Mastering.

[Sugarskull]

Ahhhhhh Nowwwwww I get it!

 

You know, you can stand and explain something to me all day long. Sometimes I can be a little daft in regards to understanding a person and I have to kind of learn things almost kinesthetically. Phil O'Keefe explained the mastering process to me, and I thought I understood it. Now I have a few of our newly mastered copies of the CD and I get it. I was so worried about our disk because no matter how we mixed it, it didn't sound right. I'm not so worried anymore. (There are performance things I'm not 100% happy about, but considering I only had a day in the studio to do my tracks, I have to live with it.)

I have two copies of 'Creature From The Black Lagoon' up on our myspace now. One unmastered and one mastered. I'm probably the only dummy here, but If you too have ever wondered what exactly happens in the mastering process as well. Here's an example:

 

www.myspace.com/evehellandtherazors

 

PS The Hiss at the beginning of the song is supposed too be there.

[Renfield]

Sounds great Eve. Amazing the difference a good Mastering can make.

[Bryan316]

I've had "mix" copies of our EP for weeks now, relistening, retweaking, all that.

 

But once we got the "mastered" copy, NIGHT AND DAY. I'm still not sure how he did it, what his actual techniques were, what gear he utilized in what ways, but I GET IT.

[Sugarskull]

 

Sounds great Eve. Amazing the difference a good Mastering can make.

 

 

Thanks Luv.

[Renfield]

Thanks Luv.

 

 

How far off do you figure the finished CD will be now?

[Sugarskull]

How far off do you figure the finished CD will be now?

 

I hope to have everything sent to Indiepool this weekend. *cross fingers*

Then, One can hope for a 2 week turn around. I need need need it by the 20th of December, so hopefully it happens by then.

[Renfield]

 

I hope to have everything sent to Indiepool this weekend. *cross fingers* Then, One can hope for a 2 week turn around. I need need need it by the 20th of December, so hopefully it happens by then.

 

 

It would be great if it were in for your Xmas show. *crosses fingers for you*

 

Listening to Fire It Up now, that's been mastered too, non? Sounds killer regardless.

[bnyswonger]

A good mastering job is essential. You run into problems when your mix engineer tries to finalize it too much...you can't put back dynamics that have been squashed.

[JacieFB]

Wow. That really did lift things up nicely. Seems like all the mastering I've ever had done didn't have that much of an effect.

 

Can I ask who you used to master?

[Sugarskull]

Wow. That really did lift things up nicely. Seems like all the mastering I've ever had done didn't have that much of an effect. Can I ask who you used to master?

 

Yes.

 

www.yesmasterstudios.com

 

[fingeringam]

*floored*

 

Thats dam goo, the new one is great too!

I'm stoked for the whole album

 

Hell if it only had these 4 songs on it, I'm sure it would sell all 1000 (or however many your getting I forgot ) easily!

 

Can't wait......

[Sugarskull]

 

It would be great if it were in for your Xmas show. *crosses fingers for you* Listening to Fire It Up now, that's been mastered too, non? Sounds killer regardless.

 

 

Thanks! Fire it up is going to be the title track. I think it turned improved the most in the mastering process.

[basste]

night and day.. good work miss skull

[Super Bass]

I couldn't wait to listen to this all evening but I had to work late.

 

Finally I get to listen to it. The difference between the mastered and unmastered is amazing. The material itself is {censored}in' awesome! (as usual )

 

I can't wait til the album is out and I can buy it, a t-shirt would be nice too.

[Renfield]

 

Thanks! Fire it up is going to be the title track. I think it turned improved the most in the mastering process.

 

 

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[collinwho]

The mastering engineer did an excellent job. I'm ready to pre-order, where do I sign, who do I pay?

[Sugarskull]

 

 

 

You know me so well.

[Sugarskull]

The mastering engineer did an excellent job. I'm ready to pre-order, where do I sign, who do I pay?

 

Thanks! I have to see if Indie Pool is going to sell them for us or if I'll go through CD baby. I would do it myself, but I lost an order last year and I'd hate to do that again. Preference is to let someone who knows what they're doing handle that stuff.

 

No doubt I'll be attention whoring once again to slag my wares and will let you all know when it's ready for purchase.

[Phantasm]

I do a good bit of mastering and it sounds like your guy did a good job. The masters are more balanced harmonically and he didn't ruin everything with the limiter.

 

Money well spent!

[Renfield]

Thanks! I have to see if Indie Pool is going to sell them for us or if I'll go through CD baby. I would do it myself, but I lost an order last year and I'd hate to do that again. Preference is to let someone who knows what they're doing handle that stuff. No doubt I'll be attention whoring once again to slag my wares and will let you all know when it's ready for purchase.

 

You can whore my way any time.

 

Wait, that didn't sound right.

[L. Ron Hoover]

A good mastering job just gives everything that final bit of glue so it all hangs together just right. Your guy did a good job here. I hear so many mastering jobs that just squash the bejesus out of everything these days, it's nice to hear one that actually adds a bit of life to the mix.

 

I got burned by bad mastering a bunch of years ago. I engineered the first sHEAVY album and when it came back from mastering it was so compressed and had so much top end rolled off that it was unlistenable. Unfortunately, they made the mistake of sending it to manufacturing without listening to the mastered album.... Never, ever do that!

 

The boys recently had it remastered and pressed on vinyl and now it sounds like the album I recorded.