<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Mastering Software...]]> 2012-07-09T13:05:57Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7435/mastering-software/ <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Generally the standard plugins you would find in your mastering chain are (in this order):

EQ (for sorting out any rumble, and fixing up the final mix frequency-wise)
Compressor (For bringing up the quieter sections inbetween your BIG transients i.e. kicks and snares) - normalizes the waveform slightly
Limiter - For making sure that the track peaks at 0db - also a form of compression

What would be important is to listen to other songs on the monitors that you are using to adjust your EQ and limiter accordingly.

Hope this helps.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/stormkraft 2012-07-09T13:05:57Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118573/#p118573 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Downstate wrote:

if its gameboy music, record each channel seperately. then whack it in a DAW like ableton, or pro tools if you is pro. much easier to mix it down better then. personally i dont do this, i figure it comes from a gameboy so its supposed to sound a little shit right : P

ones mans shit is another mans aphrodisiac yikes

]]> https://chipmusic.org/om 2012-07-09T08:35:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118543/#p118543 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> if its gameboy music, record each channel seperately. then whack it in a DAW like ableton, or pro tools if you is pro. much easier to mix it down better then. personally i dont do this, i figure it comes from a gameboy so its supposed to sound a little shit right : P

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Downstate 2012-07-09T08:11:04Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118540/#p118540 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Using the retro software that many of us do, we don't have the option of EQ'ing every channel, and there will be parts of the mix which will sound often muddy because of this.  There are some frequency bands which aren't useful, and some which normally aren't nice, so mastering can be used to tone them down a bit.

Also, years ago we used to run stuff through a Vitalizer, it added stuff like high end, er, sparkle, stereo widening, bass harmonics and just made everything sound, well, better and louder and warmer.

That's what mastering should be about.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/om 2012-07-09T06:40:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118524/#p118524 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> for me LSDJ is always LOUD AS FUCK anyway

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Downstate 2012-07-09T05:27:06Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118514/#p118514 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> rbino wrote:

Usually (when i record analog music) for mastering I use Ardour + Jamin, but I've never tried it with LSDj tunes.

i do it all the time for my lsdj tracks. a little of lv2-ir plugin doesn't hurt either.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/fuxter 2012-07-09T05:20:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118511/#p118511 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Usually (when i record analog music) for mastering I use Ardour + Jamin, but I've never tried it with LSDj tunes. The only "mastering" that I do on LSDj tracks is clicking "Normalize" in Audacity, for now I like to keep it raw

]]> https://chipmusic.org/rbino 2012-07-09T00:10:25Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/118453/#p118453 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Hold on my gameboy's warming up..

]]> https://chipmusic.org/breakphase 2012-06-13T22:00:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112347/#p112347 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> I modded my DMG with two 6L6 Russian winged Cs tubes to really get some warmth out of my wave channel.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/danimal+cannon 2012-06-13T19:31:32Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112309/#p112309 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> this is kind of off topic but "mastering" for today's tracks is usually making them work (and sound professional) when played against other records within the same genre and matching volume levels from track to track on an album and sweetening up your final mixes for consistency between them. The thing mastering engineers are doing most of the time is mixing stuff for radio/release so that you're not adjusting your volume level for every song. Something that is also handled in radio land by adding a limiter (which is just a compressor with settings 6/1 or above) before broadcast....many people in studios now release 2 masters one for playing in your home and the other for radio (with dialed back compression so as not to sound squashed on the radio).

This meant that the entire endeavor is subject to the loudness war, given that most records are overcompressed and clipped now.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/9H05T 2012-06-13T17:37:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112295/#p112295 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> On ardour, I use on a final mix of a recorded LSDJ  song. (I prepare a really good mix on the DMG before recording).

then

Fast Lookahead Limiter
TubeWarmth
Calf vintage Compressor

that's it.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Analog 2012-06-13T02:17:52Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112131/#p112131 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Alright, I'll give audacity a try.   Sounds like what I'm looking for.  Thanks!

About the software I'm using, it's Garageband. ( Please don't laugh )

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Fernald 2012-06-12T14:56:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112011/#p112011 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Saskrotch wrote:

it won't work on OSX, it's a .dll file.

o yea lol

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Victory+Road 2012-06-12T14:30:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112008/#p112008 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> ozone is only for brostep yo

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Downstate 2012-06-12T14:12:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112007/#p112007 <![CDATA[Re: Mastering Software...]]> Fernald wrote:

I'm looking for something to boost the sound my audio program exports.   The volume exported is always way lower than other stuff I listen to.   I'm on a mac, and something free would be nice.

Thanks!

https://neon1.net/prog/normalizer.html
OR
http://normalize.nongnu.org/

this is all the "mastering" i do. it does boost the sound that an audio program exports (usually) but it doesn't affect the sound otherwise from the volume. maybe it's not what your looking for (it's what i think you SHOULD be looking for!) though

i heard "izotope ozone" was the best for loudness war mastering

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ant1 2012-06-12T13:46:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/112001/#p112001