Master effects

[stjohn]

itd have to be the McCormack man me thinks!!

ontopic: no master compression... if i want to cheat a little... i try some compression on submasters, like the main beat...

that way i can still get the dynamics from the other elements...

[massplanck]

That sounds about right.

I can compress a bit with the sends for a bit of dynamics but I'll leave that master completely dry from now on.. no nothing. no eq/comp/spacial widening. Leave it to wavelab & the pros.

I have stupidly done this in the past. Short term gain long term pain I suppose. Thanks guys.

[dirty_bass]

itd have to be the McCormack man me thinks!!

ontopic: no master compression... if i want to cheat a little... i try some compression on submasters, like the main beat...

that way i can still get the dynamics from the other elements...

As much as I dig Chris`s stuff, I`d rather hand over my gear to someone totally not involved in the techno scene really.
I should probably get in touch with the guy who trained me really.

[massplanck]

I`d rather hand over my gear to someone totally not involved in the techno scene really.
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Interesting.

[dirty_bass]

Interesting.

Not really, it makes more sense to me, rather than having someone master it to preconceptions of techno, I`d like someone who is purely a mastering engineer to handle it. Seeing as dance music is being listened to more and more outside of clubs, and more on ipods etc, I`d like a more universally translatable master.

[RDR]

I ALWAYS write to a compressor on the master from the get go.

And an EQ.

But the settings are slight, unless i want them to be. And my techno sounds a LOT better for it. IT also forces me to think about the dynamics processes more thoroughly.

for house, electro, ambient and any slower and more musically/dynamically complex music i dynamics process in the the post.

As for chris mcormack, when i spoke to him he said he wasnt mastering much techno these days, and preferd mastering other stuff. So you might want to consider him again.

[dirty_bass]

I ALWAYS write to a compressor on the master from the get go.

And an EQ.

But the settings are slight, unless i want them to be. And my techno sounds a LOT better for it. IT also forces me to think about the dynamics processes more thoroughly.

for house, electro, ambient and any slower and more musically/dynamically complex music i dynamics process in the the post.

As for chris mcormack, when i spoke to him he said he wasnt mastering much techno these days, and preferd mastering other stuff. So you might want to consider him again.

No I`ve spoke to my old mentor.
I`m going for proper old school mastering.
chris is great at mastering but I`m looking for someone with more experience.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

dirty, you are ever the perfectionist

you know, i put whatever i fancy on the mix at the time. if you think it needs compression, well do it. if not, well dont. it's funny but when i first got into production i was finding a good master comp setting and leaving it on the same setttings all the time. well no wonder things start to sound the same after a while.

i think as long as you understand compression, reverb or delay completely, you should use then on the master during the music making process ONLY if you ever think 'shit i could do with this on the track exageratting' or 'damn this track is sounding empty'. there's no rules here.

the only rule i would say is use each effect to the limit and don't overdo..... ...that's when mastering becomes impossible..

hope this helps..