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05-17-2013 11:50 AM
ectogemia

well, the advantage of mastering your own music is getting it to sound the way you want it to sound. i don't buy that whole "unbiased perspective thing" so long as you're a competent producer. the advantage of someone else mastering it is getting it to sound the way someone else wants to sound. sometimes that different perspective is what you *really* wanted all along, but you couldn't possibly have conceived of the other guy's vision for the tune, so you didn't *know* that was the sound you wanted. other times, the other person's master of your work will sound completely wrong to you.
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05-17-2013 04:01 AM
ectogemia

also, a little compression on the master (totaling about 4-6 db of gain reduction with no more than that much makeup gain + a moderate to long attack and release like 30-40 and 250-400 ms respectively and a soft knee -- just as much transparency as possible) does wonders for bringing out the quiet parts of the whole mix and suppressing some of the peaks which hurt the balance of the mix. i add this compressor after my master gain reducer to bring down my rms (any plugin with a gain control works), and i usually toss it in after i've laid down the first fleshed-out part of my track. pretty early on.
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05-17-2013 04:01 AM
ectogemia

we can have a little heart-to-heart.

but briefly, in my opinion, the key is in mixing at a low master bus rms (like -10 db to -20 db) so you can avoid triggering the limiter while mixing. the power in this technique is that it allows you to balance the levels of each track as best as possible because the limiter is not obfuscating the dynamics of the track. being that level balancing is the most important part of mixing, it doesn't much matter if you're familiar with eq, mb compression, etc. if you can't balance levels, all the other techniques are just different ways to polish a turd.
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05-17-2013 03:43 AM
ectogemia

What if I just teach you?
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05-15-2013 05:48 PM
ectogemia

i would say that whenever i post things, i end up with a net gain of subscribers :D
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05-15-2013 05:43 PM
ectogemia

lose subscribers on what???
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03-01-2013 02:24 PM
XPRTNovice

Hey, thanks for checking in on the novel. It was politely rejected by a very big NY agent (the guy who represents Brandon Sanderson) with the caveat that he'd like to continue our relationship and likely represent me int he future. So while In the Shadow of Legends might not see the light of day, I have a good "in" into the publishing world. I'm in the midle of another novel right now and I expect I'll be looking for readers come summertime, if you're interested. Thanks for taking the time out to read even a little!
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02-28-2013 12:37 PM
Anorax

Happy Birthday
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01-18-2013 03:09 AM
ectogemia

thxbro. Too bad DDR Kirby's entry was fucKING INSANNEEEe D:
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01-01-2013 12:57 PM
Brandon Strader

We played together once and it was awesome. I'd say step 1 is to add lazygecko and bustatunes on Steam.

The thread isn't organized that well for this yet, I guess. Maybe something to do after MAGFest!
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About Modus

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Ohio

Real Name

Zach

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Motion Graphics/Student

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PandaWarden

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darkozl
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