If mix is good/proper balanced what next?

Adrian Kiliszek · Post by **Adrian Kiliszek** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:47 pm

Hi guys
I go specific question
After when you finshed yours track and premastering is done.Every sounds are proper/good balanced in every audio/midi channel. After that do you put some mastering vst/hardwear (for example dbx quantum) on master channel/track?

I almost finished my track and for me sounds good.J have MD3 stereo mastering and I think to use it on my finished track and do some changes in eq.But do I really need it?This should give me a little "punch" to my track but if I think that j already got this "punch"

What do you thinks?

New Guy · Post by **New Guy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:14 pm

If it sounds good then perhaps you only need to do a little limiting on your track and thats it.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:35 pm

compare you track to professional mastered tracks. if their tracks sound louder you will need to do some mastering.

victorgonzales · Post by **victorgonzales** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:54 pm

tone-def wrote:compare you track to professional mastered tracks. if their tracks sound louder you will need to do some mastering.

+1 If your tracksounds way too quiet you may need to limit it or compress it a tad and bring the volume up. Remember though louder is not better.

I try to pay close attention to when the dynamics start to fade and if its a little quieter than most tracks I will leaveit there instead of pushing it to high and killing the dynamics.

If its a little too quiet the dj can just turn the fucker up.

Dopplereffekt · Post by **Dopplereffekt** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:50 pm

Try an exciter.