that I didn't even notice
it, much as fish probably don't notice water. Until of course I stepped out for a
moment.
So it's nice that I posted a request looking to hire someone to master tracks, and
instead I got a bunch of very helpful links and advice on how instead, to just study up
and learn how to DIY it myself.
So, why not, I guess I'll do that. For much less than the price of a single mastering
session, I could probably buy some decent monitors, and learn how to use JAMIN (and
whatever else) properly.
Thanks again all.
-ken
We're almost done with a 12-track,
40-minute-long CD, recorded partially in Ardour and mixed entirely in Ardour.
We should probably get it mastered. However, "pro" mastering houses want like
$500 for a CD. We haven't made that much money in a year. I think we spent a total of
$80 on recording it. So, not likely that we'll be justify big bucks to get it
mastered.
I suppose I could run it through Jamin myself, and just hope for the best, but I
don't know squat about mastering.
Are there any Linux-based mastering engineers around (i.e. on this list) who'd want
to take on a project like this, for a rate that we might be able to actually justify?
-ken
Quentin Harley's guide for mastering with Linux tools is also worth
checking out:
http://www.64studio.com/howto-mastering