I think you should assume taht you need mastering. At the very least, mastering will make sure that all the tracks are at the same volume. Imagine listening to a CD and having one song substantially louder or softer than the others. I've actually seen this happen on commercially successful CDs. See Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:28 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: feed back? I'd be interested also. ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Muir <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:23 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: feed back? Neville. Happy to check it out for you. Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of neville Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:48 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] feed back? Hello guys, I just finished recording my CD Simply Hymn volume 2. This is the first CD that I have mixed on my own. My previous project was recorded by me in Sonar and mixed some where else. I have prepared a promo mix of all the songs to send to the people on my mailing list. I'm wondering if someone would check this out for me and tell me if these songs need to be mastered? I'm not sure they need to be mastered, but then again I'm not sure what all that mastering involves. If you're interested in giving me some feed back, let me know and I'll send you an attachment of the promo mix. When I saved the promo mix in soundforge it did something to the audio I'm not sure what, but I think you'll get the idea. Thanks much. May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: 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: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: 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: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq