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#184597 12/14/12 03:58 PM
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Does anyone know how to master a good recording in realband. My mixes are great but sound bad on non-pro gear, like computer speakers. Commercial recordings somehow avercome this obstacle. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi,

Check out this long time forum member's (rharv) website.

Mastering Matters dot com


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Mastering is a difficult subject and you are in for some more recommendations to do some reading. Keep in mind that there are professional audio engineers who do only mastering for a living, to get the great sound against which you might be comparing your recordings.

That said, here is a link to a product that can help someone in a home studio get better results. The software is called Ozone. Look on this page for a PDF file you can download called Mastering With Ozone. I use Ozone, but even if you don't buy Ozone, the guide is useful. All you have to do is read pages 3 through 6 and you should get a good idea of the importance of this subject.

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/support.asp


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Better yet, download a free trial and check Ozone out.
It might do what you desire for the job. Depends on what you are after.. it's capable enough to provide some pro results. Knowing how to use it is important, but it does come with a lot of presets and you may find some servicable ones to get you started.


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Better yet, download a free trial and check Ozone out.




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Nothing like learning through experimentation. You will not believe how you can improve (or thoroughly mess up) your song.

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/ Click on the "Try" button.


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I have a copy of Ray Thigpen's tutorial on RealBand mixing and mastering. I don't think Ray is with us anymore but I would be happy to post it. Can someone give me a way to make it available on this forum?

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Can someone give me a way to make it available on this forum?




1) http://www.imageshack.us/
If you don't host your own website and server in order to upload images, files, videos and post links in forums, I found this site/sevice to be excellent for doing just that. Free and easy. You can upload and then obtain a URL to whatever you place there to post in the forum.


You do have to register with an email account but that is all. this is really a good service site.

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Hi Rachel,

Didn't jford just recently post all Ray Thigpen's tutorials on another thread?
I forget if it was in the BiaB forum or RB forum, but I'm pretty sure he has them available.

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Right, check out JFord's post on Nov 7th in the RealBand forum...all the links are posted there. Alternatively, search all forums with teh search word: Thigpen.


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Thank you all for your help and information.

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I figured out how to use Google Docs to post the tutorial. Click HERE

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Captain John, I'm called Kajun Jeaux and I do mastering with Louisiana's BlackWater Studio. If you're interested, you can contact me at kajunjeaux@yahoo.com for a free sample mastering.

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