Recent content by MaorAppelbaumMastering

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    Clipping on the master

    This problem you mention happens a lot especialy during the combined process of Mixing & Mastering or when a mix is taken to the upper volume ranges. Basicly it is gaining the already gained signal and clips it . when there are a lot of instruments playing at the same time the clipping can "...
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    Megadeth peace sells

    to sum it all up -- Rust in Peace Sells but who's Buying albums that defined speed metal at its best countdown to extinction is an awesome album too and i love killing is my .... and alot of so far -- but the first 2 that i mentioned are for me what speed metal is all about . I had...
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    What are you G.A.S.ing for right now?

    Just added a new modified version of the Charter Oak stereo mastering EQ - PEQ-1 with the Custom modes for me - its even more percise and clear then the older modified version I had
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    Distressor nuking a room mic

    Awesome compressor - so many options to work with - I love the variety of tones it can deal with and make
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    Providing stems for mastering while mixing with a 2buss comp

    Hey brett whats up? Nice to be here at the forum . Have a great time at the CLA mixing seminar - i am sure its going to be interesting. About the stem mastering - another important thing to check is this. When a song is sent as stems - there might be certain things that pop up that...
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    Providing stems for mastering while mixing with a 2buss comp

    I recommend not to print the stems with the 2buss compression for a number of reasons. 1- the 2 buss compression was set to work on the entire program and not on the stems which means that it will sound different when only processing the stems in comparison to when it was processing the whole...
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    How much should I charge. {with a catch!??!!}

    To be a good engineer - takes a long time - so its great you had started at a very young age - thats awesome - in a few years you will gain lots of experience and have the potential to get more work as time goes buy - also because you are starting young you have more freedom to do things...
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    Mastering Metal (as in Audio Mastering)

    Good mastering can bring so much musicality to the overall sound of the mix and deliver the essence of the music to the listener and stay in his mind for a long time Bad mastering can just make the music sound less interesting and fatiguing. So volume is not that important as some might...
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    Mastering

    Good mastering can bring so much musicality to the overall sound of the mix and deliver the essence of the music to the listener and stay in his mind for a long time Bad mastering can just make the music sound less interesting and fatiguing. So volume is not that important as some might...
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    Wait...what? MaxxBass on masterbus?

    The MAXX BCL Is an actual unit consisting of an analog input chain with transformers (thats why its heavy ) 2 analog gain switches and then there is an analog to digital converter and digital to analog converter - the unit can be worked also in digital domain only. The main feature of the...
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    Mastering Metal (as in Audio Mastering)

    Metal mastering is different from mastering other rock , blues , pop and other styles as there is a big amount of transients passing and the density of the instrumentation. Its not harder or easier its just different. and in all styles you have different types of mixes and productions that call...
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    What are you G.A.S.ing for right now?

    Having my Charter Oak PEQ-1 been re - modified - now its going to be with detents and different pots too for higher resolution and better recall options