Re: Filling the gap- community mixing/mastering fx project(s
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 4:39 am
This is a topic I have done a lot of research on as part of attempts at mastering my amateur music I work on from time to time. However, the more I read articles on mastering, it became apparent that there were lots of schools of thought on how to approach it and many different suggestions to the "perfect" chain of vst plugins for mastering. Here are some links to mastering articles on the net (picked at random):
https://www.izotope.com/en/community/bl ... tutorials/
http://music.tutsplus.com/articles/14-t ... audio-7753
http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-ma ... usic-loud/
http://www.remix64.com/tutorials/faq-tu ... ering.html
http://getthatprosound.com/mastering-like-pro/
http://productionadvice.co.uk/mastering-basics/
http://prosoundformula.com/how-to-master-a-song/
As far as FS vsts, as previously mentioned, need a good EQ, a multi-band compressor, other types of compressors, a transient shaper, a limiter, and stereo widener. Not everyone of these is always need when mastering though. Some of these have already been created at either the old SynthMaker website or at FS.
As for unmastered music tracks, I pulled some from this link and practiced mastering and comparing to the already mastered versions and came pretty close to sounding the same.
http://www.analogdimension.com/audiosamples.html
Would be interested to see what people come up with.
https://www.izotope.com/en/community/bl ... tutorials/
http://music.tutsplus.com/articles/14-t ... audio-7753
http://productionadvice.co.uk/how-to-ma ... usic-loud/
http://www.remix64.com/tutorials/faq-tu ... ering.html
http://getthatprosound.com/mastering-like-pro/
http://productionadvice.co.uk/mastering-basics/
http://prosoundformula.com/how-to-master-a-song/
As far as FS vsts, as previously mentioned, need a good EQ, a multi-band compressor, other types of compressors, a transient shaper, a limiter, and stereo widener. Not everyone of these is always need when mastering though. Some of these have already been created at either the old SynthMaker website or at FS.
As for unmastered music tracks, I pulled some from this link and practiced mastering and comparing to the already mastered versions and came pretty close to sounding the same.
http://www.analogdimension.com/audiosamples.html
Would be interested to see what people come up with.