28 Feb
2007
28 Feb
'07
10:32 a.m.
Hey All,
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
<http://www.sciencegirlrecords.com/chr15m/music/CD005/Chris%20McCormick%20-%20A%20Simple%20Plan.mp3>
It's also written in a tracker.
Best,
Chris.
-------------------
chris(a)mccormick.cx
http://mccormick.cx
28 Feb
28 Feb
12:43 p.m.
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:30 +0800, Chris McCormick wrote:
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted
recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
<http://www.sciencegirlrecords.com/chr15m/music/CD005/Chris%20McCormick%20-%20A%20Simple%20Plan.mp3>
It's also written in a tracker.
I think I heard your track. I can't listen to it again right now (work),
but I believe there are a few simple rules to get your track to sound
good. "Mastering" actually means "preparing the track for the
master",
but these days it involves a lot of fiddling with frequency ranges,
stereo field and dynamics. It is less an act of magic, more a matter of
taste. People complained to me because of the lack of dynamic in the
track as well. It really depends on what you intend the music to be used
for.
I made these tracks with Buzz on Windows using a pair of Alesis M1
Active Mk2 nearfield monitors (because they are cheap and said to be ok,
however i'm now using alesis active 620, which sound about the same) and
an M-Audio FW 410 (which does currently not run with freebob, but has
excellent ADCs/DACs). I used Steinberg Wavelabs and Izotope Ozone 2 for
mastering. Ozone is a mastering plugin whose fancy graphics and shitty
cpu performance can only be excused by its comprehensible GUI and
excellent processing quality. I set the stereofield to mono for the
lower frequencies and gradually expanded the stereofield towards the
higher frequencies. I applied a bit of exciter to the high freqs, and
usually something like a -6dB mid-soft limiter - I tended to equalize
the tracks using the exciter.
When I moved to Linux I lacked a proper mastering tool, and I still do,
however I had a look at JAMin, and I believe that with some attention
and adaptions it can be turned into something that can be used as a
replacement for Ozone. Right now I'm missing an exciter section.
Hope that answers your questions.
--
Leonard Ritter
-- Freelance Art & Logic
-- http://www.leonard-ritter.com
9:48 p.m.
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:30:35PM +0800, Chris McCormick wrote:
Hey All,
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
It may be important first to spell it right. Isn't it spelled "phat"?
:-)
- -ken
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1 Mar
1 Mar
10:46 a.m.
I might have a few suggestions, but I'm having trouble finding these
Leonard Ritter tracks.
Leonard - whatever else you may excel at, you get an F for
self-promotion! (still better than an A for self-promotion and an F
for talent)
-Chuckk
On 2/28/07, Chris McCormick <chris(a)mccormick.cx> wrote:
Hey All,
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
<http://www.sciencegirlrecords.com/chr15m/music/CD005/Chris%20McCormick%20-%20A%20Simple%20Plan.mp3>
It's also written in a tracker.
Best,
Chris.
-------------------
chris(a)mccormick.cx
http://mccormick.cx
--
http://www.badmuthahubbard.com
6:34 p.m.
check www.paniq.org
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 09:46 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I might have a few suggestions, but I'm having
trouble finding these
Leonard Ritter tracks.
Leonard - whatever else you may excel at, you get an F for
self-promotion! (still better than an A for self-promotion and an F
for talent)
-Chuckk
On 2/28/07, Chris McCormick <chris(a)mccormick.cx> wrote:
--
Leonard Ritter
-- Freelance Art & Logic
-- http://www.leonard-ritter.com
Hey All,
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
<http://www.sciencegirlrecords.com/chr15m/music/CD005/Chris%20McCormick%20-%20A%20Simple%20Plan.mp3>
It's also written in a tracker.
Best,
Chris.
-------------------
chris(a)mccormick.cx
http://mccormick.cx
2 Mar
2 Mar
2:19 a.m.
I did find them then, heh. I didn't mean to be critical, seriously,
I've just taken two "music business" classes this year which have
infused me with the attitude that one's music should be the first,
most obvious thing presented. If it matters as much to you as to me,
I think what threw me off (as someone who had no idea who you were)
was just the passive wording of "anything art and music goes there,"
which sort of removes "my" or "I" from the statement. At first I
thought it was you hosting others' music. I'm overanalyzing, and you
obviously have a lot more going on than the music, but the music
production is awesome. I look forward to absorbing knowledge from you
as well.
-Chuckk
On 3/1/07, Leonard Ritter <contact(a)leonard-ritter.com> wrote:
check www.paniq.org
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 09:46 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
--
http://www.badmuthahubbard.com
I might have a few suggestions, but I'm
having trouble finding these
Leonard Ritter tracks.
Leonard - whatever else you may excel at, you get an F for
self-promotion! (still better than an A for self-promotion and an F
for talent)
-Chuckk
On 2/28/07, Chris McCormick <chris(a)mccormick.cx> wrote:
--
Leonard Ritter
-- Freelance Art & Logic
-- http://www.leonard-ritter.com
Hey All,
I listened to the tracks that Leonard Ritter posted recently and then
listened to my own latest track immediately after, which made me realise
how innadequate it sounds, no matter how loud I turn it up. Does anyone
have any mastering tips? I have no idea about mastering. Leonard, how
do you get your stuff to sound so fat? Here's my track that doesn't
sound fat enough:
<http://www.sciencegirlrecords.com/chr15m/music/CD005/Chris%20McCormick%20-%20A%20Simple%20Plan.mp3>
It's also written in a tracker.
Best,
Chris.
-------------------
chris(a)mccormick.cx
http://mccormick.cx
3:53 p.m.
i don't like pimping my stuff too much ;)
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 01:19 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I did find them then, heh. I didn't mean to be
critical, seriously,
I've just taken two "music business" classes this year which have
infused me with the attitude that one's music should be the first,
most obvious thing presented. If it matters as much to you as to me,
I think what threw me off (as someone who had no idea who you were)
was just the passive wording of "anything art and music goes there,"
which sort of removes "my" or "I" from the statement. At first I
thought it was you hosting others' music. I'm overanalyzing, and you
obviously have a lot more going on than the music, but the music
production is awesome. I look forward to absorbing knowledge from you
as well.
--
Leonard Ritter
-- Freelance Art & Logic
-- http://www.leonard-ritter.com
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