I doubt very much that you, I or anyone on this list could really
get similar results to a guy who's dedicated most of his adult
life to, not only mastering hit records, but mastering the amazing
audio processors available in the hi-end mastering houses!
Have you ever witnessed one of these guys at work?
Man, a couple of Waves plug-ins and a half-decent valve compressor
ain't gonna do it...
l8r
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Another Mastering Question
Well, the big mastering places are still in business, definitely.
What do they have that we don't?
A room built from the ground up for only that one purpose, mastering.
Very impressive full-range monitors set up perfectly in that room.
An engineer with years of experience and the ears of a bat.
And probably many thousands of dollars worth of outboard gear.
Can we get close in an acoustically treated room, with great
ears, some experience, and some great plug-ins? Probably yes.
Whether the plug-ins match the expensive hardware in terms of
results is one of those debates that never ends, like analog
versus digital.
Anyway, it's not about the gear so much. If you pay huge bucks to
have a top guy master your album, you're paying for that engineer
and his skills, taste, experience.
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