Kurt, do you have Adobe reader on your machine? If not you'll to get it but as for the links they both work for me. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kurt" <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering a finished project. > Hey, I wasn't able to load that page, it says server not found. Any ideas > how to get it? > Kurt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:59 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering a finished project. > > > > Even though their Ozone mastering plugin isn't all that accessible, at > > least not the DirectX version when I tried it, the manufacturer iZotope > > wrote a great mastering guide, available from their Web site as a .pdf > > document. Lots of great tips in there. > > Mastering: > > http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/OzoneMasteringGuide.PDF > > Dithering: > > http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/OzoneDitheringGuide.pdf ... > > > > hope that helps some. A lot of it is applicable to whatever > > software/hardware you're using. > > > > Chris > > > > At 01:38 PM 11/15/2005, you wrote: > >>Mastering is so subjective, you really need to try and try again. After a > >>while, you'll develop common starting places, and settings that you'll use > >>for different projects. Best of luck, > >>Kurt, > >>Ps, always try your mixes on more than one set of speakers, IE your car or > >>home stereo, as well as your monitors. Lots of folks get something > >>sounding right on their primary system, and take it to other people only > >>to have it sounding muddy or boxy on other systems. Try to master as flat > >>as possible so your music will sound good on all systems. > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <mailto:cs2005@xxxxxxxxx>Jim Jackson > >>To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:49 PM > >>Subject: [ddots-l] Mastering a finished project. > >> > >>Hello all, I have tried to record a project with no vocals and have > >>converted that recording to audio via the bounce to track command. Once > >>bounced to track completes, I then add a little reverb and then export the > >>file in to a wav file. I import the project in to Sound Forge and add a > >>little highs frequency boost and some compression to the project and save > >>as a file to burn to disk. However, I can never get things just right, > >>it's either too much base, not enough highs, too little volume or too much > >>volume. Other than hit and miss kind of action is there anything or any > >>instructions that I can find that will give me step by step directions on > >>how to master my project? Thanks > >> > >> > >>---------- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/05 > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > > Subject:- faq > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/05 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq