You would probably want to do some compression too. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions Music And Audio Production URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berhane Kidane" <bkw11@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:41 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering > Hi everbody, > What are the real things that have to be done with mastering? > I know that we do fade out in the end of the song and eQ for the whole song. > What else do we have to do when we make final mastering? > Thank you in advance, > Berhane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:13 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering > > >> Yup. >> >> www.wavearts.com/ >> >> >> Regards, Phil Muir >> P J Muir Productions >> Music And Audio Production >> URL: >> www.philmuir.com/ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "neville" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:03 PM >> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering >> >> >>> can we get final plug at the same website that you mentioned earlier? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:54 AM >>> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering >>> >>> >>>> That's the great thing about this. We have all of these great choices. I >>>> do it all in Sonar. >>>> I just add a touch of EQ to the main buss. I then put Final Plug in as >>>> the last plug-in on the >>>> buss. Final plug is a mastering plug-in. It has a brickwall limiter built >>>> into it. So, I can >>>> if I wish, push the level up on the buss a bit and it will push any peaks, >>>> back down to minus >>>> 0.1DB. I personally don't use Sound Forge because 1, I find accessing >>>> external plug-ins from >>>> within the Sound Forge interface, way to clunky. To, I never normalise as >>>> part of the >>>> mastering process, as you can actually cut your overall volume level, if >>>> you do this. >>>> >>>> Regards, Phil Muir >>>> P J Muir Productions >>>> Music And Audio Production >>>> URL: >>>> www.philmuir.com/ >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:03 AM >>>> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering >>>> >>>> >>>>> You can do it in Sonar, but I understand Sound Forge is probably a better >>>>> choice. >>>>> >>>>> At 03:30 PM 11/7/2006, Jay Thompson wrote: >>>>>>Hey this has probably been answered before and I just >>>>>>didn't get it, but can anyone tell me what program I >>>>>>can get for mastering my projects after mixing? >>>>>> >>>>>>Jay Thompson >>>>>>You can do all things through Christ that strengthens you. 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