Ghetto master before or after?

[raisedfist]

So doing a 7 track EP and 5 of the tracks are linked together so the question is do I ;

A - Apply my pony mastering and then do the seemless links in cubase

or

B- Open up a cubase session, do all the links and bounce to one long file and then totally ruin the dynamic range in a crude way.

Help thanks

 

[LeSedna]

I don't exactly get what you mean, how would either solution be less dynamic than the other ?

 

[raisedfist]

Na sorry, i'll try gain.
Basically the band want the 7 tracks to be seemless and the end of each track to be crossfaded into the next so do I master first and then glue them together or the other way round?

 

[waltz mastering]

You'd have more control if you processed each song individually and then assembled the songs and did the crossfades in another program like DSP Quatro or Cd Architect.

 

[Sloan]

How i do this in Reaper (http://www.reaper.fm)

1. Mix all songs
2. Import all raw stereo mixes into a new session
3. Fade them together and adjust track-to-track volume level
4. Drop markers where your track number should change
5. Render with your mastering chain
6. Fuck Bitches
7. Get Money
8. Profit

 

[raisedfist]

How i do this in Reaper (http://www.reaper.fm)

1. Mix all songs
2. Import all raw stereo mixes into a new session
3. Fade them together and adjust track-to-track volume level
4. Drop markers where your track number should change
5. Render with your mastering chain
6. Fuck Bitches
7. Get Money
8. Profit

Thanks for the advise. I think I'm just gonna try and go straight to number 6 here