nobody cares about that stuff. If the music is good, it will sell itself. I would say as a DJ I care, as I would like to think that part of the power of selection is having something other people don't, it creates a buzz and a dialogue between the listener and the DJ: "what's this tune!?"

A-Bing against mastered tracks is a fine way of working, but you have to consider certain things: - If it's loud dance music, it's probably compressed and limited, and your mix isn't, so there is potential for extra colour over the entire mix, which isn't achievable in the mixdown, as it's relying o...

i bring the master channel down to about -6db as thats what my mastering engineer asks for. you mean peaks are at -6db? Important to differentiate! Well spotted, headroom is different to the fader position, fader position is a standard set by the DAW designer, not some kind of special dB calculatio...

Hi Guys i've a problem with the mix of two tracks that i've to send to master. Both, with the master channel @ 0, or @ -3, -4 too, go on CLIP (The red light that shines on the master channel). Only with the master channel at -5 db they sound without "CLIPPING". I think that i should put d...

yo, As far as production goes, I find the modern studio has a hard time integrating hardware to a level I would find productive, so I stay in the box. I actually only use Reason 4 for composition and then mix down in Cubase with a lot of good plug-ins. I find Reason has the workflow of classic 80s a...

Thanks to everyone on here that helped out with this survey, there were quite a few, much appreciated.

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It's not really about being famous, it's about being the best person for a job. You might get the worlds greatest hairdresser, and he gives you a crazy banana shaped weave, when all you really wanted was a really fresh short back and sides! The trick is always to look into your inspirations, music t...

Yo, this is Joe from Subsequent Mastering, I was just wondering if any of you had a moment spare to fill in an online questionaire for me? I am looking to expand the studios capabilities, so it's basically just a bit of market research so I can spend my gear money wisely! survery now closed! thanks ...