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Originally Posted by Bloke From Barnet
Aww crap, just when I thought I had just enough gear to be content, I wonder what to do now about post-mix, then go & read this damn thread! 
I was actually just comparing a mix I had done of an old song I had recorded which I put new drums on (well BFD). The old version was mastered by a professional, my new one was just the mix at my place. Although I was happy with the mix and it now sounded better than the old version, it lacked that big, wide, fat, punchy, jinglyjangly sparkley whatever it is that the old mastered version has.
Looking at the wav in the editor, I could see that they were vastly different. On the old mastered version, the peaks are completely levelled off right up to 0db. I'm assuming that this is the limiter doing this?
Are there any tutorials or tips around about how to use limiters/compressors & EQ on post mix? I guess that as usual there can be no standard answer, but just a rough guide?
The UAD stuff looks quite amazing, but can it be used post-mix aswell? I don't mix completely in the computer. |
If you look at the latest FM DVD interview with James Reynolds there's some very good tips at the end about mastering, although he seems to mostly use external hardware compression and EQ. He also uses a couple of DSP units for various plugins.
Im with you though. DSP is beckoning me, beckoning me hard
