Here are a few country music before and after mastering samples from a group I worked with. If you need audio mastering check out my low rates. Visit this page for more mastering samples.
"It's all good. Jim and I want to thank you very much for all your help, and patience with us. We couldn't be more pleased.
We have learned alot from you, and we couldn't have done this without you!"
John Rogers, JR mastering
After years of telling funny stories about their life experiences, Fleenor & Reap were urged by family and friends to turn them into a CD. A year later, “Cranky Old Men” was born. Whether you’re a Country fan or not, these songs are just flat out funny (and true). It shows what you can do when you combine great creativity, talent, and hard work.
The main problem I had with the mixes was an inconsistency in the vocal volume levels (a common problem I see). Correcting this was essential because these songs are basically jokes/stories. If you can’t understand the last three words of the sentence, you’re not going to get the joke. I pointed this out and they corrected the problems. Overall, the project came out good.
Good luck Fleenor & Reap! We hope to see you opening for a “Redneck Comedy Tour” very soon! {article 222}[layout]{/article}
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If you've mixed songs in the past, you more than likely can use that same software for audio mastering. As long as you can add effects to the stereo/main out bus, you're good to go. Read more....
How much headroom before mastering should you leave in your mix? Here's the correct amount of headroom you should leave, using detailed graphic examples.
This article discusses what is the reverb effect in music and how to use it?The reverb effect is used to simulate space. When reverb is applied to a dry vocal or instrument track, it will sound like it was recorded live in the space size that was selected on the processor. Common space size options include a small room, vocal plate, large hall, etc.
Why do songs need to be mastered? I've seen this question on the Internet many times.The answer I always see is "Because all songs on the radio have been professionally mastered, yours should be too."This is a true fact, but not an answer.
These are the Top 17 most common music mixing mistakes I see daily. Correcting them could will improve your audio mastering results and make your mixes sound more professional.
A lot of mastering engineers are afraid to make drastic changes to a mix they are working on. That, or they're stuck in the familiarity of always making only small changes.
In this video I show how you can turn a weak mix (definitely wouldn't call it bad) into a great sounding master, simply by pushing your levels a little more than you might be used to.
This article discusses what is the chorus effect in music and how to use it? The chorus effect makes a single audio track sound like a group. It achieves this by taking a single instrument or vocal track, multiplying it, and then slightly detunes each newly created track. The result is a fuller lush sounding audio track.
Would you like to know how to master a song or how to master your own music? So many people think just making the volumes the same level for every song is "mastering" their CD. Well, mastering is a lot more than just that!
Here are the series of audio mastering software processors I've used on the over 30,000 songs I've mastered since 1999. In this video, I use mostly izotope ozone plugins because it's easier to explain using them. In real-life, I do mix in a few hardware pieces, and a waves plugin.
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Since the begining of his solo career in 2008, I mastered over 80 songs with the top French recording artist NYLS. Great pop dance music with a lot of remixes. During his entire career (as of now), I mastered most of if not all the song he released. It was a great pleasure working with NYLS and Nico at Icon Records!
In this video I do a quick A/B comparison of a few songs. In my audio mastering secrets video series, I get a lot more in-depth into exactly what you are trying to achieve sonically for your genre/style of music.
I started my career using the old analog stuff, since that was the only option.I incorporated digital software plugins as soon as they became available, but it took many years before computers were fast enough to run them in realtime.And also before they started making very high quality plugins.
