Work is done with proven digital audio workstation, years of experience and trained hearing.
A variety of DSPs available to spice up your mix for the professional sound.
Your mix keeps its vitality in order to present your performance with reasonable presence and punch.
Idividual working on your tracks. No assembly line work, no one-click-tools.
Your recordings are tested on a variety of different playback systems, in order to ensure universal usablility. I take all the necessary time and breaks in order to be on your work with a fresh pair of ears. Don't worry about the price, because I only calculate on a per order basis and never per hour. Expect the work done in a few weeks, unless you're insisting on faster results.
Delivery on Taiyo Yuden quality brand CDR (until out of stock)
Perfectly phasefree subsonic filter wasting no energy from the mix. Thus you can feel the bass the right way in contrast to many sterile sounding CDs.
This offer includes the mastering as well. See details in the mastering section. If you don't wish to have it mastered, it is of course possible that I will just send you the mix as is.
During working on your project, I'll pass samples to you for judging and possible suggestions, as communication is essential for a good result, and a satisfied customer is essential for me.
What I need from you:
Your tracks for a start. Appropriate media are DVD(s) or USB memory sticks containing your work as WAV, AIF, FLAC or APE with a resolution of 44100 Hz or better, mono or stereo, 24 bit integer or 32 bit float. Other media or formats available on request.
Possibly notes about desired editing features such as noise reduction, declicking, or a certain reverb etc.. If you're not sure, just let me decide.
Note if some content should go to the matrix encoded surround channels. But be warned: Such a mix is not mono-compatible, which is essential for broadcasting, ie. most radio stations will refuse to play such a mix.
An email address for sending samples.
In the event that you wish your mix mastered, also check out my mastering section.
My current offer on mixing and mastering an album: at hood.de.
MASTERING
What you can expect:
Work is done with proven digital audio workstation, years of experience and trained hearing.
Idividual working on your tracks. No assembly line work, no one-click-tools.
Your recordings are tested on a variety of different playback systems, in order to ensure universal usablility. I take all the necessary time and breaks in order to be on your work with a fresh ear. Don't worry about the price, because I only calculate on a per order basis and never per hour. Expect the work done in a few weeks, unless you're insisting on faster results.
Premaster CD can have CD text, EAN and/or ISRCs
Delivery on Taiyo Yuden quality brand CDR (until out of stock)
Perfectly phasefree subsonic filter wasting no energy from the mix. Thus you can feel the bass the right way in contrast to many sterile sounding CDs.
No need to decide about how loud your master needs to be. With this offer, you'll get three versions which differ in their dynamics. Take your time and listen to them carefully before you decide on which one should go to the copy plant.
In the even that you send your content on writable media with sufficient free space, I will include copies of the CD images, so you may easily burn further copies.
If this is not the case, you don't need to worry about damaging your premaster CD, because I offer sending another copy of the version you decide to a copy plant of your choice for little extra costs.
I also will remaster your tracks for a bargain, if you need different versions for sampler's needs. I will archive your work for such events. Of course, I won't do this, if you insist not to. And I don't give any warranties that my archived copy still works any time, even though I only use the most reliable media for this purpose.
I scan all CDR for errors before shipping. Only CDR which didn't reveal any C2 errors will be used.
What I need from you:
Your mix or up to 4 stems for a start. Appropriate media are DVD(s) or USB memory sticks containing your work as WAV, AIF, FLAC or APE with a resolution of 44100 Hz or better, stereo, 24 bit integer or 32 bit float. Other media or formats available on request.
Notes about fade in, fade out and/or crossfading if desired.
Your EAN (or similar bar code) and ISRCs if available.
The exact wording of the CD text content to be used (album title, album artist, track title(s), track artist(s)), if CD text is to be used.
Notes about track indices time codes if applicable.
Possibly notes about desired editing features such as noise reduction, declicking, or a certain reverb ect.. If you're not sure, just let me decide.
My current offer for a mastering with 3 dynamically different premaster CDs: at hood.de.
By ordering here, you'll support high quality sound. This master will be done within
the new DR specifications, which allows you to label your record with the
DR logo stating the DR value you will receive together with your premaster
CD. That way, you can inform your potential customers about the dynamic
quality of the record.
THE WAY TO A GOOD PRODUCT
Because the mastering should be possible without unnecessary obstacle, so nothing get in the way of the best quality.
Adjust your levels carefully. Peaking several dB low is certainly better than a clipped signal. You'll be always save if your highest peaks are a few dB prior 0, because some plug-ins may produce intermediate peaks which can clip, and this may be not obvious in the sum immediately.
At live concerts, place your speakers in a way that your microphones can be placed in a blind spot, so that feedback can be minimised. Resonating residual feedback due to reverb and/or monitors can be reduced with a carefully tweaked parametric EQ.
Only filter out subsonics if they interfere with dynamic processing, because I can do it more precisely during mastering that it would be possible in real time.
Keep a effect-free version of rhythmic tracks along with your intended version. In case you notice that you've overdone an effect or if it turns out to be adjusted poorly, you can still redo it from the dry track which is usually better than trying to fix it during the mixing or mastering. If you're not sure, I'll will take a listen to dry stems without extra costs and may mix them in if beneficial.
In case you use MIDI tracks, it won't hurt to put a copy on your sent in media as well. After all, it takes almost no extra space, and there is a chance that it could be useful.
If possible, pick a floating point target for your mixing project. That will give you the least quantisation noise throughout.
You are encouraged to send your mix in the form of stems: One for rhythms/beats, one for melodic instruments, and one for vocals/rap. If available, further stems for background vocals, sfx/scratching etc.. With those, I have more control over fixing possible issues. You don't pay anything extra for this.
In certain hip hop styles, it is commonplace to receive beats from distant artists. This is a frequent place for problems. To avoid them, please ask the beat artist not to use a compressor on the stereo sum, level carefully so the signal is not clipping, even without using a limiter. Also ask for a lossless format like WAV, AIF, FLAC or APE. MP3, Ogg Vorbis etc. are not real a suitable format for this kind of things. Issues might be just revealed during editing.
Don't apply fades during mixing, because they can interfere with dynamic editing during the mastering. Instead, just place notes on where you wish to have the fades in the end.
If in doubt that a certain effect is for the better, do an ABX test. If still in doubt, don't use the effect. Less sometimes is more.
Compressors are mighty tools, but used poorly can do quite a lot damage to your work, which is hard to impossible to fix afterwards. Therefore only use compression if you're sure you need it.
Don't apply compression on the stereo sum. It might be the standard for some audio engineers, but most of them would agree that this is bad practice, resulting in lifeless sound.
And last but not least, carefully watch the following video in order to understand what harm bad compression can do.
LogicDeLuxe is a Turn Me Up!™ supporter
To preserve the excitement,
emotion and dynamics of the original performances your record should be
mastered intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn
Me Up! (www.TurnMeUp.org)
FREE TOOLS
The Dynamic-Range-Meter 1.4a: download mirror. This tools is intended to guide you by keeping a reasonable amount of dynamics during mixing. It also can measure the finished CD or a Premaster file. It was originally released by the Pleasurize Music Foundation.
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